Martin Love
Shipley Ward Councillor
Councillor Martin Love has been a Green campaigner for over 40 years and has been a councillor in Shipley since 2002.
He lives in Shipley with his wife, Helen, and their sons, Tom and George and their dog, Benji.
Martin is now one of the longest-serving councillors in the district and has served on numerous committees during that time, chairing the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee for several years.
In his day job, Martin works as a dry stone waller, having taken up the craft in 2011 following many years working in IT, as he wanted a change from sitting at a desk and to be able to enjoy Yorkshire’s constant sunshine .
In his spare time he enjoys running and is the Men’s Veterans Captain of Saltaire Striders Running Club. He is also serving a life sentence as a Bradford City supporter.
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The Green Party have accused Bradford Council’s Labour executive of acting “like a dictatorship” after it was revealed that it plans to press ahead with plans for the Tong Valley road – despite a committee voting against taking the scheme further. In July, the Regeneration and Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee of Bradford Council refused […]
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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