Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Stockton Borough • Stockton
Borough and unitary authority
From left to right Top: Stockton Town Hall Middle: Yarm Viaduct and John Whitehead Park, Billingham Bottom: Thorpe Thewles and Infinity Bridge, Thornaby on Tees
Coat of arms
The part of the borough in County Durham
The part of the borough in North Yorkshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North East England
Combined authority	Tees Valley
Ceremonial county	Durham North Yorkshire
Admin. HQ	Stockton-on-Tees
Government
• Type	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Labour
• Tees Valley Mayor	Ben Houchen
• Mayor	Councillor Ross Patterson
• MPs:	Alex Cunningham (L) Matt Vickers (C)
Area
• Total	79.1 sq mi (204.9 km2)
• Rank	143rd
Population  (2021)
• Total	197,030
• Rank	Ranked 98th
• Density	2,500/sq mi (960/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	00EF (ONS) E06000004 (GSS)
Ethnicity	90% White 4.6% Asian
Website	stockton.gov.uk

The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority with borough status in the counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire, England. The borough had a population of 196,600 in 2021.^[1]

The main settlement and namesake of the borough is Stockton-on-Tees, which lies on the north bank of the River Tees with the towns of Billingham and Norton-on-Tees. All three towns are in County Durham. The towns of Ingleby Barwick, Thornaby-on-Tees and Yarm are south of the river in North Yorkshire.

The borough governed by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, and the current mayor is Cllr Ross Patterson.^[2] The borough is part of Tees Valley with nearby boroughs of Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Hartlepool.

All River Tees bridges from Yarm Viaduct to Transporter Bridge are in the borough at least on one side, with the Borough of Middlesbrough to the south downstream on the other side to the east of the borough. Teesside International Airport is shared between the borough and the Borough of Darlington.

History

Unitary authority

The borough with the county boundary (the River Tees) shown

The borough became a unitary authority on 1 April 1996. It is ceremonially split between County Durham and North Yorkshire, to the north and south of the Tees respectively. It is the only council in England to be split between two ceremonial counties. The former districts and boroughs of Durham now form the unitary authority of County Durham, so ceremonial County Durham now has four unitary authorities.

Council

The Borough has 26 wards with either one, two or three councillors representing each. There are 56 councillors in total. Following the 2019 elections, the councillors are divided politically as follows:

• 24 Labour
• 14 Conservative

and several smaller groups.

Economy

The Office for National Statistics has published a chart (pp. 240–253) of the trend of regional gross value of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees (figures in Sterling [millions]).

^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.

Demographics

In the 2021 census, the borough was recorded as having a population of 196,595 with 50.9% being female.

For religion, 51.1% identified themselves as Christian, 39.1% having no religion, 3.4% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.4% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, and 0.3% answering 'Other' as well as 5% not answering. ^[3]

For ethnicity, those who identified as White were 92.0%, Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh were 4.6%, Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African were 1.1%, Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups were 1.4%, and the 'Other' ethnic group category recorded 0.8%.^[3]

For sexuality, those who identified as Straight or Heterosexual were 91.6%, Gay or Lesbian were 1.4%, Bisexual was 0.9%, Pansexual was 0.2%, Asexual was 0.0%, Queer was 0.0, 'All other sexual orientations' were 0.0% and those who did not answer were 5.9%. ^[3]

[Note, for percentages with 0.0%, this may due to a number too low to represent using the number of digits supplied rather than a lack of those who identified as that specific idea]

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

External links

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

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