Derwentside
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| Derwentside District | |
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 Shown within County Durham |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Admin. County: | County Durham |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 168th 270.79 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Consett |
| ONS code: | 20UD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 269th 86,300 319 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.4% White |
| Politics | |
Derwentside District Council http://www.derwentside.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | Hilary Armstrong, Kevan Jones |
Derwentside is a local government district in County Durham, England, named after the River Derwent. It sits to the west of Chester-le-Street and to the north and east of the Wear Valley district.
Its main towns are Consett and Stanley, with the district council offices on Consett's Medomsley Road. The rest of the district is semi-rural, with numerous former pit villages running into one another.
In the past, Derwentside was famous both for its steel industry and coal mining. Since their closure, the district has struggled with unemployment, although recent European Union funding has provided a boost to local businesses and visitor attractions.
European money assisted in the creation of, for its time, a highly innovative community internet project. The Derwentside Infonet provided free dialup internet access to community groups, in the mid to late 1990s.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Consett and Stanley urban districts with Lanchester Rural District.
In March 2007, the UK Government announced a consultation on plans to abolish Derwentside together with the other district authorities and County Council in Durham and replace them with one single countywide unitary authority. A final decision is expected in July. If the plans are given the go-ahead the new Council would be established in mid 2009.
The council is controlled by the Labour Party, with Derwentside Independents being the largest opposition group. [1]
[edit] Electorial divisions
- Annfield Plain Annfield Plain ward; Catchgate ward
- Benfieldside
- Burnopfield and Dipton Burnopfield ward; Dipton ward
- Consett North
- Craghead and South Moor
- Delves Lane and Consett South Consett East ward; Consett South ward; Delves Lane ward
- Esh Cornsay ward; Esh ward
- Lanchester Burnhope ward; Castleside ward; Lanchester ward
- Leadgate and Medomsley Ebchester and Medomsley ward; Leadgate ward
- Stanley
- Tanfield
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