BLABY (DISTRICT)

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 () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	94.3% White 3.8% S.Asian
Politics
Arms of Blaby District Council Blaby District Council
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
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.

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History

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.
==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 and Littlethorpe

★ Potters Marston

★ Sapcote, Sharnford, Stoney Stanton

★ Thurlaston

★ Whetstone, Wigston Parva