David Michael Ford is a Conservative councillor for Baildon ward on City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, in the Yorkshire and the Humber. Cllr David Michael Ford has endorsed the campaign that Zionism is not racism, on 12 October 2026.
Has endorsed the campaign
Zionism is not racism. I call on the Green Party to reverse its "Zionism is Racism" motion.
In their own words:
Just to say I fully support your pledge and condemn the Green Party for the motion they passed at their conference. I was a member of the Green Party for 30 years and sat as a councillor for them 2000-2007, as well as a Parliamentary candidate in 2010. I left the party in 2016 because of the rising antisemitism in the party, after being active in a group called GreensAgainstAntisemitism. The Jew hate in the Green Party is now beyond anything in my worse nightmares. [They] are an openly antisemitic party, on a par with groups like the NF in the past.
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At a glance
- Party
- Conservative
- Council
- Bradford
- Ward
- Baildon
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- The campaign
- Endorsed on 12 October 2026
- Official page
- Bradford website
Questions and answers
Who is David Michael Ford?
David Michael Ford is a Conservative councillor for Baildon ward on City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
Has Cllr David Michael Ford endorsed the campaign that Zionism is not racism?
Yes. Cllr David Michael Ford put their name to it on 12 October 2026: "Zionism is not racism. I call on the Green Party to reverse its "Zionism is Racism" motion." In their own words: "Just to say I fully support your pledge and condemn the Green Party for the motion they passed at their conference. I was a member of the Green Party for 30 years and sat as a councillor for them 2000-2007, as well as a Parliamentary candidate in 2010. I left the party in 2016 because of the rising antisemitism in the party, after being active in a group called GreensAgainstAntisemitism. The Jew hate in the Green Party is now beyond anything in my worse nightmares. [They] are an openly antisemitic party, on a par with groups like the NF in the past."
What is the Green Party's "Zionism is Racism" motion?
On 4 October 2026 the Green Party of England and Wales passed a motion declaring that "Zionism is racism". It brands as racism the belief, held by around nine in ten British Jews, that the Jewish people have the right to a homeland of their own, and binds the party to treat that belief "as any other form of racism". Councillors and MPs of every other party are being asked to say, in public, that Zionism is not racism.
Who are the other councillors for Baildon?
Cllr Debbie Davies (Conservative) and Cllr Ian Peter Eglin (Reform UK). Each has a page saying where they stand.
Should I email Cllr David Michael Ford about it?
There is no need: Cllr David Michael Ford has already put their name to it. You can ask the other councillors on City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council instead.
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