Stockton-on-Tees (borough)
| Borough of Stockton-on-Tees | |||
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| — Unitary, Borough — | |||
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | ||
| Constituent country | England | ||
| Region | North East England | ||
| Ceremonial county | Durham and North Yorkshire | ||
| Founded | |||
| Admin. HQ | Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Stockton-on-Tees Council | ||
| • Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet | ||
| • Executive: | Labour / Independent | ||
| • Mayor | Councillor Paul Kirton[1] | ||
| • MPs: | Alex Cunningham (L) James Wharton (C) |
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 78.7 sq mi (203.9 km2) | ||
| Area rank | 164th | ||
| Population (2010 est.) | |||
| • Total | 192,400 | ||
| • Rank | Ranked 87th | ||
| • Density | 2,443.9/sq mi (943.6/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | |||
| ONS code | 00EF | ||
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| Ethnicity | 97.2% White 1.7% S.Asian |
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| Website | stockton.gov.uk | ||
Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area and borough in the Tees Valley area of north east England, with a population in 2001 of 178,408, rising to 185,880 in 2005 estimates.
The borough of Stockton-on-Tees consists of Stockton-on-Tees (population 82,880), and smaller outlying settlements, including Billingham (pop. 36,720), Thornaby-on-Tees, (pop. 23,200) Yarm and 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.
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[edit] 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, 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. 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 Durham to the north and Yorkshire to the south.
[edit] 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 2011, 2 of these are Billingham Independent Association, 12 Conservative, 6 Ingleby Barwick Independent Society, 27 are Labour, 4 Liberal Democrat, and 5 Thornaby Independent Association.[2]
[edit] 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 Added4 | Agriculture1 | Industry2 | Services3 |
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| 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Mayor - Stockton Borough Council". www.stockton.gov.uk. http://www.stockton.gov.uk/yourcouncil/about/mayor/. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
- ^ "Councillors and Council Meeting Information (Egenda)". www.stockton.gov.uk. http://www.stockton.gov.uk/yourcouncil/egenda/. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
[edit] External links
- Statistics about Stockton-on-Tees from the Office for National Statistics Census 2001
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