Blaby District

Blaby District
District
Shown within Leicestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Leicestershire
Admin. HQ	Narborough
Government
• Type	Blaby District Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative
• MPs:	Stephen Dorrell, Andrew Robathan
Area
• Total	50.4 sq mi (130.5 km²)
Area rank	198th
Population (2011 est.)
• Total	94,100
• Rank	Ranked 247th
• Density	1,900/sq mi (720/km²)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code	31UB (ONS) E07000129 (GSS)
Ethnicity	94.3% White 3.8% S.Asian
Website	blaby.gov.uk

Blaby is a local government district in Leicestershire, England.

The district is named after the village of Blaby. It covers the civil parish of Blaby and 23 others. Among these are Cosby, Countesthorpe, Enderby, Huncote, Narborough (the location of the main district council offices), Sapcote, Stoney Stanton, and Wigston Parva. Much of the district is part of the Leicester urban area: this applies especially to the parishes of Braunstone Town (including the commuter housing development of Thorpe Astley); Glenfield (the location of the headquarters of Leicestershire County Council); Kirby Muxloe; Leicester Forest East; and Glen Parva. There are plans to extend this urban area significantly through a large scale housing development, in the rural parish of Lubbesthorpe, and expansion of the industrial area in the neighbouring parish of Enderby.

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

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.

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Towns and villages of Blaby District

Towns	Braunstone (Thorpe Astley)

Large villages	Blaby Cosby Countesthorpe Enderby Glen Parva Glenfield Kirby Muxloe Leicester Forest East Narborough Stoney Stanton Whetstone

Small villages	Aston Flamville Croft Elmesthorpe Huncote Kilby Littlethorpe Potters Marston Sapcote Sharnford Thurlaston

Hamlets	Leicester Forest West Lubbesthorpe Wigston Parva

Ceremonial county of Leicestershire

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Unitary authorities	Leicester

Boroughs or districts	Blaby Charnwood Harborough Hinckley and Bosworth Melton North West Leicestershire Oadby and Wigston

Major settlements	Ashby-de-la-Zouch Braunstone Town Coalville Earl Shilton Hinckley Kirby Muxloe Leicester (Leicester Urban Area) Loughborough Lutterworth Market Bosworth Market Harborough Melton Mowbray Oadby Shepshed Syston Wigston Magna See also: List of civil parishes in Leicestershire

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Districts of the East Midlands

Derbyshire	Amber Valley Bolsover Chesterfield Derby Derbyshire Dales Erewash High Peak North East Derbyshire South Derbyshire

Leicestershire	Blaby Charnwood Harborough Hinckley and Bosworth Leicester Melton North West Leicestershire Oadby and Wigston

Lincolnshire	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Nottinghamshire	Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Nottingham Rushcliffe

Northamptonshire	Corby Daventry East Northamptonshire Kettering Northampton South Northamptonshire Wellingborough

Rutland	Rutland