Blaby (district)

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Blaby District
Shown within Leicestershire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Leicestershire
Area:   Total:	Ranked 198th 130.5 km²
Admin. HQ:	Narborough
ONS code:	31UB
Demographics
Population:   Total (2007 est.):   Density:	Ranked 240th 92,900 712 / km²
Ethnicity:	94.3% White 3.8% S.Asian
Politics
Blaby District Council http://www.blaby.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Stephen Dorrell, Andrew Robathan

Blaby is a local government district in Leicestershire, England.

The district is named after Blaby, but also includes Thorpe Astley, Braunstone Town, Cosby, Countesthorpe, Glenfield (the location of the headquarters of Leicestershire County Council), Enderby, Glen Parva, Huncote, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester Forest East, Narborough (the location of the main council offices), Sapcote, Stoney Stanton, and Wigston Parva. Much of the district is part of the Leicester urban area.

Blaby was represented in Parliament by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, between 1974 and 1992.

[edit] History

The district traces its origins to the Blaby Poor Law Union,^[1] which was founded in 1834. It became a rural district of Leicestershire in 1894. Oadby was removed in 1913 to form an urban district. 1935 saw parts being transferred to Leicester, whilst it took in part of the abolished Hinckley Rural District. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the area was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district.

[edit] Parishes

• Aston Flamville
• Blaby, Braunstone Town
• Cosby, Countesthorpe, Croft
• Elmesthorpe, Enderby
• Glen Parva, Glenfield
• Huncote
• Kilby, Kirby Muxloe
• Leicester Forest East, Leicester Forest West, Lubbesthorpe
• Narborough
• Potters Marston
• Sapcote, Sharnford, Stoney Stanton
• Thurlaston
• Whetstone, Wigston Parva

[edit] References

v • d • e Ceremonial county of Leicestershire England Portal Unitary authorities Leicester Boroughs or districts District of Blaby · Borough of Charnwood · District of Harborough · Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth · Borough of Melton · District of North West Leicestershire · Borough of Oadby and Wigston Major settlements Ashby-de-la-Zouch · Braunstone Town · Coalville · Earl Shilton · Hinckley · Leicester · Loughborough · Lutterworth · Market Bosworth · Market Harborough · Melton Mowbray · Oadby · Shepshed · Syston · Wigston Magna See also: List of civil parishes in Leicestershire Topics Parliamentary constituencies · Places · SSSIs

v • d • e Districts of the East Midlands Amber Valley • Ashfield • Bassetlaw • Blaby • Bolsover • Boston • Broxtowe • Charnwood • Chesterfield • Corby • Daventry • Derby • Derbyshire Dales • East Lindsey • East Northamptonshire • Erewash • Gedling • Harborough • High Peak • Hinckley and Bosworth • Kettering • Leicester • Lincoln • Mansfield • Melton • Newark and Sherwood • Northampton • North East Derbyshire • North Kesteven • North West Leicestershire • Nottingham • Oadby and Wigston • Rushcliffe • Rutland • South Derbyshire • South Holland • South Kesteven • South Northamptonshire • Wellingborough • West Lindsey Counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire • Leicestershire • Lincolnshire • Northamptonshire • Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°34′23″N 1°12′18″W / 52.573°N 1.205°W / 52.573; -1.205