Staffordshire Moorlands.
Labour Party-controlled district. £10m net revenue. 27 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Staffordshire Moorlands is a district controlled by Labour Party (24 of 56 seats). Net revenue is £10m for 2025-26. It covers 27 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 43% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel John Moult | Con | Alton | 2023 |
| Charlotte Hannah Edwards | Con | Bagnall Stanley | 2023 |
| Christopher Wood | Lab | Biddulph East | 2023 |
| Connor Brady | Lab | Biddulph East | 2023 |
| Jill Salt | Lab | Biddulph East | 2023 |
| John Thomas Jones | Ind | Biddulph Moor | 2023 |
| Adam Parkes | Lab | Biddulph North | 2023 |
| Andrew Hart | Ind | Biddulph North | 2023 |
| Jim Garvey | Ind | Biddulph North | 2023 |
| Andrew Stuart Cunningham Church | Lab | Biddulph South | 2023 |
| Charlie Smith | Lab | Biddulph West | 2023 |
| Dave Proudlove | Lab | Biddulph West | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 60% council tax, 26% 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 | £186 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,622 |
| Police | £288 |
| Fire & rescue | £92 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £53 |
| Total Band-D | £2,240 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Staffordshire Moorlands 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.
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.
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
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | £14.76m | 47.4% | 17 |
| MHCLG | £2.78m | 8.9% | 6 |
| OXFORDSHIRE CC | £2.60m | 8.4% | 2 |
| STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE AUTHORITY | £2.50m | 8.0% | 3 |
| ALLIANCE NORSE LTD | £1.93m | 6.2% | 4 |
| ALLIANCE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED | £1.60m | 5.1% | 30 |
| CANNOCK CHASE DISTRICT COUNCIL | £1.47m | 4.7% | 6 |
| ALLIANCE LEISURE LIMITED T/A MY ACTIVE | £0.90m | 2.9% | 34 |
| STAFFFORDSHIRE FIRE AUTHORITY | £0.85m | 2.7% | 6 |
| ALLIANCE LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED | £0.52m | 1.7% | 7 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
Staffordshire Moorlands’s territory crosses 2 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 25 | 93% | Karen Bradley | Con |
| Stoke-on-Trent South | 2 | 7% | Allison Gardner | Lab |
This council holds 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Labour Party-controlled district — 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 163 other councils (district)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
529 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 26 Feb 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level