Stockton-on-Tees (borough)

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Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Geography
Status:	Unitary, Borough
Region:	North East England
Admin. County:	Durham and North Yorkshire
Area:   Total:	Ranked 186th 203.89 km²
Admin. HQ:	Stockton-on-Tees
ONS code:	00EF
Demographics
Population:   Total (2006 est.):   Density:	Ranked 76th 189,100 927 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.2% White 1.7% S.Asian
Politics
Stockton-on-Tees Council http://www.stockton.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour / Conservative
MPs:	Frank Cook (L) Dari Taylor (L)

Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority and borough in the Tees Valley area of north-east England, with a resident population in 2001 of 178,408, rising to 185,880 in 2005 estimates.

The borough of Stockton-on-Tees is made up of several smaller towns: Stockton-on-Tees with a resident population of 82,880, Billingham, 36,720, and Thornaby-on-Tees, 23,200 being the main settlements, along with the smaller towns of Yarm, Ingleby Barwick and Norton. Durham Tees Valley Airport is also partly within the borough. The Stockton-on-Tees borough accounts for the largest amount of residents within the Teesside and Hartlepool urban area.

The core of the town was traditionally in County Durham, but the borough spilled over the river into Yorkshire. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, from the Stockton part of Teesside county borough, along with part of Stockton Rural District in County Durham and part of Stokesley Rural District from the North Riding. At that time it was designated a non-metropolitan district of Cleveland.

It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1996. For ceremonial purposes the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire, along the line of the River Tees as shown in the map below with Durham to the north and Yorkshire to the south.

The borough with the River Tees shown

[edit] Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Note 1: includes hunting and forestry

Note 2: includes energy and construction

Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

[edit] External links

• Statistics about Stockton-on-Tees from the Office for National Statistics Census 2001

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Coordinates: 54°33′N 1°20′W / 54.55, -1.333