City of Durham

Shown within the shire county of Durham

City of Durham
Geography
Status:	City
Region:	North East England
Admin. County:	County Durham
Area: - Total	Ranked 195th 186.68 km²
Admin. HQ:	Durham
ONS code:	20UE
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	97.7% White
Politics
Durham City Council http://www.durhamcity.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MP:	Roberta Blackman-Woods

Durham is a local government district in County Durham, England. Its main settlement is Durham.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Durham and Framwelgate with Brandon and Byshottles urban district and Durham Rural District.

Mayors of the City of Durham

Mayors of the City of Durham are styled "The Right Worshipful, The Mayor of Durham". The Mayoralty is taken as a continuation of the mayoralty of the pre-1974 Durham and Framwelgate. The Mayor of Durham is entitled to an armed ceremonial bodyguard.

Mayors since 1974

1974/75 John J. Ramshaw, B.E.M.
1975/76 Clifford Ellison, B.E.M.
1976/77 James Mackintosh
1977/78 Allan Thompson, J.P.
1978/79 Joseph Edward Wright, B.E.M., J.P.
1979/80 James Barr Lattimer, J.P.
1980/81 Joseph Sylvester Anderson
1981/82 William Taylor
1982/83 Walter Stobbs
1983/84 Derek Hanson
1984/85 Ebenezer Shuker
1985/86 Alan Crooks, J.P.
1986/87 Robert Clewes
1987/88 Ivy Elaine Humphries
1988/89 Mildred Brown
1989/90 James Alfred Fearon
1990/91 William Henry Hartwell
1991/92 David Bell
1992/93 Michael Rochford
1993/94 Maurice Crathorne, M.B.E.
1994/95 William Dermot Cavanagh, M.A.
1995/96 Stephen Terence McDonnell, D.N.
1996/97 Joseph Sylvester Anderson
1997/98 Neil Griffin, B.Ed, M.A.
1998/99 Derek Young
1999/00 Margaret Adair
2000/01 George Wharton
2001/02 John George Cowper
2002/03 Eileen Rochford
2003/04 Raymond Gibbon
2004/05 Mary Ruth Hawgood
2005/06 John George Taylor Lightley
2006/07 William Jeffrey Lodge

Other Civic Appointments

Other civic appointments in the City of Durham include:

Deputy Mayor - currently Councillor Robert Wynn.
Town Clerk - the Council's Chief Executive.
Recorder - the Council's Director of Legal Services.
Chaplain - the Dean of Durham Cathedral.
Judicial Recorder (since 2005) - currently His Honour Judge Richard Lowden
Billet Master - to be held by a senior Durham City police officer
Pant Master - the Council's Director of Environmental Services
Posts within the Mayoral Bodyguard
Honorary Aldermen

Parishes in the City of Durham District

The central area of the City of Durham (the area covered by the pre-1974 City of Durham and Framwelgate) is not parished. Those parts of the district formerly part of Durham Rural District Council or Brandon and Byshottles Urban District Council are all parished. The current Brandon and Byshottles Parish Council is co-terminus with the pre-1974 UDC and has inherited some of its responsibilities (eg. allotments).

Civil Parishes in the City of Durham District are:

Composition of the Council

The Council is made up of 50 councillors elected in all-out elections every four years (last elections 2003). Current political composition is Liberal Democrat 28, Labour 17, Independent 4 and one vacancy. The 2003 elections saw the Liberal Democrats gain overall political control of the council from Labour, benefiting from boundary changes and substantial gains in Durham's eastern suburbs. Labour had held overall control of the City Council continually since the early 1980s.

External links

Local Government Committee for England Final Recommendations on electoral arrangements in Durham City

Local government in County Durham | Durham | Shire districts