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The town of Stockton-on-Tees was an ancient borough.The borough's date of creation is unknown, but Stockton was being described as a borough by 1283. [7] The original borough had a very tightly drawn boundary; by 1835 it was said that the borough only covered a quarter of the urban area. [8]
The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area in England with borough status in County Durham and North Yorkshire.In 2021, it had a population of 196,600. [5] Its main settlement and namesake of the borough is Stockton-on-Tees, which lies on the north bank of the River Tees, along with the towns of Billingham and Norton-on-Tees, in County Durham.
Formerly known as Teesside Gazette, the website, mobile app and social media accounts changed to TeessideLive on 5 June 2018. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Gazette is the most popular daily newspaper in Teesside, and has been an integral part of life in the area since 1869, when it was founded as the North-Eastern Daily Gazette by the Scot , and eventual ...
The mayor is a member of the Mayoral Council for England and the Council of the Nations and ... Leader of Borough of Stockton-on-Tees: Shane Moore [8] 28 June 2019 ...
Houchen served as a Councillor on Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, representing Yarm Ward, between 2011 and 2017. [4] In 2012 he stood as the Conservative parliamentary candidate in the Middlesbrough by-election, finishing fourth of eight candidates with 1,063 votes (6.3%), only three votes ahead of the Peace Party. [5]
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in County Durham, England, with a population of 84,815 at the 2021 UK census. [1] It gives its name to and is the largest settlement in the wider Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It is part of Teesside and the Tees Valley, on the northern bank of the River Tees.
The town hall ceased to be local seat of government when the short-lived County Borough of Teesside was formed in 1967: [12] however, its main role as a civic meeting place was restored when Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council was formed in 1974. [13] An extensive programme of refurbishment works was completed in 2011. [14]
The combined authority covers five council areas: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees. The town of Middlesbrough is the largest population centre in the area. The borough of Middlesbrough is the smallest of the five, at only 54 square kilometres (21 sq mi) and a population of 148,285: the Stockton-on ...