Manchester City
History
Manchester was incorporated in 1838 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 as the Corporation of Manchester or Manchester Corporation. It achieved city status in 1853, only the second such grant since the Reformation. The area included in the city has been increased many times, in 1885 (Bradford, Harpurhey and Rusholme), 1890 (Blackley, Crumpsall, part of Droylsden, Kirkmanshulme, Moston, Newton Heath, Openshaw, and West Gorton), 1903 (Heaton), 1904 (Burnage, Chorlton cum Hardy, Didsbury, and Moss Side), 1909 (Gorton, and Levenshulme), 1931 (Wythenshawe: Baguley, Northenden, and Northen Etchells), and Ringway in 1974. A new Town Hall was opened in 1877 (by Alderman Abel Heywood) and the Mayor of Manchester was granted the title of Lord Mayor in 1893. Under the Local Government Act 1972 the council was reconstituted as a metropolitan borough council in 1974, and since then it has been controlled by the Labour Party. In 1980, Manchester was the first council to declare itself a nuclear-free zone. In 1984 it formed an equal opportunities unit as part of its opposition to Section 28.
Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council is the local authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester is the sixth largest city in England by population. Its city council is composed of 96 councillors, three for each of the 32 electoral wards of Manchester. The council is controlled by the Labour Party and led by Bev Craig. The official opposition is the Green Party with three councillors. Joanne Roney is the chief executive. Many of the council's staff are based at Manchester Town Hall.
Map
Authority Coverage
M1 - Piccadilly, City Centre, Market Street
M2 - Deansgate, City Centre
M3 (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9) - City Centre, Deansgate, Castlefield
M4 - Ancoats, Northern Quarter, Strangeways
M8 - Crumpsall, Cheetham Hill
M9 - Harpurhey, Blackley
M11 - Clayton, Openshaw, Beswick
M12 - Ardwick, Longsight, Chorlton-on-Medlock
M13 - Ardwick, Longsight, Chorlton-on-Medlock
M14 - Fallowfield, Moss Side, Ladybarn, Rusholme, Victoria Park, Longsight
M15 - Hulme, Manchester Science Park
M16 - Whalley Range, Moss Side
M18 - Abbey Hey, Gorton
M19 - Levenshulme, Burnage
M20 - Didsbury, Withington
M21 - Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Barlow Moor
M22 - Wythenshawe, Northenden, Sharston Industrial Area
M23 - Baguley
M40 - Collyhurst, Miles Platting, Moston, New Moston, Newton Heath
M60 (exclude Sector 9) - located geographically in M1, M2, M3, M4, Manchester X
M61 - Manchester X
M90 - Manchester Airport
M99 - Manchester X; JD Williams (located geographically in M1 and M3)