Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority and borough in the north east of England, with a population of 191,600 shown in the 2011 census. It is split between the ceremonial counties of Durham and North Yorkshire by the River Tees.
The borough of Stockton-on-Tees consists of Stockton-on-Tees, and smaller outlying settlements, including Billingham also north of the Tees, while south of the river are Thornaby-on-Tees,, Yarm and Ingleby Barwick. 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. Together with other neighbouring boroughs, it forms part of the Tees Valley city region.
The Mayor of Stockton-on-Tees is Cllr Lynn Hall
History
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, 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 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
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 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 |
includes hunting and forestry
includes energy and construction
includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Components may not sum to totals due to rounding