David Ward, Liberal Democrat, Bradford East

Name: David Ward

Candidate for: Bradford East

Party: Liberal Democrat

Votes: 13,637

Profile:

David has lived locally in Bradford with his wife Jackie for more than 30 years.

A local councillor with more than 20 years’ experience, David is leading high-profile campaigns to tackle fuel poverty in Bradford, and is fighting to get the much-needed regeneration work started in Bradford city centre.

He has championed education in Bradford and fought for a fairer deal for Bradford schools.

At the last General Election, David finished in second place to Labour.

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