Sedgefield (borough)

Borough of Sedgefield
Sedgefield Shown within the shire county of Durham
Geography
Status:	Borough
Admin. County:	County Durham
Area: - Total	Ranked 179th 217.37 km²
Region:	North East England
Admin. HQ:	Spennymoor
ONS code:	20UG
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	99.3% White
Politics
Arms of Sedgefield Borough Council Sedgefield Borough Council http://www.sedgefield.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Tony Blair, Helen Goodman

Sedgefield is a local government district and borough in County Durham, in north-east England. It has a population of about 87,000 (2001 UK census). It is named after Sedgefield; but its largest town is Newton Aycliffe. Other places include Shildon, Ferryhill and Spennymoor.

The borough was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Sedgefield Rural District, Spennymoor and Shildon urban districts and part of Darlington Rural District.

Electorial divisions

Aycliffe East Aycliffe Village, Neville and Shafto St Marys parish wards of Great Aycliffe parish
Aycliffe North Woodham ward; Woodham South parish ward of Great Aycliffe parish
Aycliffe West West ward; Simpasture parish ward of Great Aycliffe parish
Chilton Chilton ward; Cornforth parish; Merrington parish ward of Spennymoor parish
Ferryhill Broom ward; Ferryhill ward
Sedgefield Sedgefield ward; Bishop Middleham parish
Shildon East Greenfield Middridge ward; Thickley ward
Shildon West Byerley ward; Sunnydale ward
Spennymoor and Middlestone Spennymoor ward; Byers Green and Middlestone parish wards of Spennymoor parish
Trimdon Fishburn and Old Trimdon ward; New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange ward
Tudhoe Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange ward; Tudhoe ward