Tees Valley Combined Authority
| Tees Valley Combined Authority | |
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The Tees Valley within England
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| Houses | Unicameral |
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Term limits
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None |
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| Founded | 1 April 2016 |
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Chair
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Sue Jeffrey [1]
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Vice-chair
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TBD
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| Seats | 5 members |
| Elections | |
| Indirect election, directly elected mayor from 2017 | |
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| Cavendish House, Teesdale Business Park Stockton-on-Tees |
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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. It was proposed that a combined authority is established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.[2] It will be a strategic authority with powers over transport, economic development and regeneration.
The Combined Authority was established on April 1 2016 (20 years to the day since the abolition of Cleveland County Council) after Local Government Minister James Wharton MP signed the necessary Order. [3] It was announced in October 2015 that the Authority would 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 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.[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 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 | |
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| 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 | |
| (Vacant) | Constituent | Tees Valley Combined Authority | Mayor of Tees Valley | |
| Paul Booth | Non-constituent | Tees Valley Unlimited Local Enterprise Partnership | Chair | |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/new-tees-valley-combined-authority-meets-for-the-first-time-1-7832635
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