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County Durham
Geography
Status:Both ceremonial and administrative, though the latter is smaller.
Region: North East England
Area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area
Ranked 19th
2,676 kmē
Ranked 23rd
2,226 kmē
Admin HQ: Durham
ISO 3166-2:GB-DUR
ONS code:20
NUTS 3:UKC14
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.
Ranked 24th
810,191
303 / kmē
Ranked 27th
492,313
Ethnicity:98.6% White
Politics

Durham County Council
http://www.durham.gov.uk/
Executive: Labour
Members of Parliament
Hilary Armstrong, Tony Blair, Frank CookFrank Cook (born 3 November 1935) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour MP for Stockton North, and is a left-wing member of the Socialist Campaign Group. He served as Opposition whip from 1987 to 1992. Cook, Frank., John CummingsJohn Scott Cummings (born 6 July 1943) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and member of Parliament for Easington. He is a member of the Labour Party. He has been MP since 1987. John Cummings is also the real name of Johnny Ramone lead guitarist of pun, Derek FosterThe Right Honourable Derek Foster (born June 25, 1937), is the British member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland, in County Durham. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was Chief Whip of the opposition between 1985 and 1995 and so is a member of the Priv, Kevan JonesKevan David Jones (born 25 April 1964) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is currently Labour Party member of Parliament for Durham North, and was first elected in 2001. Previously he had been a Newcastle-upon-Tyne councillor, and an office of the, Alan MilburnThe Right Honourable Alan Milburn (born January 27, 1958) is a British politician. He is Labour MP for Darlington, and served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health until he resigned citing lack of balance with his family life, and rejoined it as, Gerry SteinbergGerald Neil Steinberg (born 20 April 1945) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He has been member of Parliament for Durham since 1987. Steinberg, Gerry., Dari TaylorDari Jean Taylor (born 13 December 1944) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour Party member of Parliament for Stockton South, and was first elected in 1997. She is the daughter of Dan Jones, a former MP. Taylor, Dari., Iain WrightIain David Wright (born 1972) is a British Labour politician, and Member of Parliament for Hartlepool since winning a by-election in September 2004. Wright was born in Hartlepool, has a BA and MA in History from University College London and worked as a c
Districts
  1. City of Durham
  2. Easington
  3. Sedgefield
  4. Teesdale
  5. Wear Valley
  6. Derwentside
  7. Chester-le-Street
  8. Hartlepool (unitary)
  9. Darlington (unitary)
  10. Stockton-on-Tees (unitary)*

* Only the part of the borough to the north of the River Tees is within the ceremonial County Durham.

County Durham is a county in north-east England. Its county town is Durham. It is a county of contrasts: the remote and sparsely populated dales and moors of the Pennines characterise the interior; while nearer the coast the county is highly urbanised, and was once dominated by the coal mining industry.





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