Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Unitary authority area and borough
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
Motto:  Forward as One
The part of the borough in County Durham
The part of the borough in North Yorkshire
Coordinates: 54°34′N 1°18′W / 54.56°N 1.30°W / 54.56; -1.30
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North East
Ceremonial counties	County Durham North Yorkshire
City region	Tees Valley
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Unitary authority	1 April 1996
Named for	Stockton-on-Tees
Administrative HQ	Municipal buildings, Stockton-on-Tees
Government [1]
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Bob Cook (L)
• Mayor	John Gardner
• MP	Alex Cunningham (L) Matt Vickers (C)
Area [2]
• Total	79 sq mi (205 km2)
• Rank	143rd
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	199,966
• Rank	98th
• Density	2,530/sq mi (976/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 92.0% White 4.6% Asian 1.4% Mixed 1.1% Black 0.8% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 51.1% Christianity 39.1% no religion 3.4% Islam 0.4% Hinduism 0.4% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.0% Judaism 0.3% other 5.0% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	TS
Dialling codes	01642
ISO 3166 code	GB-STT
GSS code	E06000004
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.^[5]

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.