Kevin Warnes

Shipley Ward councillor

Councillor Kevin Warnes has been a Green campaigner since the late 1980s and a local councillor since 2004.

He has lived in Shipley since moving here with his family over 20 years ago.

Kevin has served on a range of Council committees during his time as a councillor, including more than decade as a member and chair of the Environment Committee. He currently sits on the Shipley Area Committee.

When he is not busy with community politics, Kevin teaches Politics, History and Criminology at a sixth form college in Leeds where he has worked for the past 20 years.

He also enjoys reading, running and cycling, and likes to combine beer with chess whenever he finds the time.

Contact Kevin

Tel: 07582 101459

Email: kevin.warnes@bradford.gov.uk

Twitter: @kevinwarnes

Latest news about Kevin

Green Councillor backs teachers call to move learning online from Monday

3rd January 2021 | Comments Off on Green Councillor backs teachers call to move learning online from Monday

A Green Party councillor has backed calls from teaching unions to take steps to protect the safety of staff and students by moving to online learning from Monday. Kevin Warnes, a councillor for Shipley who is also a teacher, has backed calls from the four teacher unions to stop the reopening of schools on Monday […]

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Shipley councillor welcomes news that 5G mast NOT classed as “permitted development”

31st July 2020 | Comments Off on Shipley councillor welcomes news that 5G mast NOT classed as “permitted development”

Green Party Councillor Martin Love has welcomed the decision by Bradford Council to not class the enlarged 5G mast on Bingley Road Shipley as a permitted development. Councillor Love and his ward colleague Kevin Warnes had raised concerns that this mast was significantly larger and more imposing than the one it was meant to replace […]

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Green councillor calls for action on “Blight site” following latest planning refusal

10th July 2020 | Comments Off on Green councillor calls for action on “Blight site” following latest planning refusal

Shipley’s Green Party councillors call for Bradford Council to use the ‘Blight Site Fund’ to take control of the derelict Hirst Wood Garden Centre in Saltaire following the refusal of the latest planning application for three houses. Shipley Ward Green Party councillors have welcomed this week’s planning decision to refuse consent for new housing on […]

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