Tees Valley Combined Authority
Tees Valley Combined Authority | |
|---|---|
| File:Tees Valley Combined Authority logo.svg | |
 The Tees Valley highlighted within North East England | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Unicameral |
Term limits | None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 2016 |
| Leadership | |
Ben Houchen (C) | |
| Seats | 6 constituent members |
| Elections | |
| directly elected mayor since 2017 | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Cavendish House, Teesdale Business Park Thornaby-on-Tees | |
| Website | |
| teesvalley-ca | |
The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is the combined authority for the Tees Valley urban area in England consisting of the following five unitary authorities: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees, covering a population of approximately 700,000 people. It was proposed that a combined authority be established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.[1] It is a strategic authority with powers over transport, economic development and regeneration.
The Combined Authority was established on 1 April 2016, after Local Government Minister James Wharton MP signed the necessary Order.[2] It was announced in October 2015 that voters in the region covered by the Authority would directly elect a Mayor in 2017.[3][4]
History
The abolition of the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland in 1996 left the Tees Valley without a single authority covering the whole area, although some council functions continued to be provided jointly through Cleveland Police and the Cleveland Fire Service.
A combined authority was proposed in 2014 and sixty-five per cent of more than 1,900 responses received during a seven-week long public consultation were in favour of a combined authority.[5]
A shadow combined authority was formed and chaired by Sue Jeffrey, Leader of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.[6]
Membership
The authority consists of the five local authorities of Tees Valley as constituent members, the directly elected Mayor of Tees Valley as the Chair, and the Chairman of the Tees Valley local enterprise partnership as an associate member.[7]
The membership of the combined authority is currently as follows:
| Name | Membership | Nominating authority | Position within nominating authority | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heather Scott OBE | Constituent | Darlington Borough Council | Leader of the Council | |
| Shane Moore | Constituent | Hartlepool Borough Council | Leader of the Council | |
| Andy Preston | Constituent | Middlesbrough Borough Council | Mayor of Middlesbrough | |
| Mary Lanigan | Constituent | Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | Leader of the Council | |
| Robert Cook | Constituent | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | Leader of the Council | |
| Ben Houchen | Constituent | Tees Valley Combined Authority | Tees Valley Mayor | |
| Paul Booth | Non-constituent | Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership | Chairman of the LEP | |
See also
References
- ^ "New Statutory Combined Authority Proposed for Tees Valley, with Backing from Business". Teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Elected mayors for north-east of England as devolution deal announced". BBC News. 23 October 2015.
- ^ "Tees Valley joins the unstoppable momentum of Northern Powerhouse". gov.uk. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Proposal for a Tees Valley Combined Authority enters its next phase". Teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ Chris Cordner (17 July 2015). "Leaders talk up the Tees Valley in meeting with ministers". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 4 May 2019.