Middlesbrough (borough)
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| Borough of Middlesbrough | |
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| Geography | |
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| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | North East England |
| Admin. County: | North Yorkshire |
| Area: Total: |
Ranked 296th 53.87 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Middlesbrough |
| ONS code: | 00EC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: Total (2006 est.): Density: |
Ranked 131st 138,400 2569 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 93.7% White 1.1% Mixed Race 5.1% S.Asian 1.0% Black |
| Politics | |
| Middlesbrough Council http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Mayor & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Independent Mayor |
| Mayor: | Ray Mallon (Independent) |
| MPs: | Stuart Bell (L) Ashok Kumar (L) |
Middlesbrough is a unitary authority and borough in North Yorkshire, England. It is based on the town of Middlesbrough, which is sometimes considered to spread outside the borough boundaries into the neighbouring borough of Redcar and Cleveland; the borough extends southwards to a semi-rural area. Whilst part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes it is part of North East England for regional government purposes.
It had a resident population in 2001 of 134,855. A 2006 mid-year estimate suggests the Borough to have a population of 138,400[1] and the urban area to have 147,823 and rising. The district was formed on April 1, 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 of the new county of Cleveland from April 1, 1974, until 1996, when Cleveland was abolished under the Banham Review, and Middlesbrough became a unitary authority
The borough borders Stockton-on-Tees to the west, Redcar and Cleveland to the east and the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire to the south.
Unlike most English districts, its council is led by a directly-elected mayor, currently Ray Mallon. Mr. Mallon was previously a senior officer in Cleveland Police, and was noted for a zero-tolerance approach to crime, adopted from the New York system, during his time as head of Middlesbrough's CID.
The borough has 23 council wards. Middlesbrough is mostly unparished, with Nunthorpe and Stainton and Thornton being the only parishes. Areas within the borough, other than central Middlesbrough, are
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[edit] Towns
[edit] Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of South Teesside at current basic prices. published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
| Year | Regional Gross Value Added4 | Agriculture1 | Industry2 | Services3 |
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| 1995 | 2,428 | 9 | 926 | 1,493 |
| 2000 | 2,919 | 11 | 940 | 1,967 |
| 2003 | 3,167 | 10 | 970 | 2,187 |
Note 1: includes hunting and forestry
Note 2: includes energy and construction
Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
[edit] Armorial Bearings
The original coat of arms of the Borough was devised in the nineteenth century by William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe [2], and regranted in 1976 with slight modifications after the dissolution of Cleveland County. The images, from the collection of the Heraldry Society, will be found on Robert Young's Civic Heraldry website.
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