Borough of Middlesbrough

Borough of Middlesbrough
Borough of Middlesbrough
Unitary authority area and borough
	Middlesbrough Town Hall
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Latin: Erimus, lit. 'we shall be'
	Middlesbrough shown within North Yorkshire
	Coordinates: 54°34′33″N 1°14′02″W / 54.5757°N 1.2340°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North East
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
City region	Tees Valley
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Unitary authority	1 April 1996
Named for	Middlesbrough
Administrative HQ	Fountain Court, Middlesbrough
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Middlesbrough Council
• Executive	Mayor and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Elected Mayor	Chris Cooke (L)
• Chair	Julia Rostron
• MPs	2 MPs Andy McDonald (L) ; Luke Myer (L) ;
Area
• Total	21 sq mi (54 km2)
• Rank	241st
Population (2022)
• Total	148,285
• Rank	150th
• Density	7,130/sq mi (2,752/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 82.4% White ; 10.5% Asian ; 2.7% Black ; 2.4% other ; 2.1% Mixed ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 46.0% Christianity ; 36.4% no religion ; 10.2% Islam ; 1.0% Hinduism ; 0.4% Sikhism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.0% Judaism ; 0.3% other ; 5.3% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	TS1–5, TS7–8
Dialling codes	01642
ISO 3166 code	GB-MDB
GSS code	E06000002
Website	middlesbrough.gov.uk

The Borough of Middlesbrough is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, based around the town of Middlesbrough in the north of the county. 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.