Medieval deerpark and other archaeological remains in Sutton Park · Photo: A J Paxton · CC BY-SA 2.0Reform UK holds a majority on Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Streetly is run by Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Lichfield District Council and Staffordshire County Council. Reform UK has a majority on Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council and Staffordshire County Council. No party holds a majority on Lichfield District Council. Most of Streetly is in Aldridge-Brownhills (MP Wendy Morton, Conservative); 17% of residents are in Tamworth (MP Sarah Edwards, Labour).
£2,582
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Streetly’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Reform UK holds a majority on Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council: 40 of its 60 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 10, Walsall Community Independents Party 8, Labour 1 and independents 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Staffordshire changed hands in 2025
Staffordshire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (56 of 62 seats in 2021) to a Reform UK majority at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 48 of 62 seats. Staffordshire ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Streetly’s wards, Reform UK took 38.6%, the Conservatives took 38% and Labour took 12.5% of votes in May 2026. In 2023, Reform UK had 0%. How Streetly has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Streetly is £2,627 for 2026–27; Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council keeps 87% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 58% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Streetly’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 31 of Walsall’s 60 or 24 of Lichfield’s 46 or 32 of Staffordshire’s 62 seats to run the council alone.
- Reform UK40
- Conservative10
- Walsall Community Independents Party8
- Independent1
- Labour1
Latest election: May 2026.
- Conservative22
- Labour16
- Liberal Democrat7
- Reform UK1
Latest election: May 2023.
- Reform UK48+48
- Conservative11−45
- Green1+1
- Labour1−4
- Stafford Borough Independents1+1
- Independent0−1
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, and a parish tier
Streetly has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
The parish council for the part of Streetly inside Shenstone parish.
17% of Streetly’s residents · Band D precept £68
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
83% of Streetly’s residents
Website ↗Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Who runs Streetly: same source as Who runs Streetly, above.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas. It is led by an elected mayor.
Mayor: Richard Parker (Labour and Co-operative), elected May 2024
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
83% of Streetly’s residents live outside any parish, with no parish council.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Streetly, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierShenstone parish council
- 2Council wards2 wards · 5 councillorsAlan John Roland FlemingAmanda ParkesKara Abbra BabbPhilip John WhitehouseJoseph Powell
- 3Staffordshire County Council1 division · 1 councillorAlex Farrell
- 4Mayor of West Midlands Combined AuthorityWest Midlands Combined Authority · elected May 2024Richard Parker
- 5Police and crime commissionerWest Midlands Police · elected May 2024Simon John Foster
- 6Police and crime commissionerStaffordshire Police · elected May 2024Ben Adams
- 7House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
5 councillors for 2 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Alan John Roland FlemingReform UK · May 2026
- Amanda ParkesConservative · May 2026
- Kara Abbra BabbConservative · May 2026
- Philip John WhitehouseConservative · May 2023
- Joseph PowellConservative · May 2023
Show as a table, with Staffordshire County Council’s 1 division (1 councillor)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| StreetlyWalsall · all in Streetly · 14,007 residents3 seats · May 2026 | 3 | Alan John Roland FlemingAmanda ParkesKara Abbra Babb | May 2026 |
| Little Aston & StonnallLichfield · mostly in Streetly · 2,783 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Philip John WhitehouseJoseph Powell | May 2023 |
Staffordshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lichfield Rural South ED15% in Streetly · 2,783 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Alex Farrell | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
The Conservatives led each vote to 2023; Reform UK led in 2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Streetly’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2023 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Green | 0% | 8.6% |
| Labour | 11.1% | 12.5% |
| Independent | 26.3% | 0.7% |
| Conservative | 62.5% | 38% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 38.6% |
In 2026, the Conservatives won 2 and Reform UK won 1 of the 3 seats up in Streetly’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Walsall council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Streetly, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Not every seat in the town’s wards was up this time.
No election is scheduled yet for Streetly’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗13,531 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Streetly is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Conservative, MP since 7 May 2015
83% of Streetly’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 58% (England 60%).
Majority 4,294 of 40,912 votes (10.5%): the 198th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Labour, MP since 19 October 2023
17% of Streetly’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 58% (England 60%).
Majority 1,382 of 43,788 votes (3.2%): the 62nd-narrowest of 543 in England.
40,912 votes for candidates · majority 4,294
Conservative, MP since 7 May 2015.
turnout in July 2024: 40,912 votes from 70,268 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 4,294 of 40,912 votes (10.5%): the 198th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Tamworth
43,788 votes for candidates · majority 1,382
Labour, MP since 19 October 2023.
turnout in July 2024: 43,788 votes from 75,055 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 1,382 of 43,788 votes (3.2%): the 62nd-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Streetly’s Band D council tax is £2,627 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council keeps £2,297.79 of a Band D bill (87%); the rest goes to the West Midlands police and crime commissioner and the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,582 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
Walsall’s Band D bill has risen 58% in ten years, from £1,663.29 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £591.75 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Walsall, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
West Midlands’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,000.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with West Midlands
| Walsall | Streetly’s councils | West Midlands | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £526 | £502 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £409 | £351 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £72 | £92 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £45 | £59 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £102 | £111 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £51 | £46 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £40 | £16 | £26 |
| Public health | £80 | £106 | £78 |
| Running the council | £72 | £41 | £59 |
| Other | £73 | £25 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,469 | £1,349 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. West Midlands and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Streetly is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
go.walsall.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
go.walsall.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Streetly is run
Which council runs Streetly?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Streetly have a town council?
Parts of it do: Shenstone parish council.
Who is the MP for Streetly?
Streetly is split between 2 constituencies: Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton, Conservative) and Tamworth (Sarah Edwards, Labour). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Streetly have?
5 ward councillors represent Streetly’s 2 wards, and 1 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Streetly?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Streetly’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Streetly?
Band D council tax in Streetly is £2,582 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 40 of 60 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Lichfield District Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Conservative 22 · Labour 16 · Liberal Democrat 7 · Reform UK 1 of 46 seats; a majority needs 24.
Who won the 2026 council election in Streetly?
In Streetly’s wards on 7 May 2026, Conservative 2 · Reform UK 1 of the 3 seats up. Reform UK had the largest share of votes, 38.6%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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