page_title: Northenden
section_title: Governance
hierarchical_section_title: Northenden / Governance
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing location of Northenden ward within Manchester City Council.
context_page_description: Northenden is a suburb of Manchester, England, with a population of 14,771 at the 2011 census. It lies on the south side of the River Mersey, 4.2 miles west of Stockport and 5.2 miles south of Manchester city centre, it is bounded by Didsbury to the north, Gatley to the east, and Wythenshawe to the south and west.
  Historically a rural township and parish within the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire, despite unplanned urbanisation and population growth in its neighbours in the 19th century, Northenden remained a comparatively rural and unpopulated area which spanned the hamlets of Lawton Moor, Northern Moor, Rose Hill and a part of what is now Wythenshawe. By 1866 Northenden had coalesced and became a civil parish. The industrialisation of neighbouring Manchester resulted in overpopulation in the early 20th century.
  In popular culture, The Doves wrote a song about Northenden, called Northenden. The lyrics include
  “ The kids are deranged
  They love guns and kidnap
  Thats just the way we do things here
  The day dies down
  Not a moment too soon
  Under the northenden afternoon”
context_section_description: Northenden was one of the eight ancient parishes of the Macclesfield Hundred of Cheshire and included the township of Northen Etchells. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1886 the parish was split in two as Northen Etchells became a civil parish in its own right. In 1931, both parishes were incorporated into the civil parish and city of Manchester, along with the civil parish of Baguley, which was part of the Bucklow Hundred of Cheshire.
  Northenden is part of the Wythenshawe and Sale East constituency, represented by the Labour Party MP Mike Kane.
  Councillors
  Northenden is a ward within the local authority of Manchester City Council. The ward is represented by three Labour Councillors: Sarah Russell (Lab), Sam Lynch (Lab), and Mary Monaghan (Lab).
   indicates seat up for re-election.
caption: Northenden electoral ward within Manchester City Council.
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