Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Arms of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Type
Type
Leadership
John Gardner,
Conservative
since 3 April 2024[1]
Bob Cook,
Labour
since 25 May 2011[2]
Mike Greene
since 2022[3][4]
Structure
Seats56 councillors[6]
Stockton-on-Tees Council composition
Political groups
Administration (22)[5]
  Labour (22)
Other parties (34)
  Conservative (26)
  Thornaby Ind. (4)
  Ingleby Barwick Ind. (3)
  Independent (1)
Elections
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
6 May 2027
Meeting place
Municipal Buildings at Stockton
Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LD
Website
stockton.gov.uk

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which straddles the ceremonial counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire in England. Since 1996 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. It therefore provides services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, town planning, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. Since 2016 the council has been a member of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, which has been led by the directly elected Tees Valley Mayor since 2017.

  1. ^ "Meet the new Mayor of Stockton-on-Tees". Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Council minutes, 25 May 2011". Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Council minutes, 20 July 2022". Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  4. ^ Metcalfe, Alex (13 July 2022). "From Scarborough to Stockton: Yorkshire council chief to lead Teesside's biggest borough". Teesside Live. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  5. ^ Lightfoot, Gareth (23 June 2023). "Clean sweep for Conservatives in last local election making them largest party in Labour-led council". TeessideLive.
  6. ^ "Councillors and Council meetings (egenda) - Stockton Council". www.stockton.gov.uk.