Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Stockton Borough • Stockton
Borough and unitary authority
From left to right Top: Stockton Town Hall Middle: Yarm Viaduct and John Whitehead Park, Billingham Bottom: Norton and Thornaby Town Hall
Coat of arms
The part of the borough in County Durham
The part of the borough in North Yorkshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North East England
Combined authority	Tees Valley
Ceremonial county	Durham North Yorkshire
Admin. HQ	Stockton-on-Tees
Government
• Type	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	No overall control
• Tees Valley Mayor	Ben Houchen
• MPs:	Alex Cunningham (L) Matt Vickers (C)
Area
• Total	79 sq mi (205 km2)
• Rank	143rd
Population  (2022)
• Total	199,966
• Rank	Ranked 98th
• Density	2,500/sq mi (980/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 92% White 4.6% Asian 1.4% Mixed 1.1% Black 0.8% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 51.1% Christianity 39.1% no religion 3.4% Islam 5% not stated 0.4% Hinduism 0.4% Sikhism 0.3% other 0.3% Buddhism 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	00EF (ONS) E06000004 (GSS)
Ethnicity	90% White 4.6% Asian
Website	stockton.gov.uk

The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a local government district with borough status which straddles the ceremonial counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire, England. Since 1996 its council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The borough had a population of 196,600 in 2021.^[2]

The main settlement and namesake of the borough is Stockton-on-Tees, which lies on the north bank of the River Tees with the towns of Billingham and Norton-on-Tees. All three towns are in County Durham. The towns of Ingleby Barwick, Thornaby-on-Tees and Yarm are south of the river in North Yorkshire.

The borough governed by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. The borough is part of Tees Valley with nearby boroughs of Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Hartlepool.

All River Tees bridges from Yarm Viaduct to Transporter Bridge are in the borough at least on one side, with the Borough of Middlesbrough to the south downstream on the other side to the east of the borough. Teesside International Airport is shared between the borough and the Borough of Darlington.