Candidates in Keighley and Ilkley — Local Elections 2026
These are the people standing in the upcoming local elections on 7 May 2026. Click a candidate to learn more about them.
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Ilkley
13 candidates
Andrew John Patrick Loy
Craig Sanderson
Ellen D'Arcy
Greg Robinson
Jane Isabel Sellers
John Flaherty
Lorraine Dowson
Mark Fredrick Stidworthy
Ray Lenik
Richard Michael Downey
Richard Wilson
Ros Brown
Stephen Anthony Hey
Keighley Central
17 candidates
Amjad Ali Zaman
Amjid Nazir Ahmed
Ashley Pates
David Wilford
Gez Lloyd-Brown
Harry Alexander Nickson Burns
Ian Berrisford
James David Naylor
James Whitaker
Leslie Benjamin Dean
Muhammad Basharat
Nasser Razak
Robert George Goulding
Roisin Mary Engel
Ryan Walsh
Sean Michael Spence
Vaz Shabir
Keighley East
13 candidates
Alan John Outlaw
Angela Jayne Baker
Angela Marie Fish
Caroline Rebecca Davison Firth
Duncan Hunnisett
Fulzar Ahmed
Lisa Robinson
Mohammed Muazzam
Nicholas James Allon
Polly Burton
Stephen Miles
Tom Commis
Wendy Harrison
Keighley West
13 candidates
Amanda Patchett
Andrew Mark Judson
Ash Joomun-Whitehead
David John Hewitt
Dawn Alison Thewlis
Dawn Harris
Frances Powell
Garry Morton
Helen Goulding
Howard Buckley
Ian Linnegan
Martyn Oliver
Peter Henry Hill
Worth Valley
14 candidates
Brian Newham
Christopher John Herd
Craig Whale
Helen Ingham-Cook
Josie McMaster
Judith White
Kay Kirkham
Pat Oxley
Patrick Wilson
Paul Belcome Constantine Golding
Peter James Kates
Rebecca Poulsen
Sabine Ebert-Forbes
Tamara Michelle Christian