Tees Valley Combined Authority

Tees Valley Combined Authority
The Tees Valley within England
Type
Type
Houses Unicameral
Term limits
 None
History
Founded 1 April 2016
Leadership
Structure
Seats 5 constituent members
Elections
Indirect election, directly elected mayor from 2017
Meeting place
Cavendish House, Teesdale Business Park
Thornaby-on-Tees
Website
www.teesvalley-ca.gov.uk

The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is the combined authority for the Tees Valley urban area in 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.[1] It will be a strategic authority with powers over transport, economic development and regeneration.

The Combined Authority was established on 1 April 2016 (20 years to the day since the abolition of Cleveland County Council) after Local Government Minister James Wharton MP signed the necessary Order. [2] It was announced in October 2015 that voters in the region covered by the Authority would directly elect a Mayor in 2017.[3][4]

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 Service.

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.[5]

A shadow combined authority was formed and chaired by Sue Jeffrey, Leader of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.[6]

Membership

The authority consists of the five local authorities of Tees Valley as constituent members and the Tees Valley local enterprise partnership as a non-constituent member.

The membership of the combined authority is expected to be as follows:

Name Membership Nominating authority Position within nominating authority
Bill Dixon Constituent Darlington Borough Council Leader of the Council
Christopher Akers-Belcher Constituent Hartlepool Borough Council Leader of the Council
Dave Budd Constituent Middlesbrough Borough Council Mayor of Middlesbrough
Sue Jeffrey Constituent Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Leader of the Council
Robert Cook Constituent Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Leader of the Council
Ben Houchen Constituent Tees Valley Combined Authority Mayor of Tees Valley
Paul Booth Non-constituent Tees Valley Unlimited Local Enterprise Partnership Chair

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New Statutory Combined Authority Proposed for Tees Valley, with Backing from Business". Teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  2. ↑ "The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  3. ↑ "Elected mayors for north-east of England as devolution deal announced". BBC News. 23 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tees Valley joins the unstoppable momentum of Northern Powerhouse". gov.uk. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  5. ↑ "Proposal for a Tees Valley Combined Authority enters its next phase". Teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  6. ↑ Chris Cordner (2015-07-17). "Leaders talk up the Tees Valley in meeting with ministers". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
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