The fight against controversial boundary changes across the district has grown, with the people of Eccleshill now joining the protestors.

Proposals by the Boundary Commission to change all 30 Council electoral wards have sparked anger and objections from hundreds of people across the district.

The Commission has looked at towns and cities across Britain, proposing changes which would make voting in local elections more fair.

Its proposals will create wards with 'equal' populations, ending the anomaly where some people need more votes than others to win.

Eccleshill residents are the last in Bradford to have caught the deadline for objections.

The Commission's final decision will be made in the next few weeks.

The Commission proposes moving part of the Norman Lane area into a new Bolton and Undercliffe ward but residents have sent a "hands off" message. They have pointed out that neighbouring houses are now in different wards and claim their close-knit community would be split up.

Families say all the facilities, including the dentist, shops and library, are in Eccleshill and some have complained the proposals are "irrational" and "illogical".

Liberal Democrat ward councillor Michael Attenborough said he had received 28 letters, and a large number of e-mails which he had forwarded to the Commission.

"The decision from the Boundary Commission is imminent and there is very strong feeling in Eccleshill and other areas," he said.

Large numbers of objections have also come from Ilkley where the tourist town's secondary school, health centre and main supermarket would be covered by a new ward of Wharfedale.

The review may also result in the Lord of the Manor of historic Heaton, Councillor Stanley King, 'moving' into Mannigham.

And residents in Bingley are angry about proposals to carve up the town centre.

The changes mean the district's 30 wards would each have 3,800 people to vote for one councillor.

But the alterations will mean an "all-out" election next year when all 90 councillors will have to seek re-election.