Walsall.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £360m net revenue. 20 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Walsall is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (16 of 25 seats). Net revenue is £360m for 2025-26. It covers 20 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 64% · last contested 2 May 2024
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Wilson | Con | Aldridge Central South | 2024 |
| Pard Kaur | Con | Aldridge Central South | 2023 |
| Keith Sears | Con | Aldridge North Walsall Wood | 2024 |
| Lucie Nahal | Lab | Bentley Darlaston North | 2024 |
| Amo Hussain | Con | Birchills Leamore | 2024 |
| Pete Smith | Ind | Blakenall | 2024 |
| Gary James Flint | Con | Bloxwich East | 2024 |
| Michael John Coulson | Lab | Bloxwich West | 2024 |
| Kerry Murphy | Con | Brownhills | 2024 |
| Chris Bott | Lab | Darlaston South | 2024 |
| Nick Gandham | Con | Paddock | 2024 |
| Waheed Rasab | Con | Paddock | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (metropolitan_borough) median: 45% 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 | £2,189 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £230 |
| Fire & rescue | £80 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,498 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Walsall 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDACTED | £6.60m | 5.1% | 4,458 |
| TARMAC TRADING LIMITED | £3.65m | 2.8% | 117 |
| WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST 001 | £3.12m | 2.4% | 36 |
| HOUSING 21 | £2.97m | 2.3% | 3 |
| OPUS PEOPLE SOLUTIONS LTD | £2.74m | 2.1% | 2,951 |
| STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 001 | £2.27m | 1.8% | 27 |
| THE MERCIAN TRUST | £1.78m | 1.4% | 45 |
| ACORN CARE & EDUCATION LTD (SALES) | £1.78m | 1.4% | 104 |
| CARING CARE LIMITED | £1.77m | 1.4% | 1,679 |
| UPWARD CARE LIMITED | £1.39m | 1.1% | 159 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED | £4.63m |
| Waste And Recycling | TARMAC TRADING LIMITED | £2.80m |
| Housing And Homelessness | STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 001 | £2.10m |
| Childrens Services | REDACTED | £1.82m |
| Corporate And Central | WALSALL HOUSING GROUP | £1.00m |
Walsall’s territory crosses 4 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall and Bloxwich | 8 | 40% | Valerie Vaz | Lab |
| Aldridge-Brownhills | 7 | 35% | Wendy Morton | Con |
| Wolverhampton South East | 3 | 15% | Pat McFadden | Lab |
| Wolverhampton North East | 2 | 10% | Sureena Brackenridge | Lab |
This council holds 3 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist Party-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
29,092 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 27 Feb 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level