| Coordinates | 53.52°N 2.2°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 |
| Governing body | Manchester City Council |
| Leader party | Labour |
| Leader of the council | Bev Craig |
| Councillor | Martin Power (Reform) |
| Councillor | Paula Sadler (Labour) |
| Councillor | Julie Connolly (Labour) |
| Population total | 11,688 |
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.[2]
A new "education village" has been constructed in Higher Blackley, including a "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.[3]
In 2014, a report from Open Society Foundations described the Higher Blackley ward as " a strong and often supportive community with a sense of identity and belonging based on solid social bonds and connections ... a community that had significant pockets of deprivation alongside areas of relative affluence, a majority white working-class community which has undergone social change including increased migration into the area, and a history of far-right political activity".[2]
Governance
Higher Blackley is in the parliamentary constituency of Blackley and Middleton South. Currently two of the councillors: Paula Sadler,[4] and Julie Connolly[5] are members of the Labour Party and Martin Power[6] is from Reform.
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Anna Trotman (Lab) | Harold Lyons (Lab) | Ken Barnes (Lab) | |||
| 2006 | Anna Trotman (Lab) | Harold Lyons (Lab) | Ken Barnes (Lab) | |||
| 2007 | Anna Trotman (Lab) | Harold Lyons (Lab) | Ken Barnes (Lab) | |||
| 2008 | Anna Trotman (Lab) | Harold Lyons (Lab) | Ken Barnes (Lab) | |||
| 2010 | Anna Trotman (Lab) | Harold Lyons (Lab) | Ken Barnes (Lab) | |||
| 2011 | Anna Trotman (Lab) | Harold Lyons (Lab) | Ken Barnes (Lab) | |||
| 2012 | Anna Trotman (Lab) | Harold Lyons (Lab) | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) | |||
| 2014 | Anna Trotman (Lab) | Harold Lyons (Lab) | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) | |||
| 2015 | Anna Trotman (Lab) | John Farrell (Lab) | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) | |||
| By-election 18 February 2016[7] | Paula Sadler (Lab) | John Farrell (Lab) | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) | |||
| May 2016 | Paula Sadler (Lab) | John Farrell (Lab) | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) | |||
| 2018 | Paula Sadler (Lab) | Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) | John Farrell (Lab) | |||
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indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election.
References
- ^ "City of Manchester Ward 2011". Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ Hussain, Nazia (2014). "Europe’s White Working Class Communities: Manchester". Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Julie Connolly". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ^ "Manchester local election results 2026 in full". Manchester Evening News. 8 May 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Todd (19 February 2016). "Labour's Paula Sadler wins Higher Blackley by-election". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 24 June 2019.