Blaby (district)

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Blaby District
Blaby
Shown within Leicestershire

Leicestershire within England
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 (2006 est.)
- Density
Ranked 244th
92,500
709 / km²
Ethnicity: 94.3% White
3.8% S.Asian
Politics
Arms of Blaby District Council
Blaby District Council
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 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.

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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