SIR – I was sorry to learn that the Reverend Councillor Paul Flowers has resigned from Bradford Council for personal reasons.

A man not afraid to express his views and opinions, exemplified by his many contributions to the Telegraph & Argus’s Letters page, who has served on the Council since 2002, representing the Great Horton ward. He will be missed.

And I hope, too, Marsha Singh makes a speedy recovery from his recent heath problems related to an operation he had last year, for he has been a devoted MP for Bradford West constituents since 1997.

I was especially delighted that both he and Shipley MP Philip Davies were with the majority of MPs who won the day in a free vote to maintain the ban on prisoners voting (T&A, September 17).

D Rhodes, Croscombe Walk, Bradford