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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough_of_Hartlepool" title="Borough of Hartlepool – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Borough of Hartlepool" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartlepool" title="Hartlepool – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Hartlepool" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartlepool_(kondado)" title="Hartlepool (kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Hartlepool (kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwrdeistref_Hartlepool" title="Bwrdeistref Hartlepool – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bwrdeistref Hartlepool" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough_of_Hartlepool" title="Borough of Hartlepool – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Borough of Hartlepool" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartlepool_(borough)" title="Hartlepool (borough) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hartlepool (borough)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%ED%8B%80%ED%92%80%EA%B5%AC" title="하틀풀구 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="하틀풀구" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%AC%D6%83%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC" title="Հարթլփուլ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հարթլփուլ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartlepool_(borough)" title="Hartlepool (borough) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Hartlepool (borough)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%81rtlp%C5%ABla_(boro)" title="Hārtlpūla (boro) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Hārtlpūla (boro)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartlepool_borough" title="Hartlepool borough – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Hartlepool borough" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartlepool_(district)" title="Hartlepool (district) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hartlepool (district)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough_of_Hartlepool" title="Borough of Hartlepool – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Borough of Hartlepool" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartlepool_(borough)" title="Hartlepool (borough) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hartlepool (borough)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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decoding="async" width="106" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Fish_Sands_at_the_Headland_in_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5658487.jpg/159px-Fish_Sands_at_the_Headland_in_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5658487.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Fish_Sands_at_the_Headland_in_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5658487.jpg/212px-Fish_Sands_at_the_Headland_in_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5658487.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="645" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>From left to right</li><li>Top: <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool" title="Hartlepool">Hartlepool</a> Marina</li><li>Middle: <a href="/wiki/Elwick,_County_Durham" title="Elwick, County Durham">Elwick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dalton_Piercy" title="Dalton Piercy">Dalton Piercy</a></li><li>Bottom: <a href="/wiki/Seaton_Carew" title="Seaton Carew">Seaton Carew</a> Esplanade and the <a href="/wiki/Headland,_Hartlepool" title="Headland, Hartlepool">Headland</a> with <a href="/wiki/St_Hilda%27s_Church,_Hartlepool" title="St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool">St Hilda's Church</a></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hartlepool_UK_locator_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hartlepool shown within County Durham"><img alt="Hartlepool shown within County Durham" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Hartlepool_UK_locator_map.svg/250px-Hartlepool_UK_locator_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Hartlepool_UK_locator_map.svg/375px-Hartlepool_UK_locator_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Hartlepool_UK_locator_map.svg/500px-Hartlepool_UK_locator_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="934" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Hartlepool shown within <a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">County Durham</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Borough_of_Hartlepool&params=54_41_11_N_1_12_39_W_region:GB_type:adm2nd"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°41′11″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°12′39″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.68639°N 1.21083°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.68639; -1.21083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_East_England" title="North East England">North East</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">County Durham</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/City_region_(United_Kingdom)" title="City region (United Kingdom)">City region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tees_Valley" title="Tees Valley">Tees Valley</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">1 April 1974</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unitary authority</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1990s_United_Kingdom_local_government_reform" title="1990s United Kingdom local government reform">1 April 1996</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool" title="Hartlepool">Hartlepool</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administrative HQ</th><td class="infobox-data">Hartlepool Civic Centre</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Council_leadership_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_leadership-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">Unitary authority</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Hartlepool Borough Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Executive_arrangements" title="Executive arrangements">Executive</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Executive_arrangements#Committee_system" title="Executive arrangements">Committee system</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Political_make-up_of_local_councils_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom">Control</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Brenda Harrison (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_England" title="Mayors in England">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Shane Moore</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Brash" title="Jonathan Brash">Jonathan Brash</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">36 sq mi (94 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">204th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-popstats_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popstats-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">93,861</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">258th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,600/sq mi (1,002/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 96.5% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.7% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.7% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.5% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 52.5% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 40.1% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.3% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_England" title="Hinduism in England">Hinduism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_England" title="Buddhism in England">Buddhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_England" title="Sikhism in England">Sikhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.0% <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England" title="History of the Jews in England">Judaism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 5.1% not stated </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode areas</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a href="/wiki/TS_postcode_area" title="TS postcode area">TS</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01429</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB" title="ISO 3166-2:GB">GB-HPL</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/GSS_coding_system" title="GSS coding system">GSS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">E06000001</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hartlepool.gov.uk">www<wbr />.hartlepool<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Borough of Hartlepool</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">unitary authority</a> area with <a href="/wiki/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Borough status in the United Kingdom">borough status</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">County Durham</a>, England. Hartlepool Borough Council became a unitary authority in 1996; it is independent from <a href="/wiki/Durham_County_Council" title="Durham County Council">Durham County Council</a>. It is named after its largest settlement, <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool" title="Hartlepool">Hartlepool</a>, where the council is based. The borough also includes a rural area to the west of the town. The population of the borough at the 2021 census was 92,571, of which over 95% (87,995) lived in the built-up area of Hartlepool itself. </p><p>Since 2016 the council has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Tees_Valley_Combined_Authority" title="Tees Valley Combined Authority">Tees Valley Combined Authority</a>, which has been led by the directly elected <a href="/wiki/Tees_Valley_Mayor" title="Tees Valley Mayor">Tees Valley Mayor</a> since 2017. The <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency)">Hartlepool constituency</a> has been coterminous with the borough since 1983. </p><p>The neighbouring districts are the <a href="/wiki/County_Durham_(district)" title="County Durham (district)">County Durham district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Stockton-on-Tees" title="Borough of Stockton-on-Tees">Stockton-on-Tees</a>; the borough also adjoins <a href="/wiki/Redcar_and_Cleveland" title="Redcar and Cleveland">Redcar and Cleveland</a> across the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/River_Tees" title="River Tees">River Tees</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town of Hartlepool was an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_borough" title="Ancient borough">ancient borough</a>, having been granted a charter by <a href="/wiki/John,_King_of_England" title="John, King of England">King John</a> in 1200.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was reformed to become a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a> in 1850. This borough covered the relatively small area now known as the <a href="/wiki/Headland,_Hartlepool" title="Headland, Hartlepool">Headland</a>, where the original town was located.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new town of <a href="/wiki/West_Hartlepool" title="West Hartlepool">West Hartlepool</a> was laid out from the 1840s on land outside Hartlepool's historic borough boundaries, in the neighbouring parish of <a href="/wiki/Stranton" title="Stranton">Stranton</a>. A body of <a href="/wiki/Improvement_commissioners" title="Improvement commissioners">improvement commissioners</a> was established to administer the new town in 1854.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commissioners' district was enlarged in 1883 to include <a href="/wiki/Seaton_Carew" title="Seaton Carew">Seaton Carew</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commissioners were superseded in 1887, when West Hartlepool was incorporated as a separate borough.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1902 West Hartlepool was elevated to become a <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a>, making it independent from <a href="/wiki/Durham_County_Council" title="Durham County Council">Durham County Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After several unification efforts starting in 1902, the two boroughs of Hartlepool and West Hartlepool merged into a single county borough called Hartlepool in 1967, also absorbing at the same time the neighbouring parish of <a href="/wiki/Seaton_Carew" title="Seaton Carew">Seaton</a> (being the residual rural part of the old parish of Seaton Carew) to provide coastal land for industrial development.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The borough was reformed and enlarged on 1 April 1974, by the merger of the previous county borough of Hartlepool, along with the parishes of <a href="/wiki/Brierton" title="Brierton">Brierton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Claxton,_County_Durham" title="Claxton, County Durham">Claxton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalton_Piercy" title="Dalton Piercy">Dalton Piercy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elwick,_County_Durham" title="Elwick, County Durham">Elwick</a>, Elwick Hall, <a href="/wiki/Greatham,_County_Durham" title="Greatham, County Durham">Greatham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hart,_County_Durham" title="Hart, County Durham">Hart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newton_Bewley" title="Newton Bewley">Newton Bewley</a>, from the Stockton Rural District, all of which had been part of the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_counties_of_England" title="Administrative counties of England">administrative county</a> of <a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">Durham</a>. The enlarged borough was transferred at the same time from County Durham to the new non-metropolitan county of <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_(county)" title="Cleveland (county)">Cleveland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cleveland was abolished in 1996 following the <a href="/wiki/Banham_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="Banham Review">Banham Review</a>, which gave unitary authority status to its four districts, including Hartlepool. The way this change was implemented was to create a new <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">non-metropolitan county</a> of Hartlepool covering the same area as the existing borough, but with no separate county council; instead the existing borough council took on county functions, making it a unitary authority. The borough was restored to County Durham for <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_county" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceremonial county">ceremonial</a> purposes at the same time, but as a unitary authority it is independent from Durham County Council.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hartlepool continues to share certain local services with the other former Cleveland boroughs, including the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Police" title="Cleveland Police">Cleveland Police</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Fire_Brigade" title="Cleveland Fire Brigade">Cleveland Fire Brigade</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Hartlepool Borough Council</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hartlepool_Borough_Council_logo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/Hartlepool_Borough_Council_logo.JPG/150px-Hartlepool_Borough_Council_logo.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/Hartlepool_Borough_Council_logo.JPG/225px-Hartlepool_Borough_Council_logo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Hartlepool_Borough_Council_logo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="244" data-file-height="408" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Unitary authorities in England">Unitary authority</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_England" title="Mayors in England">Mayor</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Carole Thompson, <br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 21 May 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">Leader</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Brenda Harrison, <br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 21 May 2024<sup id="cite_ref-BrendaHarrisonLeader_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrendaHarrisonLeader-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Managing_Director" class="mw-redirect" title="Managing Director">Managing Director</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Denise McGuckin <br />since 7 September 2020<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">36 councillors</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hartlepool_Borough_Council_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Hartlepool_Borough_Council_2024.svg/250px-Hartlepool_Borough_Council_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Hartlepool_Borough_Council_2024.svg/375px-Hartlepool_Borough_Council_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Hartlepool_Borough_Council_2024.svg/500px-Hartlepool_Borough_Council_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <dl><dt>Administration (24)<sup id="cite_ref-TNE1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNE1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (24)</span></dd> <dt>Other parties (12)</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0087DC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (6)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (5)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#203961; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Union_(political_party)" title="Independent Union (political party)">Independent Union</a> (1)</span></dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Joint committees</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tees_Valley_Combined_Authority" title="Tees Valley Combined Authority">Tees Valley Combined Authority</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">First-past-the-post</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_Hartlepool_Borough_Council_election" title="2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election">2 May 2024</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 May 2026</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:War_Memorial,_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3226751.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/War_Memorial%2C_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3226751.jpg/220px-War_Memorial%2C_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3226751.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/War_Memorial%2C_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3226751.jpg/330px-War_Memorial%2C_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3226751.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/War_Memorial%2C_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3226751.jpg/440px-War_Memorial%2C_Hartlepool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3226751.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">Civic Centre, Victoria Road, Hartlepool, TS24<span class="nowrap"> </span>8AY</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hartlepool.gov.uk">www<wbr />.hartlepool<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Hartlepool Borough Council provides both <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">county-level</a> and <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">district-level</a> services. There are also nine <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parishes</a> in the borough, which form a second tier of local government for their areas; the rest of the borough is an <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2016 the council has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Tees_Valley_Combined_Authority" title="Tees Valley Combined Authority">Tees Valley Combined Authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, the four <a href="/wiki/Parish_council_(England)" title="Parish council (England)">parish councils</a> of <a href="/wiki/Elwick,_County_Durham" title="Elwick, County Durham">Elwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hart,_County_Durham" title="Hart, County Durham">Hart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalton_Piercy" title="Dalton Piercy">Dalton Piercy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greatham,_County_Durham" title="Greatham, County Durham">Greatham</a> all issued individual votes of no confidence in Hartlepool Borough Council, and expressed their desire to re-join County Durham.<sup id="cite_ref-Nic_Marko_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nic_Marko-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, quarterly parish liaison meetings were set up between the parish and borough councils, and a new Parish Charter was adopted.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_control">Political control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council has been under <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> majority control since <a href="/wiki/2024_Hartlepool_Borough_Council_election" title="2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election">the May 2024 local elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BrendaHarrisonLeader_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrendaHarrisonLeader-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gain_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gain-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Non-metropolitan district</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1974–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1976–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1979–1996 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Unitary authority</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>1996–2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a> </td> <td>2000–2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2004–2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a> </td> <td>2008–2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2010–2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a> </td> <td>2019–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Hartlepool" title="Mayor of Hartlepool">Mayor of Hartlepool</a></div> <p>Since 2013 the role of mayor has been largely ceremonial in Hartlepool. Political leadership is instead provided by the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leader of the council</a>. </p><p>Between 2002 and 2013, Hartlepool was one of a small number of councils in the United Kingdom to have a <a href="/wiki/Elected_mayors_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Elected mayors in the United Kingdom">directly elected mayor</a>. This followed a referendum held in the borough in October 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2002_Hartlepool_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 Hartlepool Council election">first mayoral election</a> was held in May 2002, and became famous for being won by the mascot of <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United F.C.</a>, '<a href="/wiki/H%27Angus_the_Monkey" class="mw-redirect" title="H'Angus the Monkey">H'Angus the Monkey</a>',<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a majority of approximately 500 over the second-placed <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> candidate. The man inside the monkey costume, <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Drummond" title="Stuart Drummond">Stuart Drummond</a>, served as mayor as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">independent</a>, being re-elected in 2005 with a majority of over 10,000<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and again in 2009 with a second round majority of 844. </p><p>In November 2012 Hartlepool voted in a referendum to abolish the directly elected mayor and return to having a leader of the council, as it had done prior to 2002, being the leadership model used by most English councils.<sup id="cite_ref-angus_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angus-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 7,366 voted against the directly elected mayor system, while 5,177 voted to retain it, on a <a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">turnout</a> of 18%.<sup id="cite_ref-angus_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angus-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The leaders from 1999 to 2002 were: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Ray Waller<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Russell Hart<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1999</td> <td align="right">2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arthur Preece<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="right">2000</td> <td align="right">5 May 2002 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The directly elected mayor was: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Mayor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Drummond" title="Stuart Drummond">Stuart Drummond</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td align="right">6 May 2002</td> <td align="right">2 May 2013 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The leaders since 2013 have been:<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Christopher Akers-Belcher</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">2 May 2013</td> <td align="right">May 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Shane Moore</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #203961;" data-sort-value="Independent Union (political party)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Union_(political_party)" title="Independent Union (political party)">Independent Union</a></td> <td align="right">23 May 2019</td> <td align="right">12 Sep 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #12B6CF;" data-sort-value="Brexit Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Brexit_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Brexit Party">Brexit Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="right">12 Sep 2019</td> <td align="right">31 Jan 2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #203961;" data-sort-value="Independent Union (political party)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Union_(political_party)" title="Independent Union (political party)">Independent Union</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="right">31 Jan 2020</td> <td align="right">16 May 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mike Young</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">16 May 2023</td> <td align="right">21 May 2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brenda Harrison<sup id="cite_ref-BrendaHarrisonLeader_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrendaHarrisonLeader-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">21 May 2024</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition">Composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2024_Hartlepool_Borough_Council_election" title="2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election">2024 election</a> the composition of the council was:<sup id="cite_ref-TNE1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNE1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="center">24 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #203961;" data-sort-value="Independent Union (political party)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Union_(political_party)" title="Independent Union (political party)">Independent Union</a></td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th align="center">36 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The next election is due in May 2026. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Borough_Council_elections" title="Hartlepool Borough Council elections">Hartlepool Borough Council elections</a></div> <p>Since the last boundary changes in 2020 the council has comprised 36 <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> representing 12 <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">wards</a>, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premises">Premises</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council is based at the Civic Centre on Victoria Road, which was built in the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to that it was based at the Municipal Buildings on Church Square, which had been built in 1889 for the old West Hartlepool Borough Council.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the 1967 merger the old Hartlepool Borough Council had been based at <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Borough_Hall" title="Hartlepool Borough Hall">Hartlepool Borough Hall</a> on Middlegate. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:612px;max-width:612px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hartlepool_-_Design_College_-_from_south_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4180516.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Hartlepool_-_Design_College_-_from_south_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4180516.jpg/200px-Hartlepool_-_Design_College_-_from_south_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4180516.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Hartlepool_-_Design_College_-_from_south_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4180516.jpg/300px-Hartlepool_-_Design_College_-_from_south_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4180516.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Hartlepool_-_Design_College_-_from_south_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4180516.jpg/400px-Hartlepool_-_Design_College_-_from_south_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4180516.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1265" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Municipal Buildings, Church Square: Built 1889 for West Hartlepool Borough Council</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hartlepool_Borough_Hall_(geograph_3199095).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Hartlepool_Borough_Hall_%28geograph_3199095%29.jpg/200px-Hartlepool_Borough_Hall_%28geograph_3199095%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Hartlepool_Borough_Hall_%28geograph_3199095%29.jpg/300px-Hartlepool_Borough_Hall_%28geograph_3199095%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Hartlepool_Borough_Hall_%28geograph_3199095%29.jpg/400px-Hartlepool_Borough_Hall_%28geograph_3199095%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Borough_Hall" title="Hartlepool Borough Hall">Hartlepool Borough Hall</a>: Built 1866 for the old Hartlepool Borough Council</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div 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id="Settlements">Settlements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Settlements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_County_Durham" title="List of civil parishes in County Durham">List of civil parishes in County Durham</a></div> <p>Settlements in the borough include: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brierton" title="Brierton">Brierton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claxton,_County_Durham" title="Claxton, County Durham">Claxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalton_Piercy" title="Dalton Piercy">Dalton Piercy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elwick,_County_Durham" title="Elwick, County Durham">Elwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatham,_County_Durham" title="Greatham, County Durham">Greatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hart,_County_Durham" title="Hart, County Durham">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hart_Station" title="Hart Station">Hart Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool" title="Hartlepool">Hartlepool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Headland" class="mw-redirect" title="The Headland">The Headland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleton,_Hartlepool" title="Middleton, Hartlepool">Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_Bewley" title="Newton Bewley">Newton Bewley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owton" title="Owton">Owton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rift_House" title="Rift House">Rift House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaton_Carew" title="Seaton Carew">Seaton Carew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stranton" title="Stranton">Stranton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throston" title="Throston">Throston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_View,_County_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="West View, County Durham">West View</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Tees_Valley" title="Demographics of Tees Valley">Demographics of Tees Valley</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnicity">Ethnicity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ethnicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Ethnic Group </th> <th colspan="8">Year </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">1991<sup id="cite_ref-:412_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:412-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2001<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2011<sup id="cite_ref-:36_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:36-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2021<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a>: Total </th> <th>89,765 </th> <th>99.3% </th> <th>87,569 </th> <th>98.8% </th> <th>89,899 </th> <th>97.7% </th> <th>89,068 </th> <th>96.4% </th></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_British" title="White British">British</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>86,874 </td> <td>98% </td> <td>88,924 </td> <td>96.6% </td> <td>87,761 </td> <td>95.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_Irish" title="White Irish">Irish</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>235 </td> <td> </td> <td>193 </td> <td> </td> <td>170 </td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_Gypsy_or_Irish_Traveller" class="mw-redirect" title="White Gypsy or Irish Traveller">Gypsy or Irish Traveller</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>40 </td> <td> </td> <td>37 </td> <td>0.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: Roma </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>0.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/Other_White" title="Other White">Other</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>460 </td> <td> </td> <td>742 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,081 </td> <td>1.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/British_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian or Asian British</a>: Total </th> <th>486 </th> <th>0.5% </th> <th>602 </th> <th>0.7% </th> <th>1,304 </th> <th>1.4% </th> <th>1,600 </th> <th>1.7% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Indians" title="British Indians">Indian</a> </td> <td>160 </td> <td> </td> <td>187 </td> <td> </td> <td>266 </td> <td> </td> <td>335 </td> <td>0.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Pakistanis" title="British Pakistanis">Pakistani</a> </td> <td>106 </td> <td> </td> <td>204 </td> <td> </td> <td>291 </td> <td> </td> <td>297 </td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Bangladeshis" title="British Bangladeshis">Bangladeshi</a> </td> <td>73 </td> <td> </td> <td>73 </td> <td> </td> <td>214 </td> <td> </td> <td>278 </td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Chinese" title="British Chinese">Chinese</a> </td> <td>94 </td> <td> </td> <td>110 </td> <td> </td> <td>229 </td> <td> </td> <td>217 </td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: Other Asian </td> <td>53 </td> <td> </td> <td>28 </td> <td> </td> <td>304 </td> <td> </td> <td>473 </td> <td>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black or Black British</a>: Total </th> <th>78 </th> <th>– </th> <th>70 </th> <th>– </th> <th>170 </th> <th>0.2% </th> <th>445 </th> <th>0.6% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: <a href="/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_people" title="British African-Caribbean people">African</a> </td> <td>31 </td> <td>– </td> <td>36 </td> <td>– </td> <td>36 </td> <td> </td> <td>327 </td> <td>0.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: <a href="/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_people" title="British African-Caribbean people">Caribbean</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td>– </td> <td>16 </td> <td>– </td> <td>129 </td> <td> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: <a href="/wiki/Classification_of_ethnicity_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom">Other Black</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>– </td> <td>18 </td> <td>– </td> <td>5 </td> <td> </td> <td>61 </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed or British Mixed</a>: Total </th> <th>– </th> <th>– </th> <th>311 </th> <th>0.4% </th> <th>550 </th> <th>0.6% </th> <th>671 </th> <th>0.8% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Black Caribbean </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>85 </td> <td>– </td> <td>180 </td> <td> </td> <td>143 </td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Black African </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>34 </td> <td>– </td> <td>54 </td> <td> </td> <td>115 </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Asian </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>94 </td> <td>– </td> <td>173 </td> <td> </td> <td>240 </td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: Other Mixed </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>98 </td> <td>– </td> <td>143 </td> <td> </td> <td>173 </td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other: Total </th> <th>80 </th> <th>– </th> <th>59 </th> <th>– </th> <th>105 </th> <th>0.1% </th> <th>554 </th> <th>0.6% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Other: Arab </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>57 </td> <td> </td> <td>270 </td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other: Any other ethnic group </td> <td>80 </td> <td>– </td> <td>59 </td> <td>– </td> <td>48 </td> <td> </td> <td>284 </td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>90,409 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>88,611 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>92,028 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>92,338 </th> <th>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Hartlepool&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Borough_Hall" title="Hartlepool Borough Hall">Hartlepool Borough Hall</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Heugh_Battery" title="Heugh Battery">Heugh Battery</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/West_Hartlepool_Town_Hall" title="West Hartlepool Town Hall">West Hartlepool Town Hall</a></dd> <dt>Memorials</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Redheugh_Gardens_War_Memorial" title="Redheugh Gardens War Memorial">Redheugh Gardens War Memorial</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Seaton_Carew_Lighthouse" title="Seaton Carew Lighthouse">Seaton Tower</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/West_Hartlepool_War_Memorial" title="West Hartlepool War Memorial">West Hartlepool War Memorial</a></dd> <dt>Places of worship</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nasir_Mosque,_Hartlepool" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasir Mosque, Hartlepool">Nasir Mosque</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/St_Hilda%27s_Church,_Hartlepool" title="St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool">St Hilda's Church</a></dd> <dd><a 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title="HMS Trincomalee">HMS Trincomalee</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Middleton_Grange_Shopping_Centre" title="Middleton Grange Shopping Centre">Middleton Grange Shopping Centre</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Hartlepool" title="Museum of Hartlepool">Museum of Hartlepool</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/PS_Wingfield_Castle" title="PS Wingfield Castle">PS Wingfield Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Seaton_Carew_Lighthouse" title="Seaton Carew Lighthouse">Seaton Tower</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Education_in_the_Borough_of_Hartlepool" title="Category:Education in the Borough of Hartlepool">Education</a></b></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_College_of_Further_Education" title="Hartlepool College of Further Education">Hartlepool College of Further 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