Editing Keighley (section)

== Governance ==
=== Constituency ===
Keighley is represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) [[Robbie Moore (MP)|Robbie Moore]], who won the seat by defeating his predecessor [[John Grogan (politician)|John Grogan]] at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]]. Grogan had a majority of just 249 over the previous incumbent, Conservative [[Kris Hopkins]].<ref>{{cite news |date=9 June 2017 |title=Election results 2017: Labour increase hold on West Yorkshire |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40214961 |access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref>

In 2015, Hopkins won the seat at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]] – securing a second term. Hopkins increased the Conservatives vote share in the area from 41.9%<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Election Results |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c39.stm |access-date=20 June 2015 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> in 2010 to 44.3%<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC Election Results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000766 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> in 2015. The Conservatives won the seat in 2010, taking over from [[Ann Cryer]], who had been in office since 1997.

Keighley was contested by the [[British National Party]] (BNP) in the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|May 2005 general election]], when the party's leader [[Nick Griffin]] stood for Parliament. He was defeated by Ann Cryer, one of a small number of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MPs with an increased majority. In March 2006, the town's mayoress, Rose Thompson, announced she had joined the BNP and was immediately dismissed by the mayor Tony Wright.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 March 2006 |title=BNP Mayoress stripped of position |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/4800678.stm |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref>

=== Parish ===
[[File:Keighley Town Hall (geograph 4699128).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Keighley Town Hall]]]]
The town was incorporated as a [[municipal borough]] on 28 July 1882 under the provisions of the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1882]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. In 1938, the boundaries of the borough and civil parish of Keighley were expanded to include the former urban districts and civil parishes of [[Haworth]], [[Oakworth]] and [[Oxenhope]], along with the parish of [[East Morton|Morton]] from the abolished Keighley Rural District and a small part of the [[Bingley]] urban district.

On 1 April 1974, Keighley borough became part of the [[City of Bradford|City of Bradford Metropolitan District]] in accordance with the [[Local Government Act 1972]] in the newly formed county of [[West Yorkshire]]. The merger caused a lot of bitterness among Keighley people, who resented being 'taken over' by Bradford and accused the city's council of neglecting the town.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 July 2001 |title=Keighley grappling to find Voice for the future |work=[[Keighley News]] |url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/8040095.Keighley_grappling_to_find_Voice_for_the_future/ |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> Civil parish status was restored to Keighley in 2002,<ref name="makeshistory">{{cite news |date=24 May 2002 |title=Town council makes history |work=[[Telegraph & Argus]] |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8027817.Town_council_makes_history/ |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> providing it with its own [[Town Council#United Kingdom|town council]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley Town Council |url=https://keighley.gov.uk/ |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>

The council's 30 members elect a mayor from amongst their number once a year. The parish boundaries are based on but not identical to the pre-1938 borough boundaries. In June 2006, the leader of [[City of Bradford|Bradford District Council]], Conservative Councillor Kris Hopkins, was quoted in the ''[[Craven Herald & Pioneer]]'' as suggesting it might be a good idea for Keighley to become an independent authority once again.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 July 2006 |title=South Craven 'could split from Bradford' |work=Craven Herald & Pioneer |url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/search/833492.South_Craven__could_split_from_Bradford_/ |access-date=24 January 2009 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724135514/http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/search/833492.South_Craven__could_split_from_Bradford_/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town has a local history society, [[Keighley and District Local History Society]], and a family history society, Keighley and District Family History Society.<ref>{{cite web |title=kdfhs.org.uk |url=http://www.kdfhs.org.uk/ |website=www.kdfhs.org.uk}}</ref>

=== Arms ===
{{Infobox COA wide
|escutcheon = Argent on a fess Sable between three stags' heads caboshed a Fountain proper all within a Bordure embattled Azure.
|crest = On a wreath of the colours in front of a dragon's head erased Gules entwined by a serpent Or a fountain Proper.
|motto = By Worth
|notes = Originally granted February 1883 to Keighley Borough Council <ref>{{cite web|url=http://civicheraldry.co.uk/yorkshire.html |title=Yorkshire Region |publisher=Civic Heraldry |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>}}