Yarm-on-Tees,or simply Yarm, is a market town in North Yorkshire,England. It lies on a meander of the River Tees,extending south-east to the River Leven and south to the vilage of Kirklevington. A civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees,Yarm is near the towns of Stockton-on-Tees,5 miles (8.0 km) to its northeast,and Darlington,11 miles (18 km) to its west.
Thornaby-on-Tees,commonly referred to as Thornaby,is a town and civil parish in the North Yorkshire part of the borough of Stockton-on-Tees,England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census,in the Teesside built-up area. It is located on the south bank of the River Tees.
The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area in England with borough status in County Durham and North Yorkshire. In 2021,it had a population of 196,600. Its main settlement and namesake of the borough is Stockton-on-Tees,which lies on the north bank of the River Tees,along with the towns of Billingham and Norton-on-Tees,in County Durham. It also includes the towns of Ingleby Barwick,Thornaby-on-Tees and Yarm,all south of the Tees,in North Yorkshire. The borough locally governed by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. The borough forms part of the Tees Valley together with four other nearby boroughs.
Eaglescliffe is a village in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees,County Durham,England. It is in the civil parish of Egglescliffe.
Tees Valley is a combined authority area in North East England,around the lower River Tees. The area is not a geographical valley;the local term for the valley is Teesdale. The combined authority covers five council areas:Darlington,Hartlepool,Middlesbrough,Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees.
Aislaby is a small village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Tees within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham,England. It is located to the west of Eaglescliffe and Yarm.
Stockton South was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2019 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Matt Vickers of the Conservative Party.
Middlesbrough was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom,recreated in 1974,and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2012 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Andy McDonald of the Labour Party. An earlier version of the seat existed between 1868 and 1918.
Ian William Wrigglesworth,Baron Wrigglesworth is a Liberal Democrat peer. He served as President of the Liberal Democrats from 1989 to 1990.
Stockton-on-Tees is a former borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election from 1868 to 1983.
Yarm School is a co-educational private day school in Yarm,North Yorkshire in the North East of England. The school accepts pupils aged 3–18 years old and has a Nursery Pre-Prep,Preparatory School,Senior School and Sixth Form. The school was founded in 1978 and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
Jennifer Chapman,Baroness Chapman of Darlington is a British politician and life peer who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 2010 to 2019.
Alexander Cunningham is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton North from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he was Shadow Minister for Courts and Sentencing from 2020 to 2024.
The People's Pledge was a political campaign to secure a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union. It aimed to achieve this by asking voters to sign a pledge that they would use their vote to help secure a majority of Members of Parliament (MPs) in support of an in-out referendum on EU membership. The 1975 European Communities membership referendum was the last time such a vote had occurred in Britain.
Labour for a Referendum (LfR) was a political campaign by members of the Labour Party that sought a referendum in the United Kingdom on the European Union. The movement was set up following a pledge by the Conservative Party to hold an in–out vote if re-elected in 2015 United Kingdom general election. In the election campaign,Labour Party policy was that such a referendum would be an unnecessary distraction from government priorities. Following the Conservative victory in that election,the Labour Party committed to supporting passage of a Referendum Bill through Parliament –thus achieving the result sought by this campaign.
The European Union (Referendum) Bill 2013–14 was a private member's bill of the Parliament of the United Kingdom designed to make provision for a referendum on membership of the European Union to be held in 2017 following renegotiation of terms between the European Union and the United Kingdom government. The bill ceased to be considered by Parliament after January 2014 and did not become law. However,a subsequent bill with the same objective,the European Union Referendum Act 2015,was later introduced to the House of Commons by the newly elected Conservative government in May 2015 was passed and received royal assent on 17 December 2015.
Ben Houchen,Baron Houchen of High Leven,is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He has been Tees Valley Mayor since 2017,winning the inaugural mayoral election in the combined authority. Houchen was re-elected in 2021 and won a third term in 2024.
Paul Daniel Williams is a British general practitioner (GP) and former Labour Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton South from 2017 to 2019,when he lost his seat to the Conservative candidate Matt Vickers in the 2019 general election. In May 2021,Williams stood as the Labour Party candidate in the 2021 Hartlepool by-election but lost to the Conservative candidate Jill Mortimer.
Matthew Alexander Vickers is a British politician who serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton West and Shadow Minister for Crime,Policing and Fire. Prior to boundary changes,he had previously been the MP for Stockton South from 12 December 2019 to 30 May 2024.
The non-metropolitan county of Cleveland was created under the Local Government Act 1972,which came into effect on 1 April 1974,comprising the urban areas around the mouth of the River Tees,previously parts of the administrative counties of Durham and North Riding of Yorkshire. Cleveland was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county,being succeeded by the unitary authorities of Hartlepool,Middlesbrough,Redcar and Cleveland,and Stockton-on-Tees. The constituency boundaries used up to the 2005 United Kingdom general election were drawn up when the county still existed. For the review which came into effect for the 2010 general election,the four authorities were considered separately,with Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland being combined.
