The Borough of Middlesbrough is a borough in North Yorkshire, England, based around the town of Middlesbrough in the north of the county. It has unitary authority status, so does not form part of the non-metropolitan county.

Borough of Middlesbrough
Borough with unitary authority status
Middlesbrough Town Hall
Coat of Arms[1][2]
The borough shown within North Yorkshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North East England
Combined authority	Tees Valley
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Constituencies	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Civil parishes	Nunthorpe Stainton and Thornton
Seat	Middlesbrough
Area
• Total	20.81 sq mi (53.89 km2)
• Rank	262nd
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	140,980
• Rank	Ranked 155th
• Density	6,800/sq mi (2,600/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode	TS1, TS2, TS3, TS4, TS5, TS7, TS8
Area code	TS
ONS code	00EH (ONS) E06000002 (GSS)
Ethnicity	88% White, 8% S.Asian, 4% other
Website	www.middlesbrough.gov.uk

It is in the Tees Valley mayoralty along with Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool and Darlington boroughs. Each ward of Middlesbrough is periodically adjusted and has a non-statutory community council, Nunthorpe along with Stainton and Thornton also have statutory parish councils.

History

County			Borough/ district
Name	Type	Dependant	Type	From	Until	Notes
Yorkshire	Historic	Y	Municipal borough	1856	1889
North Riding of Yorkshire	Administrative	N	County borough	1889	1968	Merged into Teesside
Cleveland (county town)	Non-metropolitan	Y	Shire district	1974	1996
North Yorkshire	Ceremonial	N	Unitary authority	1996

From the county's creation in 1889 (from the historic subdivision of Yorkshire) areas under Middlesbrough's governance remained part of North Riding of Yorkshire county for varing amounts of self-governance. The final iteration of this governance was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district in the county of Cleveland (the county itself governed from Middlesbrough) in 1974. Since 1996, for ceremonial purposes, the district is part of North Yorkshire as a unitary authority. Fire and Police, however, remain as well as the borough's placement in North East England instead of Yorkshire and the Humber, which large parts of North Yorkshire is in. It is included within the combined authority area of Tees Valley for strategic purposes.

Structure

The borough is made up of 19 council wards (formerly 21 as Gresham ward merged with Newport ward between the 2011 and 2021 censuses) within the borough of Middlesbrough. Each ward has a non-statutory community committee.[3] They is also two statutory parish councils for "Nunthorpe" and "Stainton and Thornton".[4] East, north and west Middlesbrough as well as parts of Park End-and-Beckfield, Berwick-Hils-and-Pallister and Ladgate are covered by the Middlesbrough parliamentary constituency. South Middlesbrough as well as the other parts of the wards are covered by the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland parliamentary constituency.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

1 Acklam (W) 2 Aryesome (W) 3 Longlands and Beechwood (N) 4 Berwick Hills and Pallister (E) 5 Brambles and Thorntree (E) 6 Central (N) 7 Kader (W) 8 Ladgate (W) 9 Linthorpe (N) 10 Newport (N) 11 North Ormesby (E) 12 Park (N) 13 Park End and Beckfield (E) 14 Trimdon (W) 15 Coulby Newham (S) 16 Hemlington (S) 17 Marton East (S) 18 Marton West (S) 19 Nunthorpe (S) 20 Stainton and Thornton (S)

The council operates a with directly elected Mayor of Middlesbrough. The political composition of the council, as of the May 2019 local election, is Independent 23, Labour 20; and Conservative 3.

Teesside International Airport (formerly known as Durham Tees Valley Airport), is joint owned by the borough and the other four Tees Valley councils The council also owns multiple buildings in the borough.

Mayor

The first Mayor of Middlesbrough was the German-born Henry Bolckow in 1853.[9][10] In the 20th century, encompassing introduction of universal suffrage in 1918 and changes in local government in the United Kingdom, the role of mayor changed and became largely ceremonial.

In 2001, as part of a wider programme of devolution, voters in Middlesbrough were offered a referendum to decide between a directly elected mayor or the cabinet system then in operation, with the traditional civic and ceremonial functions of the Mayors being transferred to the Chair of Middlesbrough Council, which they did so by a large margin.[11]

In 2002, Ray Mallon (Independent), formerly a senior officer in Cleveland Police, became Middlesbrough's first directly elected mayor. He was re-elected in 2007[12] and then in 2011.[13] Mallon chose not to stand for a fourth term in 2015 and his deputy mayor, Dave Budd (Labour) was elected to succeed him.[14][15] Budd decided not to stand for a second term and in the May 2019 mayoral election, local businessman Andy Preston (independent) won with 59% of the vote.[16]

Demography

Borough

The borough of Middlesbrough's total resident population was 140,980, by the mid-2019 est. The population of Middlesbrough as a county borough peaked at almost 165,000 in the late 1960s, however this has declined since the early 1980s before starting to recover in the 2010s.[17]

Women in the former Middlehaven ward (absorbed into the central ward) had the second lowest life expectancy at birth, 74 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016.[18]

In the borough of Middlesbrough, 14.0% of the population were non-white British. This makes the town about as ethnically diverse as Exeter. Additionally, it has a lower indigenous population than Gateshead and South Shields which are further north on the other side of County Durham but now in Tyne and Wear although historically within County Durham. It is also the second most ethnically diverse settlement in the North East (after Newcastle).

Built-up area sub-division

The wider Middlesbrough built-up area sub-division had a population of 174,700 according to the 2011 census. The suburbs which make up the area known as Greater Eston, which in eastern Redcar and Cleveland are often considered part of Middlesbrough outside of the borough.

Economy

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

^1 includes hunting and forestry

^2 includes energy and construction

^3 includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

^4 Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Middlesbrough.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2020)

Individuals

• Councillor Joseph Calvert JP: 7 November 1919.[19]
• L. Taylor – 30 March 1967 (deceased 23 May 1983)
• Right Rev. Monsignor Canon M O'Sullivan – 26 March 1968 (deceased 6 May 1978)
• Mrs Mary A. Daniel – 16 October 1974 (deceased 23 December 1983)
• Mrs Ethel A. Gaunt – 16 October 1974 (deceased 10 June 1990)
• Rt. Hon. Lord Bottomley OBE PC of Middlesbrough in the County of Cleveland – 21 December 1976 (deceased 3 November 1995)
• Councillor Mr E. A. Dickinson MBE – 8 May 1981 (deceased 2001)
• Mrs Rose M. Haston – 9 May 1986 (deceased 22 January 1991)
• Councillor Mr Arthur Pearson CBE – 9 May 1986 (deceased 23 February 1997)
• Councillor Mr Robert I. Smith – 9 May 1986 (deceased 23 February 1993)
• Councillor W. Ferrier MBE – 16 June 1992 (deceased 4 March 2015)
• Councillor Miss G. Popple – 16 June 1992 (deceased 10 May 2003)
• Councillor Mr Len Poole BEM JP – 16 June 1992 (deceased 15 May 2011)
• Mr John Robert Foster OBE – 8 March 1996
• Alma Collin MBE – 15 March 2000 (deceased 2014)
• Councillor Mrs Hazel Pearson OBE – 3 December 2003 (deceased 5 February 2016)
• Mr Steve Gibson – 18 March 2004
• Mr Jack Hatfield – 30 June 2009 (deceased January 2014)
• Mr Mackenzie Thorpe – 11 April 2019[20]
• Gareth Southgate OBE - 28 July 2021.[21][22][23][24]

Military units

• The Green Howards: 13 May 1944, transferred to the Yorkshire Regiment: 25 October 2006.
• The 34th (Northern) Signal Regiment (Volunteers): 29 April 1972.
• HMS Marlborough, RN: 15 March 2000.

References

External links

• https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/open-data-foi-and-have-your-say/about-middlesbrough-and-local-statistics/ward-profiles
• https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/
• http://www.thisismiddlesbrough.com/local/Contact_Middlesbrough_Council.asp
• https://www.lovemiddlesbrough.com/
• https://british-police-history.uk/f/middlesbrough-borough
• https://www.lgo.org.uk/your-councils-performance/middlesbrough-borough-council/statistics
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c5xyn3yw11kt/middlesbrough-borough-council
• http://www.200towns.co.uk/middlesbrough
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-48024370
• https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/mayor-council-and-councillors/civic-and-ceremonial/freedom-borough
• https://teesvalleynaturepartnership.org.uk/resources-2/natural-networks-opportunity-maps/middlesbrough-local-authority-area/
• https://www.routeyou.com/en-gb/location/toppoi/47411782/things-to-do-in-middlesbrough
• https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/calling-middlesbrough-city-not-slip-15795497

Video clips

• https://www.youtube.com/user/middlesbroughcouncil