Tees Valley Combined Authority

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Tees Valley Combined Authority
Tees Valley logo 2023.svg
Tees Valley Combined Authority.svg
The Tees Valley highlighted within North East England
Type
Type
Houses Unicameral
Term limits
None
History
Founded1 April 2016
Leadership
Ben Houchen,
Conservative
since 8 May 2017
Julie Gilhespie
since November 2018 [1]
Structure
Seats5 constituent members and chair
United Kingdom Tees Valley Combined Authority 2025.svg
Political groups
  Labour (5)
  Conservative (1)
  Non-political (1)
Elections
Directly elected mayor since 2017
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
4 May 2028
Meeting place
Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport, Darlington, DL2 1NJ
Website
teesvalley-ca.gov.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is the combined authority for the Tees Valley urban area in North East England consisting of the following five unitary authorities: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees, covering a population of approximately 700,000 people. It was proposed that a combined authority be established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. [2] It is a strategic authority with powers over transport, economic development and regeneration including the flagship Teesside Freeport.

Contents

The Combined Authority was established on 1 April 2016, after Local Government Minister James Wharton MP signed the necessary Order. [3] It was announced in October 2015 that voters in the region covered by the Authority would directly elect a Mayor in 2017. [4] [5]

History

The abolition of the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland in 1996 left the Tees Valley without a single authority covering the whole area, although some council functions continued to be provided jointly through Cleveland Police and the Cleveland Fire Brigade.

A combined authority was proposed in 2014 and sixty-five per cent of more than 1,900 responses received during a seven-week long public consultation were in favour of a combined authority. [6]

A shadow combined authority was formed and chaired by Sue Jeffrey, Leader of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. [7]

Membership

The authority consists of the five local authorities of Tees Valley as constituent members, the directly elected Mayor of Tees Valley as the chair, and the Chairman of the Tees Valley local enterprise partnership as an associate member. [8] The mayor is a member of the Mayoral Council for England and the Council of the Nations and Regions.

As of June 2024, the composition of the combined authority was: [9]

NameMembershipNominating authorityPosition within nominating authority
Ben Houchen Chair Tees Valley Combined Authority Tees Valley Mayor
Steve HarkerConstituent Darlington Borough Council Leader of the Council
Brenda HarrisonConstituent Hartlepool Borough Council Leader of the Council
Chris Cooke Constituent Middlesbrough Borough Council Mayor of Middlesbrough
Alec BrownConstituent Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Leader of the Council
Bob CookConstituent Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Leader of the Council
Siobhan McArdleNon-constituent Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership Chairman of the LEP

Demographics

Population

Population of Tees Valley by district (2022) [10]
DistrictLand areaPopulationDensity
(/km2)
(km2)(%)People(%)
Darlington19725%109,46916%554
Hartlepool9412%93,86114%1,002
Middlesbrough547%148,28522%2,752
Redcar and Cleveland24531%137,17520%560
Stockton-on-Tees20526%199,96629%976
Tees Valley795100%688,756100%866

Religion

2021 Religious Data [11]
ReligionTees Valley CA (Approximate)England %
Capita%
No religion264,10839.036.7
Christian343,34050.746.3
Buddhist2,0320.30.5
Hindu3,3860.51.8
Jewish0.0 [note 1] 0.5
Muslim25,7343.86.7
Sikh2,0320.30.9
Other religion2,0320.30.6
Not answered35,2145.26.0

Ethnicity and Identity

2021 Ethnicity of Tees Valley [11]
CategoryTees Valley CAEngland
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.4%9.6%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%4.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%3%
White92.1%81%
Other ethnic group1.1%2.2%

See also

Notes

  1. The percentage may not equal 0% in the census, but rather the value is too small to represent in the provided accuracy. It may also not be publicly released for data protection reasons if the sample is too small.

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