Councillor Sue Duffey COUNCILLOR Sue Duffy (Lab, Thornton and Allerton) has been named as the new Executive Member for Children and Families at Bradford Council. She fills the role left vacant after the previous portfolio holder, Councillor Adrian Farley, lost his seat on the Council at this month s local elections. The portfolio includes Children s Services - a department that is attempting to turn itself around after being judged inadequate by Ofsted in 2018. Cllr Duffy, a councillor for Thornton and Allerton ward since 2015, has held a number of positions including Chair of Employee Appeals for the past five years, Deputy Chair of Corporate Scrutiny, on school appeals and as Executive Assistant she has been working with Public Health on the Living Well strategy. She has also taken on a number of outside responsibilities including Chair of school governors at Sandy Lane Primary, on West Yorkshire Joint Services Committee and on Yorkshire and Humber Employers Associati