  Aims. On Earth, plate tectonics play an integral role in driving the
long-term carbon cycle; however, on tidally locked rocky exoplanets alternative
tectonic mechanisms driven by tidal stress and tidal heating could serve in an
analogous way. Methods. We calculate tidal stress and tidal heating rates to
model the likelihood of tectonic activity maintaining stable climates suitable
for surface liquid water on tidally locked rocky exoplanets with radii
${R}_{p}$ $\le$ 1.23R$_\oplus$. Results. Applying the tidal models to our
sample of 767 tidally locked rocky exoplanets reveals that $\sim$10% of
exoplanets, including Proxima Cen b and GJ 1061 d from the circumstellar
habitable zone (CHZ), pass the tidal stress subduction threshold for mobile lid
tectonic activity and reside within the optimal tidal heating zone. This subset
of exoplanets could sustain tidally induced temperate mobile lid tectonic
activity comparable to plate tectonics on Earth, aiding in maintaining the
presence of surface liquid water. Furthermore, $\sim$40% of exoplanets from our
sample located in the CHZ would be unable to maintain the tectonic activity
needed to stabilise the climate and are unlikely to retain surface liquid
water. When broadening our modelling to establish the overlap between tidal
stress, tidal heating, and the CHZ, to discover optimal regions to target for
future observations, we determine that tidally driven tectonic activity
conducive to the maintenance of surface liquid water occurs predominantly
around M dwarfs, and identify intersections, where both mobile lid and optimal
tidal heating could be sustained on eccentric (e>0.1) Earth-sized exoplanets
(${R}_{p}$ = 1.0-1.23R$_\oplus$) orbiting in the CHZ of low-mass M dwarfs.
