Governance
The lowest form of governance is the Parish Council, which was formed in 1894, when the village was part of the Skipton Rural District. In 1974, as part of the Local Government Act of 1972, the village was redistributed to become part of the Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The council comprises 11 members, with elections held every four years to coincide with the year's District Council elections.
Addingham is part of the Keighley UK Parliament constituency. The current MP is Conservative Kris Hopkins, who replaced Ann Cryer in the 2010 general election after 13 years in parliament. Like Ilkley, Addingham is a conservative majority, which contrasts to the labour voting area in Keighley.
Addingham is also within the Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency, which elects 6 members into the European Parliament. In the 2009 election two Liberal Democrats and one each from Labour, the Conservatives, UKIP and the BNP.
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