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Internally, other than the hall, the principal room was a circular and domed council chamber, which was panelled. [7] The building continued to serve as a meeting place for Spennymoor Urban District Council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government after the enlarged Sedgefield District Council was formed in ...
The boroughs of Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland were considered large enough to provide their own county-level services and so they were made county boroughs, independent from Durham County Council. The county council was elected by and provided services to the rest of the county, which area was termed the administrative county. [6]
Spennymoor returns 5 County Councillors to Durham County Council from two Electoral Divisions covering the town, and its constituent villages. Tudhoe Division covers Tudhoe Village, Tudhoe Moor, and Low Spennymoor. Spennymoor Division covers Spennymoor, Middlestone Moor, and Byers Green. Spennymoor Town Hall
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 ...
All Durham’s state lawmakers hope to remain in office. Two state Senate seats, occupied by Democrats: Incumbent Mike Woodard (District 22) will face a primary challenger in Sophia Chitlik , a ...
She ensured that Durham Constabulary was the first police force in the UK to initiate a Workplace Gambling Charter. [5] She further approved the new Durham Constabulary Investigative Hub to be built at Spennymoor. [6] Allen proposed a £10 tax hike for residents in County Durham and Darlington which was approved by the Police and Crime Panel. [7]
Durham County joined the city this week and adopted zoning reforms that encourage denser infill development and eliminate minimum parking requirements. The Durham County commissioners’ vote ...
An election to Durham County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. [1] Following a boundary review, [2] 126 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which returned either one, two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.