Higher Blackley
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. Heaton Park, one of Europe's largest parks, is in this ward.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
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. Heaton Park, one of Europe's largest parks, is in this ward.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Higher Blackley. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
In this article
Overview
Overview
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. 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".
Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Higher Blackley, Manchester • Type — Electoral ward • Motto — By wisdom and effort • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United Kingdom • Subdivision Type1 — Constituent country • Subdivision Name1 — England • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — North West England • Subdivision Type3 — County • Subdivision Name3 — Greater Manchester • Subdivision Type4 — Metropolitan borough • Subdivision Name4 — Manchester • Established Title — Created • Established Date — May 1973 • Named For — Higher Blackley, Manchester • Government Footnotes — UK Parliament constituency: Blackley and Middleton South • Government Type — Unicameral • Governing Body — Manchester City Council • Leader Party — Labour • Leader Title — Leader of the council • Leader Name — Bev Craig • Leader Title1 — Councillor • Leader Name1 — Martin Power (Reform) • Leader Title2 — Councillor • Leader Name2 — Paula Sadler (Labour) • Leader Title3 — Councillor • Leader Name3 — Julie Connolly (Labour) • Population Total — 11,688 • Footnotes — Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census
Governance
Governance
Higher Blackley is in the parliamentary constituency of Blackley and Middleton South. Currently two of the councillors: Paula Sadler, and Julie Connolly are members of the Labour Party and Martin Power 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 — 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) • 2019 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2026 • 99CCFF indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election.
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.City of Manchester Ward 2011.
- 2.Hussain, Nazia. Europe’s White Working Class Communities: Manchester. Open Society Foundations. 2014.
- 3.Manchester City Council. Higher Blackley Education Village.
- 4.Manchester City Council. Paula Sadler. manchester.gov.uk.
- 5.Manchester City Council. Julie Connolly. manchester.gov.uk.
- 6.Manchester local election results 2026 in full. Manchester Evening News. 8 May 2026.
- 7.Fitzgerald, Todd. Labour's Paula Sadler wins Higher Blackley by-election. Manchester Evening News. 19 February 2016.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 27 September 2026.
Elsewhere in General
22,760 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- High School of Music & ArtOrganisation
- High Storrs SchoolOrganisation
- Highbury Fields SchoolOrganisation
- HighclerePlace
- Higher WaltonPlace
- Higher Women's CoursesOrganisation
- Highfield Leadership AcademyOrganisation
- HighfieldsPlace
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Higher Blackley?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.