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 / 54.5757; -1.2340
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 [1]
• 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 [2]
• Total	21 sq mi (54 km2)
• Rank	241st
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	148,285
• Rank	150th
• Density	7,130/sq mi (2,752/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 82.4% White 10.5% Asian 2.7% Black 2.4% other 2.1% Mixed
Religion (2021) [4]
• 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 local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, based around the town of Middlesbrough in the north of the county. Since 1996, its council, Middlesbrough Council, has been a unitary authority. 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.