Borough of Hartlepool

Borough of Hartlepool
Unitary authority area and borough
From left to right Top: Hartlepool Marina Middle: Elwick and Dalton Piercy Bottom: Seaton Carew Esplanade and the Headland with St Hilda's Church
Hartlepool shown within County Durham
Coordinates: 54°41′11″N 1°12′39″W / 54.68639°N 1.21083°W / 54.68639; -1.21083
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North East
Ceremonial county	County Durham
City region	Tees Valley
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Unitary authority	1 April 1996
Named for	Hartlepool
Administrative HQ	Hartlepool Civic Centre
Government [1]
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Hartlepool Borough Council
• Executive	Committee system
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Brenda Harrison (L)
• Mayor	Shane Moore
• MP	Jonathan Brash (L)
Area [2]
• Total	36 sq mi (94 km2)
• Rank	204th
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	93,861
• Rank	258th
• Density	2,600/sq mi (1,002/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 96.5% White 1.7% Asian 0.7% Mixed 0.6% other 0.5% Black
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 52.5% Christianity 40.1% no religion 1.3% Islam 0.2% Hinduism 0.2% Buddhism 0.2% Sikhism 0.0% Judaism 0.3% other 5.1% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	TS
Dialling codes	01429
ISO 3166 code	GB-HPL
GSS code	E06000001
Website	www.hartlepool.gov.uk

The Borough of Hartlepool is a unitary authority area with borough status in County Durham, England. Hartlepool Borough Council became a unitary authority in 1996; it is independent from Durham County Council. It is named after its largest settlement, Hartlepool, 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.

Since 2016 the council has been a member of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, which has been led by the directly elected Tees Valley Mayor since 2017. The Hartlepool constituency has been coterminous with the borough since 1983.

The neighbouring districts are the County Durham district and Stockton-on-Tees; the borough also adjoins Redcar and Cleveland across the mouth of the River Tees.