North East Derbyshire District | |
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District | |
Shown within Derbyshire |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | East Midlands |
Ceremonial county | Derbyshire |
Admin. HQ | Wingerworth |
Government | |
• Type | North East Derbyshire District Council |
• Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
• Executive: | Labour |
• MPs: | Natascha Engel, Dennis Skinner |
Area | |
• Total | 106.4 sq mi (275.6 km2) |
Area rank | 148th |
Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
• Total | 99,600 |
• Rank | Ranked 235th |
• Density | 940/sq mi (360/km2) |
Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
• Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) |
ONS code | 17UJ (ONS) E07000038 (GSS) |
Ethnicity | 98.9% White |
Website | ne-derbyshire.gov.uk |
North East Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. It borders the districts of Chesterfield, Bolsover, Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire. The population of the council as taken at the 2011 Census was 99,023. The district council is now a non-constituent partner member of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority.
The council's head office was originally based outside the district, in the town of Chesterfield, which the district surrounds on three sides, and thus acts as the shopping and work centre for much of the district. However the council relocated to District Council Offices, Mill Lane, Wingerworth, within its own administrative area, in April 2015.
Settlements in the district include:
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the Clay Cross and Dronfield urban districts along with all but one parish of Chesterfield Rural District.
The district, along with the district of Bolsover and much of the surrounding area of South Yorkshire, was a major producer of coal when a large seam was discovered during the building of the Clay Cross railway tunnel. Coal mining became the main industry of the region. During the 1980s the Conservative government closed down many of the mines after a dispute between the government and the National Union of Mineworkers, which is known as the miners' strike.