Borough of Stockton-on-Tees - Council

Council

See also: Stockton-on-Tees local elections

The Borough has 26 wards with either one, two or three Councillors representing each. There are 56 Councillors in total in the Borough of Stockton. Following the elections that took place in May 2011, 2 of these are Billingham Independent Association, 12 Conservative, 6 Ingleby Barwick Independent Society, 27 are Labour, 4 Liberal Democrat, and 5 Thornaby Independent Association.

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