Governance
The district was a township of the ancient parish of Manchester in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire, then Stretford as that grew in importance. From 1876 to 1894 it was part of the district administered by the Withington Local Board and from 1894 to 1904 part of Withington Urban District. Chorlton was absorbed into the City of Manchester in August 1904, together with the rest of the urban district. A separate Withington Committee of the City Council existed between 1904 and 1914.
In 2010 Chorlton ward was represented by one Labour councillor and two Liberal Democrats. Chorlton Park ward which incorporates the Mersey Bank and Nell Lane estates of south and south-east Chorlton is represented by three Liberal Democrat councillors. Whalley Range ward includes parts of Chorlton and is represented by a Labour and two Independent councillors.
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Famous quotes containing the word governance:
“He yaf me al the bridel in myn hand,
To han the governance of hous and land,
And of his tonge and his hand also;”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)