Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)

Sedgefield
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sedgefield in County Durham.
Location of County Durham within England.
County	County Durham
Electorate	67,386 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Phil Wilson (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Durham, Durham North West, Easington and Bishop Auckland
1918–1974
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Bishop Auckland, Durham, Easington
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Sedgefield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since a by-election in 2007 by Phil Wilson, a member of the Labour Party.

Labour have held Sedgefield since 1935. From 1983 to 2007, the constituency was represented by Tony Blair, who became the party's leader in 1994 and Prime Minister in 1997.

Upon its abolishment for the February 1974 General Election, the constituency included: The urban district of Billingham, the rural districts of Darlington and Sedgefield, and the rural district of Stockton (excluding Norton, Elton, Preston-on-Tees, Dalton Piercy, Greatham and Seaton).

1983-1997: The District of Sedgefield wards of Bishop Middleham, Broom, Chilton, Cornforth, Ferryhill, Fishburn, Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange, Middlestone, New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, Old Trimdon, Sedgefield, Spennymoor, and Tudhoe, the District of Easington wards of Deaf Hill, Hutton Henry, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, and the Borough of Darlington wards of Heighington, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Sadberge, and Whessoe.

1997-2010: The District of Sedgefield wards of Bishop Middleham, Broom, Chilton, Cornforth, Ferryhill, Fishburn, Middridge, Neville, New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, Old Trimdon, Sedgefield, Shafto, Simpasture, West, and Woodham, the District of Easington wards of Deaf Hill, Hutton Henry, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, and the Borough of Darlington wards of Heighington, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Sadberge, and Whessoe.

2010-present: The Borough of Sedgefield wards of Bishop Middleham and Cornforth, Broom, Chilton, Ferryhill, Fishburn and Old Trimdon, Greenfield Middridge, Neville and Simpasture, New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, Sedgefield, Shafto St Mary's, West, and Woodham, the District of Easington wards of Thornley and Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, and the Borough of Darlington wards of Heighington and Coniscliffe, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Sadberge, and Whessoe.

This constituency was first created in time for the 1918 general election, and then abolished for the February 1974 election.