Blaby (district)
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Blaby District | |
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Shown within Leicestershire | |
Geography | |
Status: | District |
Region: | East Midlands |
Admin. County: | Leicestershire |
Area: - Total | Ranked 222nd 130.47 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Blaby |
ONS code: | 31UB |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 243rd 91,519 701 / 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 includes Blaby, Braunstone Town, Cosby, Countesthorpe, Glenfield (the location of the headquarters of Leicestershire County Council), Enderby, Glen Parva, Huncote, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester Forest East, Narborough, 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.
Parishes
- Aston Flamville
- Blaby, Braunstone
- Countesthorpe, Croft
- Elmesthorpe, Enderby
- Glen Parva, Glenfield
- Huncote
- Kilby, Kirby Muxloe
- Leicester Forest East, Leicester Forest West, Lubbesthorpe
- Narborough and Littlethorpe
- Potters Marston
- Sapcote, Sharnford, Stoney Stanton
- Thurlaston
- Whetstone, Wigston Parva
Districts of England - 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 | |
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |