Ben Houchen is the first directly-elected Mayor of the Tees Valley, representing almost 700,000 people in the five boroughs of Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, and Redcar & Cleveland. As Chairman of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, he has a £500million fund to drive economic growth in the area, with a plan to deliver 25,000 new jobs by 2026.
