:Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

{{Short description|Unitary authority area in County Durham and North Yorkshire, England}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

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| name = Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

| settlement_type = Unitary authority area and borough

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| image_caption = {{ubl|From left to right|Top: Stockton Town Hall|Middle: Yarm Viaduct and John Whitehead Park, Billingham|Bottom: Norton and Thornaby Town Hall}}

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| motto = Forward as One

| image_map = Stockton-on-Tees, Durham UK locator map.svg

| map_caption = The part of the borough in County Durham

| image_map1 = Stockton-on-Tees UK locator map (2023).svg

| map_caption1 = The part of the borough in North Yorkshire

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| subdivision_type = Sovereign state

| subdivision_name = United Kingdom

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = England

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = North East

| subdivision_type3 = Ceremonial counties

| subdivision_name3 = {{Unbulleted list | County Durham | North Yorkshire }}

| subdivision_type4 = City region

| subdivision_name4 = Tees Valley

| established_title = Incorporated

| established_date = 1 April 1974

| established_title1 = Unitary authority

| established_date1 = 1 April 1996

| named_for = Stockton-on-Tees

| seat_type = Administrative HQ

| seat = Municipal buildings, Stockton-on-Tees

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| government_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.stockton.gov.uk/Councillors-and-council-meetings |title=Councillors and council meetings |website=Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |access-date=14 July 2024}}

| government_type = Unitary authority

| governing_body = Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

| leader_title = Executive

| leader_name = Leader and cabinet

| leader_title1 = Control

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| leader_title2 = Leader

| leader_name2 = Bob Cook (L)

| leader_title3 = Mayor

| leader_name3 = John Gardner

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| leader_name4 = {{Collapsible list |title=3 MPs

| Andy McDonald (L)

| Chris McDonald (L)

| Matt Vickers (C)

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| demographics_type1 = Ethnicity (2021)

| demographics1_footnotes = {{NOMIS2021 |id=E06000004 |title=Stockton-on-Tees Local Authority |access-date=14 July 2024 }}

| demographics1_title1 = Ethnic groups

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| 92.0% White

| 4.6% Asian

| 1.4% Mixed

| 1.1% Black

| 0.8% other

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| 51.1% Christianity

| 39.1% no religion

| 3.4% Islam

| 0.4% Hinduism

| 0.4% Sikhism

| 0.3% Buddhism

| 0.0% Judaism

| 0.3% other

| 5.0% not stated

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| timezone1 = GMT

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| postal_code_type = Postcode areas

| postal_code = TS

| area_code_type = Dialling codes

| area_code = 01642

| iso_code = GB-STT

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| blank1_info = E06000004

| website = {{URL|stockton.gov.uk}}

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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.{{Cite web |title=How the population changed in Stockton-on-Tees, Census 2021 – ONS |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censuspopulationchange/E06000004/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=ons.gov.uk}} 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 (Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Hartlepool).

All bridges spanning the River Tees are partially within the borough, including the Yarm Viaduct and the Tees Transporter Bridge, with the Middlesbrough to the south downstream on the other side to the east of the borough.

Teesside International Airport is shared between the borough and the Darlington.