Tees Valley Combined Authority
Mayoral combined authority; mayoral strategic authority. Created 1 April 2016.
Constituent councils: Darlington Borough Council, Hartlepool Borough Council, Middlesbrough Borough Council, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.
Board, and overview and scrutiny committee meetings from April 2019 to September 2026, read from the authority's own record.
- Mayor: Ben Houchen (Conservative)
- 81 meetings: 43 board, 38 overview and scrutiny
- 0 named votes recorded in the minutes
Mayors
- Ben Houchen (Conservative): from 4 May 2017
Each with the party they were elected for. A mayor's party is shown in place of a party in control: a strategic authority isn't run by a party.
Members
Listed at the Cabinet meeting of 25 September 2026, with each member's role, and their party on the date from their home council's record where the site has it. Appointed members who aren't councillors aren't named.
- Ben Houchen: Mayor, Conservative (as elected)
- Stephen Harker: Constituent member, Darlington Borough Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Dave Bruce: Constituent member, Hartlepool Borough Council, No party recorded (recorded)
- Chris Cooke: Constituent member, Middlesbrough Borough Council, No party recorded (recorded)
- Alec Brown: Constituent member, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Paul Rowling: Constituent member, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Name not shown (not a councillor): Appointed member (not a councillor)
Named votes (0)
No named votes were found in this authority's minutes.
Latest meetings
- 25 September 2026: Cabinet
- 9 September 2026: Overview and Scrutiny Committee (minutes not published yet)
- 31 July 2026: Cabinet
- 26 June 2026: Cabinet
- 10 June 2026: Overview and Scrutiny Committee (minutes not published yet)
- 24 April 2026: Cabinet
- 15 April 2026: Overview and Scrutiny Committee (minutes not published yet)
- 20 March 2026: Cabinet
- 30 January 2026: Cabinet
- 14 January 2026: Overview and Scrutiny Committee (minutes not published yet)
- 12 December 2025: Cabinet
- 19 November 2025: Overview and Scrutiny Committee