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East Staffordshire.

Labour Party-controlled district. £15m net revenue. 16 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.

Typedistrict
Seats39 councillors · 16 wards
Last election4 May 2023
Net revenue · 2025-26
£15m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,257
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
22/39
Labour Party 56%
Westminster
2
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.

East Staffordshire is a district controlled by Labour Party (22 of 39 seats). Net revenue is £15m for 2025-26. It covers 16 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.39 seats · last contested 4 May 2023

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 22Con 16Independent Berwick Hills Resident 1

Labour Party 56% · last contested 4 May 2023

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Ali ChaudhryLabAnglesey2023
Syed HussainLabAnglesey2023
Bev AshcroftConBagots Needwood2023
Jacqui JonesConBagots Needwood2023
Vicki GouldConBagots Needwood2023
Colin WhittakerIndBlythe2023
Adam Thomas Lee ClarkeConBranston2023
Arshad AfsarLabBranston2023
Mick HuckerbyLabBranston2023
Bernard Geoffrey PetersConBrizlincote2023
Colin Digby WilemanConBrizlincote2023
Louise WalkerLabBurton Eton2023
Showing 12 of 39·All 39 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

60%
Council tax
£9.0m · median 61%
28%
Central grants
£4.2m · median 26%
12%
Business rates
£1.8m · median 11%

Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 60% council tax, 28% 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£216
County / upper-tier£1,622
Police£288
Fire & rescue£92
GLA precept£0
Parish average£41
Total Band-D£2,257

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 East Staffordshire 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 & Recycling35.6% of net spend · cohort median 32%
51 of 158+11% vs median
Corporate & Central25.3% of net spend · cohort median 27%
91 of 158-6% vs median
Culture & Leisure16.7% of net spend · cohort median 13%
45 of 158+25% vs median
Planning & Economic Development13.5% of net spend · cohort median 14%
90 of 158-6% vs median
Housing & Homelessness10.3% of net spend · cohort median 14%
116 of 158-26% vs median
Highways & Transport-1.4% of net spend · cohort median -2%
68 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.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.16 wards split across 2 parliamentary seats
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Burton and Uttoxeter1381% Jacob CollierLab
Lichfield319% Dave RobertsonLab
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
Not yet ingested for East Staffordshire
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level