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Wyre Forest.

Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £14m net revenue. 12 wards across 1 parliamentary constituency.

Typedistrict
Seats33 councillors · 12 wards
Last election4 May 2023
Net revenue · 2025-26
£14m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,327
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
20/33
Conservative and Unionist Party 61%
Westminster
1
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

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

Wyre Forest is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (20 of 33 seats). Net revenue is £14m for 2025-26. It covers 12 wards spanning 1 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.33 seats · last contested 4 May 2023

Who sits in the chamber.

Con 20Independent Berwick Hills Resident 6Lab 4LD 2Green 1

Conservative and Unionist Party 61% · last contested 4 May 2023

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Helen Elizabeth DykeIndAggborough Spennells2023
John Cedric AstonIndAggborough Spennells2023
Peter DykeIndAggborough Spennells2023
Alan SuttonConAreley Kings Riverside2023
Danny RussellConAreley Kings Riverside2023
Ken HendersonConAreley Kings Riverside2023
Dan MoreheadConBewdley Rock2023
Emily Elizabeth BourneConBewdley Rock2023
Nick WilsonConBewdley Rock2023
Leigh WhitehouseLabBlakebrook Habberley South2023
Tracey OnslowConBlakebrook Habberley South2023
Vicky CaulfieldGrnBlakebrook Habberley South2023
Showing 12 of 33·All 33 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

65%
Council tax
£8.8m · median 61%
23%
Central grants
£3.1m · median 26%
12%
Business rates
£1.6m · median 11%

Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 65% council tax, 23% 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£251
County / upper-tier£1,616
Police£292
Fire & rescue£102
GLA precept£0
Parish average£67
Total Band-D£2,327

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.8 buckets · vs 163 other councils (district)

How does Wyre Forest 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.

Corporate & Central37.4% of net spend · cohort median 27%
33 of 158+39% vs median
Waste & Recycling28.5% of net spend · cohort median 32%
105 of 158-11% vs median
Housing & Homelessness17.7% of net spend · cohort median 14%
42 of 158+26% vs median
Culture & Leisure8.5% of net spend · cohort median 13%
115 of 158-37% vs median
Planning & Economic Development7.6% of net spend · cohort median 14%
136 of 158-47% vs median
Highways & Transport1.2% of net spend · cohort median -2%
27 of 158
Public Health-0.1% of net spend · cohort median 0%
37 of 38-132% vs median
Adult Social Care-0.7% of net spend · cohort median 1%
23 of 24-190% vs median
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.1,101 payments · £4.9m gross · 3 Dec 202527 Mar 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
MCPHILLIPS ( WELLINGTON) LIMITED£1.06m21.4%8
ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LTD£0.35m7.1%2
BROMSGROVE DISTRICT COUNCIL£0.33m6.7%9
MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LTD£0.31m6.2%7
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL£0.29m5.8%9
DODD GROUP LIMITED£0.19m3.9%23
NPOWER£0.16m3.2%89
OPUS PEOPLE SOLUTIONS LTD£0.15m3.0%173
CIVICA UK LTD£0.13m2.5%25
NEW ERA FUELS LTD£0.10m2.0%6

By service area · top supplier

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

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.12 wards split across 1 parliamentary seat
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Wyre Forest12100% Mark GarnierCon
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
1,101 payments · 3 Dec 202527 Mar 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level