Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, commonly called Stockton Borough, is a local authority borough, a part of County Durham, North Yorkshire and Tees Valley, in Northern England. The head town is Stockton, which on the north bank of the River Tees. The town and borough have a population of 82,880 and 191,600, both shown in the 2011 census.[2]

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton Borough
Unitary Authority Borough
Stockton Town House
Coat of Arms of Stockton-on-Tees
the part of Stockton-on-Tees within County Durham
the part of Stockton-on-Tees within North Yorkshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryEngland
RegionNorth East England
City regionTees Valley
ConurbationTeesside
Lieutenancy areaDurham and North Yorkshire
Admin. HQStockton-on-Tees
Government
 • TypeStockton-on-Tees Borough Council
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive:Labour
 • Tees Valley MayorBen Houchen
 • MayorCouncillor Mohammed Javed[1]
 • MPs:Alex Cunningham (L)
Matt Vickers (C)
Area
 • Total79.2 sq mi (205.0 km2)
Area rank158th
Population
 (mid-2019 est.)
 • Total197,348
 • RankRanked 95th
 • Density2,500/sq mi (960/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code00EF (ONS)
E06000004 (GSS)
Ethnicity97.2% White
1.7% S.Asian
Websitestockton.gov.uk

The borough is governed by the unitary authority of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council and the Mayor is Cllr Mohammed Javed.[1] The borough is in Teesside, with the conurbation‘s largest number of residents by borough, and is split between lieutenancy areas of County Durham (north) and North Yorkshire (south).

All river Tees bridges from Yarm Viaduct to Transporter Bridge are in or cross into the borough from Middlesbrough. Teesside International Airport is shared with Borough of Darlington.

Other settlements, that are north of the Tees, include Billingham, Eaglescliffe, Roseworth and Norton-on-Tees. Large settlements south of the river are Ingleby Barwick, Thornaby-on-Tees and Yarm.

History
Further information: Thornaby
The borough with the county boundary (the River Tees) shown

The core of the town was anciently in County Durham, but the borough spilled over the river into Yorkshire. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 from the Stockton part of Teesside County Borough (into which the previous Municipal Borough of Stockton-on-Tees had been incorporated in 1968), along with part of Stockton Rural District in County Durham and part of Stokesley Rural District from the North Riding of Yorkshire. At that time it was designated a non-metropolitan district of the county of Cleveland, which was established at the same time.

It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1996. For ceremonial purposes the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire, along the line of the River Tees as shown in the map (left) with County Durham to the north and North Yorkshire to the south. It is the only council area in England or Wales to be split between two ceremonial counties.

Council
See also: Stockton-on-Tees local elections

The Borough has 26 wards with either one, two or three Councillors representing each. There are 56 Councillors in total in the Borough of Stockton, following the elections that took place in May 2015:

  • 32 Councillors are Labour
  • 13 Conservatives
  • 5 belong to IBIS (Ingleby Barwick Independent Society)
  • 3 Thornaby Independent Association
  • 2 West Words
  • 1 Liberal Democrat.[3]

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

YearRegional Gross Value Added4Agriculture1Industry2Services3
19952,80491,4431,352
20003,25261,3591,887
20033,36461,0372,320

^1 includes hunting and forestry

^2 includes energy and construction

^3 includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

^4 Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Local Nature Reserves

The council maintains a number of Local Nature Reserves including Barwick Pond, Charlton's Pond, Greenvale, Hardwick Dene and Elm Tree Woods, Norton Grange Marsh, Quarry Wood (Eaglescliffe) and Stillington Forest Park.

References
  1. "Stockton-on-Tees has a new Mayor..." Stockton Borough Council. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. "Table P07 2011 Census: Number of usual residents living in households and communal establishments, local authorities in England and Wales". 2011 Census, Population and Household Estimates for England and Wales. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  3. "Councillors and Council Meeting Information (Egenda)". www.stockton.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

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