Borough of Darlington

The Borough of Darlington is a unitary authority and borough in County Durham, Northern England. The borough is named after the town of Darlington, and in 2011 had a population of 106,000.

Borough of Darlington
Unitary authority and borough
Darlington Town Hall
Darlington Town Hall
Coat of arms of Borough of Darlington
Coat of arms
Official logo of Borough of Darlington
Council logo
Darlington shown within County Durham and England
Darlington shown within County Durham and England
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionNorth East England
Combined AuthorityTees Valley
Ceremonial countyCounty Durham
Admin. HQDarlington
Government
 • TypeDarlington Borough Council
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive:Conservative
 • Tees Valley MayorBen Houchen
 • MPs:Paul Howell (C)
Peter Gibson (C)
Area
 • Total76.3 sq mi (197.5 km2)
 • Rank160th
Population
 (2021)
 • Total107,799
 • RankRanked 224th
 • Density1,400/sq mi (550/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code00EH (ONS)
E06000005 (GSS)
Ethnicity93.7% White, 2.8% S.Asian, 3.5% other Non-White
Websitedarlington.gov.uk

It is in the Tees Valley mayoralty. The borough borders three local authority areas; County Durham is to the north and west, Stockton-on-Tees to the east and North Yorkshire to the south, the River Tees forming the border for the latter.

History
An alternative view of the town hall in 2006, the entrance is now to the right of this.

The current borough boundaries were formed on 1 April 1974, by the creation of a new non-metropolitan district of Darlington by the Local Government Act 1972, covering the previous county borough of Darlington along with nearly all of Darlington Rural District (the Newton Aycliffe parts of which went to Sedgefield). It remained part of County Durham for administrative purposes until reconstituted as a unitary authority on 1 April 1997. For ceremonial purposes it remains part of County Durham, with whom it continues to share certain local services, such as Fire and Rescue and Police. It is included within the Tees Valley area for both cultural and regional government administration.

Council
For historic political control and leadership, see Darlington Borough Council elections.

It is made up of 20 council wards, sixteen within the town of Darlington itself, which are also covered by the Darlington parliamentary constituency and four rural wards of Heighington & Coniscliffe, Hurworth, Middleton St George and Sadberge & Whessoe (part of the Sedgefield parliamentary constituency.

The council operates a Leader and Cabinet model of political leadership although a group of local residents aimed to force a referendum on moving to a system with directly elected executive Mayor.[1] Their bid was unsuccessful.

The political composition of the council, as of a May 2019 local elections, is Conservative 22;Labour 20; Liberal Democrats 3; Independent 3 and Green Party 2. Since then, one Labour councillor has declared he is now an Independent.

Political party make-up of Darlington Borough Council
   Party Seats[2][3] Current council
  Conservative 22                                                                      
  Labour 19                                                                    
  Lib Dems 3                                                                      
  Independent 4                                                                        
  Green Party 2                                                                      

Settlements

As well as Darlington itself the borough includes the surrounding villages of:

It is home to Teesside International Airport (previously known as Durham Tees Valley Airport).

Economy

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

YearRegional Gross Value Added4Agriculture1Industry2Services3
19951,1158377729
20001,1926417768
20031,5386561971

^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 Darlington.

Individuals
  • John Williams: 24 November 2011.
  • Alasdair MacConachie: 24 November 2011.[4]

Military Units

References
  1. "Pro-mayor group halfway to securing a referendum". The Northern Echo. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  2. "Local Election Results 2011 Summary". Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. "Borough and Parish Elections results - Thursday 2 May 2019". www.darlington.gov.uk.
  4. "Darlington Borough Council" (PDF). www.darlington.gov.uk.
  5. Live, Teesside (17 September 2010). "Thousands of people flocked to Darlington to honouring our heroes".

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