Time
For
Change.
Bradford Moor has been overlooked for too long. Promises have been made and broken. That ends now. Two people. 50 years of community service. No party line.
Ali
Shabir
"No party line. No hidden agenda. No broken promises. Just two people from this community, ready to fight for it."
Party politics has not served Bradford Moor.
Councillors who answer to party nepotism and distant political agendas cannot put residents first — because residents are simply not their first priority.
We answer to one group of people: the residents of Bradford Moor. No party pressure. No political trade-offs. No loyalty owed to anyone except the community we serve.
We are not career politicians. We are two people who have spent a combined 50 years working in this community — on the ground, alongside real families facing real challenges.
"That is what genuine representation looks like."
Putting Bradford Moor
First. Always.
Eight clear commitments. Rooted in decades of frontline experience. Not in theory — in action.
- Multi-agency response to illegal e-bikes, quads and motorbikes
- Consistent enforcement against illegal pavement parking
- Champion early intervention for young people
- Regular community safety forums with police
- Reform and speed up the SEND assessment process
- More local SEND provision close to home
- Financial and wellbeing support for SEND carers
- Expand the SENDiVERSE Festival district-wide
- End the persistent stench — pursue Waddington's closure if required
- Firm action on fly-tipping with regular audits
- Additional litter bins across the ward
- Published, consistent grass cutting schedule
- Sustainable funding for grassroots sport
- Expanded youth clubs with extended hours
- Training, skills and employment pathways
- Prevention and family-first thinking over crisis management
- Faster, consistent road and pavement repairs
- Improved housing maintenance for council tenants
- Fair housing allocation and clear support
- Oppose overdevelopment without community benefit
- Reduce bureaucratic barriers for small businesses
- Improved parking and access for high street footfall
- Local procurement — council spending supporting local
- Community markets and cultural events
- Protect Harewood Street Allotments
- Oppose unnecessary sale of council land and buildings
- Full transparency and resident consultation on disposals
- Full market value secured if sales are unavoidable
- Challenge discrimination in all its forms
- Consistent scrutiny, transparency and follow-through
- Regular published ward updates
- Open surgeries and community meetings
Not career politicians.
Community people.
Two people who have spent a combined 50 years working in Bradford Moor — on the ground, alongside real families facing real challenges.
Service
"Bradford Moor is not a stepping stone for me. It is my home. For three decades, my work has been rooted in this community — not in theory, not in politics, but in real life giving. I have never believed in symbolic leadership. Representation must mean action."
My experience spans frontline youth mentoring, education, rehabilitation work with young offenders, strategic programme leadership, and securing funding that turns ideas into functioning projects. I understand both the human side of our challenges and the structural barriers that need challenging.
Being awarded the British Empire Medal and the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service was recognition of community effort, not personal ambition. The real achievement has always been seeing lives redirected, families supported, and residents empowered.
I am standing as an Independent because Bradford Moor deserves leadership that answers only to its residents. No party line. No external pressure. Just accountability to the people who live here.
Service
"I was elected Chair of the Young People's Committee at a time when young voices were rarely taken seriously. That role became the foundation for over two decades of hands-on work. I am not standing for status — I am standing to ensure the work continues, with the authority to make it count."
We established the Community Bonfire Initiative to protect families from the anti-social misuse of fireworks — an effort that brought together Bradford Council, Youth Services, West Yorkshire Police and the Fire Service in a coordinated partnership.
After 20 years of serving this community without title or position, I know both its strengths and its frustrations. I know how much potential exists here, and I know how often it is overlooked.
I am standing because Bradford Moor deserves representation that is active, independent and accountable. Leadership should not be about party loyalty or political comfort — it should be about delivery.
Vote Bradford Moor
Independents.
Bradford Moor is not a problem to be managed. It is a community to be championed. No party line. No hidden agenda. No broken promises. Just two people from this community, ready to fight for it.