Editing Baildon (section)

== Governance ==

[[File:Baildon Ward 2004.png|thumb|right |2004 Boundaries of Baildon Ward]]

;History

Baildon was made a [[Local board of health|local board district]] in 1852. Elections were held on 16 September 1852, and the first quorate meeting of the local board was held on 9 October 1852. Such districts were reconstituted as [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] with effect from 31 December 1894 under the [[Local Government Act 1894]]. It was then administered by [[Baildon Urban District|Baildon Urban District Council]] until it was disbanded when Bradford Metropolitan District Council was established in 1974.

;Present day

A group of local residents held an open meeting on 7 May 1997 and as a result the Baildon Community Council came into being on 26 June 1997 as a means of communicating local interest to appropriate authorities.
Residents of Baildon went through the appropriate legal process and as a result Baildon Parish Council was formed which held its first full meeting 14 May 2007.
The civil parish does not cover nearby [[Esholt]], part of the Baildon Ward at District level, but includes the area North of the River Aire along Coach Road and Higher Coach Road (Baildon South West) which is within the [[Shipley, West Yorkshire|Shipley]] Ward at District level.

On Monday 10 June 2013 Baildon officially became a town when Baildon Parish Council resolved that, in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972 s245, the Parish of Baildon shall have the status of a town.
Consequently, the Parish Council was renamed Baildon ''Town'' Council.<ref name="BTC">{{cite web |title=Meeting and Documents |work=Baildon Town Council |access-date=29 September 2013 |url=http://www.baildontowncouncil.gov.uk/documents.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914205703/http://www.baildontowncouncil.gov.uk/documents.php |archive-date=14 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Councillors

Baildon ward is represented on [[City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council|Bradford Council]] by three [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] councillors, Valerie Townend, Mike Pollard and Debbie Davies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Your councillors by ward |url=https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |website=bradford.moderngov.co.uk |publisher=[[City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]] |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor
|-
| [[2004 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2004]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| John Briggs ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| John Cole ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]])
|-
| [[2006 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2006]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"|
| John Briggs ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"|
| John Cole ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]])
|-
| [[2007 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2007]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Roger L'Amie ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"|
| John Cole ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]])
|-
| [[2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2008]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Roger L'Amie ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| John Cole ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]])
|-
| [[2010 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2010]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Roger L'Amie ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"|
| John Cole ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]])
|-
| [[2011 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2011]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Roger L'Amie ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"|
| John Cole ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]])
|-
| [[2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2012]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Roger L'Amie ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Debbie Davies ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2014]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Roger L'Amie ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Debbie Davies ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2015 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2015]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Mike Pollard ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Debbie Davies ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2016 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2016]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Mike Pollard ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Debbie Davies ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2018]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Valerie Townend ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Mike Pollard ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Debbie Davies ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|}
{{Color box|#99CCFF|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for re-election.