Sedgefield District was, from 1974 to 2009, a

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and (from 1996),

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, in

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. It had a population of about 87,000 (

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). It was named after

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, but its largest town was

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. Other places included

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and Spennymoor. The borough was formed (as Sedgefield District), in 1974, under the

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, by the merger of Sedgefield Rural District, Spennymoor and

urban districts and part of Darlington Rural District. The borough was abolished as part of the

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. From 1983 to 2007, most of the district was represented in parliament by

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, who became Leader of the Labour Party in 1994, and

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in 1997.

Electoral divisions of the district in pre-2009 Durham County Council

*''Aycliffe East'' Aycliffe Village, Neville and Shafto St Mary's 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

References

English districts abolished in 2009 Former non-metropolitan districts of Durham Former boroughs in England {{Durham-geo-stub

Electoral divisions of the district in pre-2009 Durham County Council

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