Higher Blackley
Higher Blackley, Manchester | |
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_2018.png) Higher Blackley electoral ward within Manchester City Council | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): By wisdom and effort | |
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| Coordinates: 53°31′N 2°12′W / 53.52°N 2.20°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
| Created | May 1973 |
| Named for | Higher Blackley, Manchester |
| Government UK Parliament constituency: Blackley and Broughton | |
| • Type | Unicameral |
| • Body | Manchester City Council |
| • Leader of the council | Richard Leese (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Paula Sadler (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Shelley Lanchbury (Labour) |
| • Councillor | John Farrell (Labour) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,688 |
| Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1] | |
Higher Blackley is an electoral district or ward in the north of the City of Manchester, England. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 11,688.[1]
Heaton Park, one of Europe's largest parks, is in this ward.
A new education village has been constructed in Higher Blackley, including a state of the art learning resource centre containing a library and IT facilities with specialist facilities including Science, Humanities and English. The project was occupied in stages, with Our Lady's RC High School and North Ridge SEN occupying the building by January 2009, followed by Meade Hill ESBD in July 2009.[2]
Governance
Higher Blackley is in the parliamentary constituency of Blackley and Broughton. Currently all three councillors: Paula Sadler,[3] Shelley Lanchbury[4] and John Farrell[5] are members of the Labour Party.
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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| 2004 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anna Trotman (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harold Lyons (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ken Barnes (Lab) |
| 2006 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anna Trotman (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harold Lyons (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ken Barnes (Lab) |
| 2007 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anna Trotman (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harold Lyons (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ken Barnes (Lab) |
| 2008 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anna Trotman (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harold Lyons (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ken Barnes (Lab) |
| 2010 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anna Trotman (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harold Lyons (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ken Barnes (Lab) |
| 2011 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anna Trotman (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harold Lyons (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ken Barnes (Lab) |
| 2012 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anna Trotman (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harold Lyons (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) |
| 2014 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anna Trotman (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harold Lyons (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) |
| 2015 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anna Trotman (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Farrell (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) |
| By-election 18 February 2016[6] |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | | Paula Sadler (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Farrell (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) |
| May 2016 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Paula Sadler (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Farrell (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) |
| 2018 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Paula Sadler (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Farrell (Lab) |
| 2019 | Paula Sadler (Lab) | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) | John Farrell (Lab) | |||
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election.
References
- ^ a b "City of Manchester Ward 2011". Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Higher Blackley Education Village". Manchester City Council. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22.
- ^ "Paula Sadler". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "Shelley Lanchbury". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "John Farrell". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Todd (19 February 2016). "Labour's Paula Sadler wins Higher Blackley by-election". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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