Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Mayor	John Gardner, Conservative since 3 April 2024[1]
Leader	Bob Cook, Labour since 25 May 2011[2]
Managing Director	Mike Greene since 2022[3][4]
Structure
Seats	56 councillors[6]
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, 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, providing both district-level and county-level services. 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.