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A man banned from entering all Kirklees Council buildings is standing as a candidate in the local elections on May 2.

Steve Bradbury was prohibited from entering council premises – including leisure centres, libraries and town halls - in 2011 as a result of a 20-year campaign against the local authority.

He has made thousands of complaints over the years and received a ban from former chief executive Adrian Lythgo after he was deemed "intimidating" by the council.

Mr Bradbury, from Huddersfield, is standing as an Independent candidate in Crosland Moor and Netherton ward.

And after confirming his candidature he commented: "If I was elected and the council held to its ban they would have a problem."

He appeared in the Channel 4 series The Complainers in June 2014 where he was shown confronting the council over his long-running dispute while wearing a body cam.

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In August 2017 Mr Bradbury entered the council chamber at Huddersfield Town Hall to challenge the ban , which he said was unlawful, unethical and discriminatory.

Following the appointment of Jacqui Gedman as the council's chief executive in July that year he sought an appointment to have the ban overturned but revealed, "nobody seems to want to talk to me about it".

He said the council had offered to revoke the ban if he agreed to drop any historical complaints he had made about the authority, but that he was not prepared to do so.

"Technically I can’t go into the sports centre, I can’t go to the library, a friend of mine got married here – I had to sit outside.

"What have I done wrong?"

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After appealing directly to the-then Council Leader, Clr David Sheard, Mr Bradbury left the chamber.

When contacted by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Mr Bradbury said he preferred not to give an interview on his candidacy.

A Kirklees Council spokesperson said: "We have set protocols and guidance for staff, which sets out how they will liaise with councillors and respond to their enquiries.

"Any person elected to office would be expected to follow the guidelines for councillors as set out in our constitution."