Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority in County Durham and North Yorkshire, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district in Cleveland.
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Non-metropolitan district
Unitary authority
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 1973
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 1976
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 1983 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 1987
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 1995
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 1999
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 2003
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 2005 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 2007
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 2011
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election, 2015