Stillington is within the Stockton North parliamentary constituency, currently represented by Alex Cunningham MP.

[7] In 1932 the original blast furnace was demolished but the company still exists and operates in Stillington under the name of Metabrasive.

[11] Near the church in Stillington, there is a renovated piece of land, that used to be a slag heap, and later a waste dump.

In September 2010 a planning application for four wind turbines with a maximum height of 125m situated 1 km west of Stillington was submitted by Banks Group.

[16] In 1833 the Clarence Railway was opened passing through Stillington and was used by the iron companies to transport their products as well as for passenger services.

[17][18] The village was linked to Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough via the hourly X8 bus service which was operated by Stagecarriage, which provided the village with a direct link to University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton railway station, Stockton town centre, Teesside Park and Middlesbrough.

One of the village's previous service was provided by Arriva North East, with certain journeys continuing onto Middlesbrough via Stockton.