Middlesbrough Council

Middlesbrough Council, formerly known as Middlesbrough Borough Council, is the unitary authority for the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. The authority has combined some duties with nearby councils to form the Tees Valley Combined Authority. Middlesbrough Council's area had a resident population in 2001 of 134,855. The borough has two parishes, which are entitled to an additional lower-tier council, Nunthorpe and Stainton and Thornton.

Middlesbrough Council
Coat of arms or logo
Coat of arms[1]
Logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Deputy Mayor
Philippa Storey
Chair
Julia Rostron
Chief executive officer
Clive Heaphy (interim)
Structure
SeatsElected mayor
46 councillors
Political groups
  Labour (25)
  Independent (15)
  Conservative (4)
  Liberal Democrat (2)
CommitteesExecutive
Joint committees
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Elections
First past the post
Last election
May 2023
Next election
May 2027
Meeting place
Middlesbrough Town Hall is the meeting place of Middlesbrough Council
Middlesbrough Town Hall
Website
www.middlesbrough.gov.uk

History

Middlesbrough Borough Council was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from part of the former County Borough of Teesside, along with the parish of Nunthorpe from the Stokesley Rural District. It was a district, and the county town of the new county of Cleveland from 1 April 1974, until 1996. As a district, it was one of the four constituent districts of Cleveland: Cleveland being the upper tier in the two-tier system.

When Cleveland was abolished following the Banham Review in 1996, Middlesbrough became a unitary authority and as such took on all local government powers and responsibilities. It was once again part of North Yorkshire, but only ceremonially, and not locally administered and governed by the North Yorkshire Council.

Recent elections

Below are the election results of the election which took place in May 2023. All 46 councillors and the mayor were elected. The council has 20 wards, each of which returns between one and three councilors.[2]

As a borough council Middlesbrough is entitled to a mayor. Middlesbrough's council is led by a directly elected mayor, currently Chris Cooke who was elected with a majority of 760 over the previous incumbent Andy Preston

Mayor
Results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Chris Cooke 10,956 40.2%
Independent Andy Preston 10,196 37.4%
Independent Jon Rathmell 3,102 11.4%
Conservative John Cooper 2,997 11.0%
Turnout 28%

Councillors

Following the results, the council moved from no overall control to a Labour majority.[4]

Results[3]
Party Seats Change
Labour 25 Increase 5
Independent 15 Decrease 8
Conservative 4 Increase 1
Liberal Democrats 2 Increase 2
Turnout 28%

The Executive

Middlesbrough Council's senior decision making body is a committee known as the Executive. Similar to a cabinet, the Executive consists of the Mayor of Middlesbrough and up to nine councillors appointed by the Mayor.[5]

The current executive is composed of

  • Mayor Chris Cooke, Directly-Elected Mayor, Executive Member for Adult Social Care & Public Health, and Chair of the Executive
  • Councillor Philippa Storey, Deputy Mayor and Executive Member for Education and Culture
  • Councillor Nicky Walker, Executive Member for Finance & Governance
  • Councillor Peter Gavigan, Executive Member for Environment
  • Councillor Theo Furness, Executive Member for Regeneration
  • Councillor Janet Thompson, Executive Member for Community Safety
  • Councillor Zafar Uddin, Executive Member for Children's Services[6]

Historic election results
Main article: Middlesbrough Council elections

Mayor (2002-)
MayorPartyFromTo
Ray Mallon Independent6 May 200210 May 2015
Dave Budd Labour11 May 20155 May 2019
Andy Preston Independent6 May 20194 May 2023
Chris Cooke Labour4 May 2023Incumbent

Council control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[7]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in controlYears
Labour1973–1996

Unitary authority

Party in controlYears
Labour1996–2019
No overall control
(Independent-Conservative minority administration)		2019–2023
Labour2023–present

Coat of arms
The original coat of arms, modern emblazonment, and an old plaque with it on.

The motto Erimus ("We shall be" in Latin) was adopted, it reflects Fuimus ("We have been") of the Bruce clan which were Cleveland's mediaeval lords.

The original arms was granted to the Middlesbrough Rural District in 1911 by William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe. The town's coat of arms were three ships representing shipbuilding and maritime trade and an azure (blue) lion, the latter also from the Bruce clan. It was regranted in 1996 with slight modifications after the dissolution of Cleveland county: a star replaced the middle ship, this is from Captain James Cook's coat of arms.[8][9][10][11]

References
  1. "Middlesbrough's coat of arms". Midlesbough.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
    "Middlesbrough". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. "Your Councillors". moderngov.middlesbrough.gov.uk. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  3. "Middlesbrough result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  4. Lightfoot, Gareth; Arnold, Stuart; Craigie, Emily (6 May 2023). "RECAP: Labour gain control of Middlesbrough Council". TeessideLive. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. "MIDDLESBROUGH COUNCIL COMMITTEES, MEMBERSHIPS AND TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE EXECUTIVE (EXCLUDING PORTFOLIOS) AND COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL 2021/2022" (PDF). Middlesbrough Council. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. "Committee details – Executive". moderngov.middlesbrough.gov.uk. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  7. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  8. GENUKI: Middlesbrough Parish information from Bulmers' 1890
  9. "Heraldry Society". Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
  10. "Robert Young's Civic Heraldry website".
  11. "Middlesbrough Borough Council". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

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