Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

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 Billingham town centre; 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
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 after	Stockton-on-Tees
Administrative HQ	Municipal buildings, Stockton-on-Tees
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Bob Cook (L)
• Mayor	John Gardner
• MPs	3 MPs Andy McDonald (L) ; Chris McDonald (L) ; Matt Vickers (C) ;
Area
• Total	79 sq mi (205 km2)
• Rank	143rd
Population (2024)
• Total	206,800
• Rank	98th
• Density	2,610/sq mi (1,009/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 92.0% White ; 4.6% Asian ; 1.4% Mixed ; 1.1% Black ; 0.8% other ;
Religion (2021)
• 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 unitary authority area with borough status in County Durham and North Yorkshire, England. In 2021, it had a population of 196,600.

The main settlement and namesake of the borough is Stockton-on-Tees, which lies on the north bank of the River Tees in County Durham, along with the towns of Billingham and Norton-on-Tees. The borough also includes the towns of Ingleby Barwick, Thornaby-on-Tees and Yarm, all south of the Tees, in North Yorkshire. Bridges spanning the River Tees include the Yarm Viaduct and the Tees Transporter Bridge. The borough is locally governed by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council and forms part of the Tees Valley together with the boroughs of Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Hartlepool. Teesside International Airport is partly within the borough.