(1986-12-09) 9 December 1986 (age 37) Stockton-on-Tees, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Rachel Flanagan
(m. 2011)
Residence(s)
Yarm, North Yorkshire, England
Alma mater
Northumbria University
Website
Official website
Ben Houchen, Baron Houchen of High Leven (born 9 December 1986), is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He has been Tees Valley Mayor since 2017, winning the inaugural mayoral election in the combined authority. Houchen was re-elected in 2021 and won a third term in 2024.
As mayor, Houchen represents the five local authority areas in the Tees Valley: Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool, and Darlington, and he also acts as chairman of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, the body tasked with driving economic growth and job creation in the area.[1]
As of May 2024[update], Houchen is the only Conservative combined-authority mayor in England.
^"About Us". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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also had a Mayor from 2002 to 2013. The current Tees Valley Mayor is BenHouchen. The Mayor is responsible for Tees Valley's strategic planning and is...
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regains control of Hartlepool, Redditch, Rushmoor and Thurrock Councils. BenHouchen wins the Tees Valley mayoral election, retaining the seat for the Conservatives...
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regains control of Hartlepool, Redditch, Rushmoor and Thurrock Councils. BenHouchen wins the Tees Valley mayoral election, retaining the seat for the Conservatives...
and Thurrock Councils. Labour win Rushmoor for the first time ever. BenHouchen wins the Tees Valley mayoral election, retaining the seat for the Conservatives...
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Valley area voted for their first mayor. The Conservative candidate, BenHouchen, won the election and is now in his second term. From 1987 to 2001, the...
to use the facility. On 4 December 2018, the Mayor of the Tees Valley BenHouchen announced a £40 million deal had been agreed to buy Peel Airport's 89%...
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