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Bromsgrove.

Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £14m net revenue. 30 wards across 1 parliamentary constituency.

Typedistrict
Seats36 councillors · 30 wards
Last election4 May 2023
Net revenue · 2025-26
£14m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,303
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
13/36
Conservative and Unionist Party 36%
Westminster
1
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, Conservative and Unionist Party MPs.

Bromsgrove is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (13 of 36 seats). Net revenue is £14m for 2025-26. It covers 30 wards spanning 1 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.36 seats · last contested 4 May 2023

Who sits in the chamber.

Con 13Lab 10Independent Berwick Hills Resident 7LD 6

Conservative and Unionist Party 36% · last contested 4 May 2023

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Alan BailesIndAlvechurch South2023
Rachael Anne BailesIndAlvechurch Village2023
Jane ElledgeLabAston Fields2023
David NichollLDAvoncroft2023
Charlie HothamIndBarnt Green Hopwood2023
Karen Jane MayConBelbroughton Romsley2023
Simon NockConBelbroughton Romsley2023
Siobhan RobinsonLDBromsgrove Central2023
Bernard Martin McEldowneyIndCatshill North2023
Shirley Anne WebbConCatshill South2023
Sam AmmarLabCharford2023
Michael ThompsonLabCharford2019
Showing 12 of 36·All 36 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

73%
Council tax
£9.8m · median 61%
20%
Central grants
£2.7m · median 26%
7%
Business rates
£1.0m · median 11%

This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 73% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (61%).

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£257
County / upper-tier£1,616
Police£292
Fire & rescue£102
GLA precept£0
Parish average£36
Total Band-D£2,303

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.6 buckets · vs 163 other councils (district)

How does Bromsgrove split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (district)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.

Waste & Recycling42.5% of net spend · cohort median 32%
22 of 158+33% vs median
Corporate & Central25.9% of net spend · cohort median 27%
86 of 158-4% vs median
Housing & Homelessness17.4% of net spend · cohort median 14%
43 of 158+24% vs median
Planning & Economic Development9.8% of net spend · cohort median 14%
121 of 158-32% vs median
Culture & Leisure3.0% of net spend · cohort median 13%
144 of 158-78% vs median
Highways & Transport1.3% of net spend · cohort median -2%
21 of 158
How to read these bars

The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.

Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.

§ 04Top suppliers.626 payments · £13.1m gross · 5 Jan 202629 Apr 2026

Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).

Top by total — last 180 days

SupplierPaidSharePmts
DENNIS EAGLE LTD£3.93m30.1%7
KIER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED T/A KIER CONSTRUCTION£1.81m13.9%3
CRAEMER UK LIMITED£1.21m9.3%10
OPUS PEOPLE SOLUTIONS£0.50m3.9%8
BDHT£0.47m3.6%12
WYRE FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL£0.43m3.3%6
REDDITCH BOROUGH COUNCIL£0.31m2.4%6
MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LIMITED£0.20m1.5%1
NTM GB LTD£0.16m1.2%1
WYTHALL PARISH COUNCIL£0.15m1.2%1

By service area · top supplier

Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.30 wards split across 1 parliamentary seat
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Bromsgrove30100% Bradley ThomasCon
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 163 other councils (district)
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
626 payments · 5 Jan 202629 Apr 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level