Easington was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district in eastern

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, England. It contained the settlements of Easington, Seaham, Peterlee, Murton, Horden, Blackhall, Wingate and Castle Eden. It did not however include

Easington Lane Easington Lane is a village in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough in the county of Tyne and Wear, North East England. Historically part of County Durham and located between Hetton-le-Hole, Seaham, Peterlee and Durham. It had a pop ...

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 Easington Rural District was a rural district in County Durham from 1894 to 1974. The local authority was Easington Rural District Council. In 1956 the civil parish of Peterlee was created in the district around the new town that had been founded ...

. It had the lowest percentage of foreign-born residents in England at 1.2% (2001 census). The district was abolished as part of the

2009 structural changes to local government in England Structural changes to local government in England were effected on 1 April 2009, whereby a number of new unitary authorities were created in parts of the country which previously operated a "two-tier" system of counties and districts. In five s ...

. An

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

in the name of Easington still exists. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 7,693.

Electoral divisions

*''Blackhalls'' Blackhalls ward; Nesbitt parish; Sheraton with Hulam parish; Hutton Henry and Station Town parish wards of Hutton Henry parish; Hesleden parish ward of Monk Hesleden parish *'' Dawdon'' Dawdon ward; Seaham Harbour South parish ward of Seaham parish *''Deneside'' Deneside ward; Westlea parish ward of Seaham parish *'' Easington'' Easington Colliery ward; Easington Village parish; Hawthorn parish *''Horden'' Horden North ward; Horden South ward *'' Murton'' Murton East ward; Murton West ward *'' Peterlee East'' Dene House ward; Eden Hill ward *''Peterlee West'' Acre Rigg ward; Howletch ward *'' Seaham'' Seaton with Slingley parish; Seaham Harbour North and Seaham North parish wards of Seaham parish *'' Shotton'' Haswell and Shotton ward; South Hetton parish *'' Thornley'' Thornley and Wheatley Hill ward; Trimdon Foundry parish *'' Wingate'' Passfield ward; Castle Eden parish; Wingate parish

References

English districts abolished in 2009 Former non-metropolitan districts of Durham {{Durham-geo-stub