Yarm,also referred to as Yarm-on-Tees,is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees,North Yorkshire,England. It is in Teesdale with a town centre on a small meander of the River Tees. To the south-east,it extends to the River Leven,to the south it extends into the Kirklevington.
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in County Durham,England,with a population of 84,815 at the 2021 UK census. It gives its name to and is the largest settlement in the wider Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It is part of Teesside and the Tees Valley,on the northern bank of the River Tees.
Middlesbrough is a town in the Middlesbrough unitary authority borough of North Yorkshire,England. The town lies near the mouth of the River Tees and north of the North York Moors National Park. The built-up area had a population of 148,215 at the 2021 UK census. It is the largest town of the wider Teesside area,which had a population of 376,633 in 2011.
Eaglescliffe is a village in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees,County Durham,England. It is in the civil parish of Egglescliffe.
The Tees Valley is a devolved region in Northern 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. The name,first attested as Asulue(s)bi in 1086,is of Viking origin and means "Aslak's farm." Aislaby was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Kirklevington is a village in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees,North Yorkshire,England. At the 2011 census,the village had a population of 809.
Stockton South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since December 2019 by Matt Vickers,a Conservative MP.
Parmo,or Teesside Parmesan,is a dish originating in Middlesbrough,England,and a popular item of take-away food in the Teesside area. It consists of a breaded cutlet of chicken or pork topped with a white béchamel sauce and cheese,usually cheddar.
The County Borough of Teesside was a county borough in the north-east of England,which existed for just six years. It was created in 1968 to cover the Teesside conurbation which had grown up around the various port and industrial towns near the mouth of the River Tees. The council was based in Middlesbrough,the area's largest town. The county borough was abolished in 1974 on the creation of the new county of Cleveland,which covered a larger area,with the county borough's territory being split between three of the four districts created in the new county.
Martin John Vickers is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cleethorpes at the 2010 general election.
James Stephen Wharton,Baron Wharton of Yarm is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for his home constituency of Stockton South from the 2010 general election,until losing his seat in the 2017 general election. Wharton was appointed Minister for the Northern Powerhouse after his re-election in 2015 and moved to a ministerial position in the Department for International Development by Theresa May in 2016. In September 2020,he took his seat as a member of the House of Lords,taking the title Baron Wharton of Yarm.
Alexander Cunningham is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton North since 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Shadow Minister for Courts and Sentencing since 2020.
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.
Mary Josephine Robinson is a British Conservative politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheadle at the 2015 general election.
Ben Houchen,Baron Houchen of High Leven,is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as Tees Valley Mayor in May 2017 after winning the 2017 mayoral election,defeating Labour candidate Sue Jeffrey by 2.2 per cent in the second round. He was re-elected in 2021,defeating the Labour candidate,Jessie Joe Jacobs.
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.
Sir Simon Richard Clarke is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party,he briefly served as Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities from September to October 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022.
Christian Wakeford is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury South since the 2019 United Kingdom general election. Elected as a Conservative,he crossed the floor to Labour in 2022.
Gagan Mohindra is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire since the 2019 general election. He has served as an Assistant Government Whip since September 2023.
