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For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine the unitary authority of County Durham with the Tyne and Wear boroughs of Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of a cross-county ...
The county of Durham (including the Borough of Darlington) returned 7 MPs to the UK Parliament from 1983 to 2024. Under the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, coming into effect for the 2024 general election, the boundary commission proposed that one constituency be shared with the county of Tyne and Wear.
The county boundaries used for parliamentary constituencies were originally those used between 1974 and 1996, consisting of the County Durham district and the Darlington Borough, until boundary changes in 2024. This area elects eight Members of Parliament.
County Durham is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is governed by Durham County Council . [ 5 ] The district has an area of 2,226 square kilometres (859 sq mi), and contains 135 civil parishes . [ 6 ]
Map of County Durham, UK with City of Durham highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170%: Date: 21 January 2025: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Most data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author
Map of County Durham, UK with former districts shown. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170% Geographic limits: West: 2.40W; East: 1.05W; North: 54.95N; South: 54.43N; Source Ordnance Survey OpenData. Most data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map ...
Some settlements, such as Sunderland and Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, are not in the present ceremonial county. Stockton and Hartlepool authorities, from when the ceremonial county designation was created in 1974 until 1996, were formerly in the Cleveland ceremonial county. Stockton's authority spans two ceremonial counties.
The county boundary with the North Riding of Yorkshire was adjusted in 1967: that part of the town of Barnard Castle historically in Yorkshire was added to County Durham, [35] while the administrative county ceded the portion of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in Durham to the North Riding. [36]