Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Unitary, Borough
Official logo of Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Coat of Arms of Stockton-on-Tees
Map of the five boroughs of the Tees Valley within England Map of the five boroughs of the Tees Valley within England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North East England
City Region	Tees Valley
Ceremonial county	Durham and North Yorkshire
Admin. HQ	Stockton-on-Tees
Government
• Type	Stockton Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Labour / Independent
• Mayor	Councillor Kathryn Nelson
• MPs:	Alex Cunningham (L) James Wharton (C)
Area
• Total	79.2 sq mi (205.0 km2)
Area rank	164th
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	194,119
• Rank	Ranked 89th
• Density	2,500/sq mi (950/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code	00EF (ONS) E06000004 (GSS)
Ethnicity	97.2% White 1.7% S.Asian
Website	stockton.gov.uk

Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area and borough in the Tees Valley region situated in the North East of England, with a population of 191,600 shown in the 2011 census.

The borough of Stockton-on-Tees consists of the market town of Stockton (population 82,880), and the smaller outlying settlements of Billingham (pop. 36,720) and Thornaby-on-Tees (pop. 23,200), including Ingleby Barwick (pop.16,280). Durham Tees Valley Airport is also partly within the borough. The Stockton-on-Tees borough accounts for the largest number of residents within the Teesside and Hartlepool urban area.

History

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The borough with 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, from the Stockton part of Teesside county borough, along with part of Stockton Rural District in County Durham and part of Stokesley Rural District from the North Riding. At that time it was designated a non-metropolitan district of Cleveland.

It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1996 and part of the Tees Valley region. 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 Conservative, 5 Ingleby Barwick Independent Society, 3 Thornaby Independent Association, 2 West Words and 1 Liberal Democrat .

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.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added	Agriculture	Industry	Services
1995	2,804	9	1,443	1,352
2000	3,252	6	1,359	1,887
2003	3,364	6	1,037	2,320

^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.

External links

• Statistics about Stockton-on-Tees from the Office for National Statistics Census 2001