Dudley.
Reform UK-controlled metropolitan_borough. £358m net revenue. 24 wards across 5 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Reform UK chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Dudley is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Reform UK (22 of 52 seats). Net revenue is £358m for 2025-26. It covers 24 wards spanning 5 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Reform UK 42% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Lewis | Ref | Amblecote | 2026 |
| Angela Blythe | Ref | Belle Vale | 2026 |
| Tony Dickenson | Ref | Brierley Hill Wordsley South | 2026 |
| Adam Davies | Con | Brierley Hill Wordsley South | 2024 |
| Wayne Little | Con | Brierley Hill Wordsley South | 2024 |
| Joel Benjamin Hyde | Ref | Brockmoor Pensnett | 2026 |
| Judy Foster | Lab | Brockmoor Pensnett | 2024 |
| Steve Edwards | Lab | Brockmoor Pensnett | 2024 |
| Jan McGeough | Ref | Castle Priory | 2026 |
| Faye Barras | Con | Castle Priory | 2024 |
| Keiran Robert Casey | Lab | Castle Priory | 2024 |
| Sat Sherwani | Ref | Coseley | 2026 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (metropolitan_borough) median: 46% council tax, 41% central grants.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,729 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £230 |
| Fire & rescue | £80 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,039 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Dudley split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-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.
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.
Dudley’s territory crosses 5 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley | 7 | 29% | Sonia Kumar | Lab |
| Stourbridge | 7 | 29% | Cat Eccles | Lab |
| Halesowen | 6 | 25% | Alex Ballinger | Lab |
| Kingswinford and South Staffordshire | 3 | 13% | Mike Wood | Con |
| Tipton and Wednesbury | 1 | 4% | Antonia Bance | Lab |
This council holds 4 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Reform UK-controlled metropolitan_borough — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
Not yet ingested for Dudley
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level