Easington District

Coordinates: 54°47′24″N 1°21′07″W / 54.790°N 1.352°W / 54.790; -1.352

Easington District
Shown within ceremonial County Durham
History
• Origin	Easington Rural District Seaham Urban District
• Created	1974
• Abolished	2009
• Succeeded by	County Durham
Status	District
ONS code	20UF
Government	Easington District Council
• HQ	Easington

Easington was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district in eastern County Durham, England. It contained the settlements of Easington, Seaham, Peterlee, Murton, Horden, Blackhall, Wingate and Castle Eden. It did not however include Easington Lane which is administered as part of the City of Sunderland.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Seaham urban district with most of Easington Rural District.

It had the lowest percentage of foreign-born residents in England at 1.2% (2001 census).^[1]

The district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. An electoral ward in the name of Easington still exists. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 7,693.^[2]

Electoral divisions

References

↑ 'The whitest place in England' BBC News Magazine. Accessed 6 March 2008
↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 9 July 2015.

2009 structural changes to local government in England

Bedfordshire

Abolished	Bedford Mid Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire

New	Bedford Central Bedfordshire

Existing (1990s)	Luton

Cheshire

Abolished	Chester Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Ellesmere Port and Neston Macclesfield Vale Royal

New	Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire East

Existing (1990s)	Warrington Halton

Cornwall

Abolished	Caradon Carrick Kerrier North Cornwall Penwith Restormel

New	Cornwall

Existing (1890s)	Isles of Scilly

County Durham

Abolished	Chester-le-Street Derwentside Durham Easington Sedgefield Teesdale Wear Valley

New	Durham

Existing (1990s)	Hartlepool Darlington Stockton-on-Tees

Northumberland

Abolished	Alnwick Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Castle Morpeth Tynedale Wansbeck

New	Northumberland

Existing (1990s)	None

Shropshire

Abolished	Bridgnorth North Shropshire Oswestry Shrewsbury and Atcham South Shropshire

New	Shropshire

Existing (1990s)	Telford and Wrekin

Wiltshire

Abolished	Salisbury West Wiltshire Kennet North Wiltshire

New	Wiltshire

Existing (1990s)	Swindon

Former non-metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

Local elections	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

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