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Middlesbrough Council, formerly Middlesbrough Borough Council, is the unitary authority covering the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Following the 2023 local elections , Labour has held majority control of the council, which meets at the Town Hall .
Middlesbrough Council became a unitary authority in 1996. The borough is part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, along with the boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool and Darlington. There are two parish councils in the area of the borough of Middlesbrough, Nunthorpe and Stainton and Thornton respectively.
The 2023 Middlesbrough Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 46 members of Middlesbrough Council and the directly-elected Mayor of Middlesbrough. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. Prior to the election the council was under no overall control and the mayor was Andy Preston, an independent.
Rishi Sunak accused Middlesbrough Council of ‘mismanaging’ its finances as faced questions about the pressures facing cash-trapped local authorities.
Gareth Stobart says the council is charging over £800 for each bedroom in a block of student flats. Middlesbrough Council defends charging landlord £43,000 Skip to main content
On 4 May 2023, he was elected Mayor of Middlesbrough with 10,956 votes, defeating the incumbent Andy Preston by 760 votes. [5]Shortly after his election, Cooke expressed the need for a change of culture within Middlesbrough Council stating there to be “an adversarial culture between politicians and officers”. [6]
Middlesbrough Council is a unitary authority in North Yorkshire, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district in Cleveland . Since 2002 it has also had a directly elected mayor .
The 2019 Middlesbrough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Middlesbrough Council in England. [1] Summary. Election result.