Tees Valley Combined Authority

Tees Valley Combined Authority
Tees Valley Combined Authority
	The Tees Valley highlighted within North East England
Type
Type	Combined authority of Tees Valley
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 April 2016
Leadership
Mayor	Ben Houchen, ; Conservative ; since 8 May 2017
Chief Executive	Julie Gilhespie ; since November 2018
Seats	5 constituent members and chair
Elections
Voting system	Directly elected mayor since 2017
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	4 May 2028
Meeting place
	Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport, Darlington, DL2 1NJ
Website
	teesvalley-ca.gov.uk

The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is the combined authority for the Tees Valley urban area in North East England consisting of the following five unitary authorities: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees, covering a population of approximately 700,000 people. It was proposed that a combined authority be established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.^[2] It is a strategic authority with powers over transport, economic development and regeneration including the flagship Teesside Freeport.

The Combined Authority was established on 1 April 2016, after Local Government Minister James Wharton MP signed the necessary Order.^[3] It was announced in October 2015 that voters in the region covered by the Authority would directly elect a Mayor in 2017.^[4]^[5]

History

The abolition of the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland in 1996 left the Tees Valley without a single authority covering the whole area, although some council functions continued to be provided jointly through Cleveland Police and the Cleveland Fire Brigade.

A combined authority was proposed in 2014 and sixty-five per cent of more than 1,900 responses received during a seven-week long public consultation were in favour of a combined authority.^[6]

A shadow combined authority was formed and chaired by Sue Jeffrey, Leader of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.^[7]

Membership

The authority consists of the five local authorities of Tees Valley as constituent members, the directly elected Mayor of Tees Valley as the chair, and the Chairman of the Tees Valley local enterprise partnership as an associate member.^[8] The mayor is a member of the Mayoral Council for England and the Council of the Nations and Regions.

As of June 2024, the composition of the combined authority was:^[9]

	Membership	Nominating authority	Position within nominating authority
Ben Houchen	Chair	Tees Valley Combined Authority	Tees Valley Mayor
Steve Harker	Constituent	Darlington Borough Council	Leader of the Council
Brenda Harrison	Constituent	Hartlepool Borough Council	Leader of the Council
Chris Cooke	Constituent	Middlesbrough Borough Council	Mayor of Middlesbrough
Alec Brown	Constituent	Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	Leader of the Council
Bob Cook	Constituent	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	Leader of the Council
Siobhan McArdle	Non-constituent	Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership	Chairman of the LEP

Demographics

References

^ "Senior Management Team". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "New Statutory Combined Authority Proposed for Tees Valley, with Backing from Business". Teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ "The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ "Elected mayors for north-east of England as devolution deal announced". BBC News. 23 October 2015.
^ "Tees Valley joins the unstoppable momentum of Northern Powerhouse". gov.uk. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "Proposal for a Tees Valley Combined Authority enters its next phase". Teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ Chris Cordner (17 July 2015). "Leaders talk up the Tees Valley in meeting with ministers". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ "Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "TVCA Cabinet". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

External links

Official website
Tees Valley Unlimited LEP Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Senior Management Team". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[2] "New Statutory Combined Authority Proposed for Tees Valley, with Backing from Business". Teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[3] "The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[4] "Elected mayors for north-east of England as devolution deal announced". BBC News. 23 October 2015.

[5] "Tees Valley joins the unstoppable momentum of Northern Powerhouse". gov.uk. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[6] "Proposal for a Tees Valley Combined Authority enters its next phase". Teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[7] Chris Cordner (17 July 2015). "Leaders talk up the Tees Valley in meeting with ministers". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[8] "Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[9] "TVCA Cabinet". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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v t e Combined authorities and combined county authorities in England
Legislation	Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 Localism Act 2011 Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
Current	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (Mayor) East Midlands (Mayor) Greater Manchester (Mayor) Liverpool City Region (Mayor) North East (Mayor) South Yorkshire (Mayor) Tees Valley (Mayor) West of England (Mayor) West Midlands (Mayor) West Yorkshire (Mayor) York and North Yorkshire (Mayor)
Approved proposals	Devon and Torbay Greater Lincolnshire (Mayor) Hull and East Yorkshire (Mayor) Lancashire
Defunct	North of Tyne (Mayor) North East (non-mayoral)