County Durham,officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/),is a ceremonial county in North East England. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to the north,the North Sea to the east,North Yorkshire to the south,and Cumbria to the west. The largest settlement is Darlington,and the county town is the city of Durham.
Sedgefield District was,from 1974 to 2009,a local government district and,borough in County Durham,in North East England. It had a population of about 87,000. It was named after Sedgefield,but its largest town was Newton Aycliffe. Other places included Shildon,Ferryhill and Spennymoor.
Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham,England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946,the town is 5 miles to the north of Darlington and 10 miles to the south of Durham. It is the oldest new town in the north of England. Together with the bordering Aycliffe Village and the north part of School Aycliffe,it forms the civil parish of Great Aycliffe. The population of the town at the time of the 2011 census was 26,633.
Middleton One Row is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham,England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south east of Darlington. The village was originally developed as a spa resort in the late 18th century with properties developed on one row,overlooking the banks of the River Tees.
Sedgefield is a constituency in County Durham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Paul Howell of the Conservative Party. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Easington is a constituency created in 1950 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Grahame Morris of the Labour Party.
City of Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Mary Foy of the Labour Party.
Darlington is the parliamentary constituency for the eponymous market town in County Durham in the North East of England. It is currently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Peter Gibson of the Conservative Party,who was first elected in 2019.
Bishop Auckland is a constituency in County Durham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Dehenna Davison,a Conservative.
Sir Roland Jennings was a British chartered accountant and politician.
South East Durham was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election between 1885 and 1918.
The 2007 Sedgefield by-election was a by-election held on 19 July 2007 for the House of Commons constituency of Sedgefield in County Durham. The Ealing Southall by-election was also held on 19 July.
Philip Wilson is a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield in a by-election that followed the resignation of Tony Blair,former Prime Minister,from the seat. He lost the seat at the 2019 general election to Paul Howell of the Conservative Party.
Durham County Council is a local unitary authority governing local government functions for the County Durham district of North East England. The council area covers part of wider ceremonial County Durham. County Hall in Durham is the council's headquarters.
Jennifer Chapman,Baroness Chapman of Darlington is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,she served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 2010 to 2019.
County Durham is a local government district in North East England. It is governed by Durham County Council,a unitary authority. The district has an area of 2,232.6 km2,and contains 135 civil parishes. It forms part of the larger ceremonial county of Durham,together with boroughs of Darlington,Hartlepool,and the part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees.
The county of Durham has returned 7 MPs to the UK Parliament since 1983. Under the Local Government Act 1972,which came into effect on 1 April 1974,the boundaries of the historic/administrative county were significantly altered with the north-east of the county,comprising more than half the electorate,being transferred to the new metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. In addition,the borough of Hartlepool was included in the new county of Cleveland. These changes were reflected in the following redistribution of parliamentary seats which did not come into effect until the 1983 general election,resulting in a reduction in the county's representation from 16 to 7 MPs.
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,it will first be contested at the next general election.
