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The Conservatives hold a majority on Wychavon District Council

Offenham is run by Wychavon District Council and Worcestershire County Council, with Offenham parish council for local matters. The Conservatives have a majority on Wychavon District Council. No party holds a majority on Worcestershire County Council. Its MP is Nigel Huddleston (Conservative), member for Droitwich and Evesham.

Council tax 2026–27

£2,364

Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.

Where it goes →
Band D council tax
£2,364
2026–27, a year
Ward councillors
1
1 ward · Wychavon
MP
Nigel Huddleston
Conservative · Droitwich and Evesham
Turnout, July 2024
65%
Droitwich and Evesham · England 60%
What stands out · In brief

How Offenham’s politics has changed since 2021

A majority on Wychavon District Council

The Conservatives hold a majority on Wychavon District Council: 27 of its 43 seats as elected. The Liberal Democrats hold 7, the Greens 6, Labour 1, independents 1 and Reform UK 1. Who’s in charge ↓

Worcestershire changed hands in 2025

Worcestershire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (43 of 57 seats in 2021) to no overall control at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 26 of 57 seats. Worcestershire ↓

Council tax

A Band D bill in Offenham is £2,364 for 2026–27; Wychavon District Council keeps 5% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 53% 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’s in charge

Who holds the seats on Offenham’s councils

Seats by party as elected. A party needs 22 of Wychavon’s 43 or 29 of Worcestershire’s 57 seats to run the council alone.

District council · 43 councillorsWychavon District CouncilConservative majority
GreenGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenLabourLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratIndependentConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeReform UK43seats
  • Conservative27
  • Liberal Democrat7
  • Green6
  • Independent1
  • Labour1
  • Reform UK1

Latest election: May 2023.

County council · 57 councillors · Offenham elects 1Worcestershire County CouncilNo overall control
GreenGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenLabourLabourLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratIndependentIndependentConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UKReform UK57seats
  • Reform UK26+26
  • Conservative12−31
  • Green8+3
  • Liberal Democrat7+4
  • Independent2no change
  • Labour2−2

Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.

GreenLabourLiberal DemocratIndependentConservativeReform UK

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.

Who runs Offenham

Two tiers of council, and a parish tier

Offenham has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.

Town or parish councilOffenham parish council

Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.

100% of Offenham’s residents · Band D precept £62

District councilWychavon District Council

Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.

Website ↗
County councilWorcestershire County Council

Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.

Website ↗

Who to ask

Bins and recyclingWychavon District Council
Planning applicationsWychavon District Council
Council housing and homelessnessWychavon District Council
Council tax billsWychavon District Council
Parks and leisure centresWychavon District Council
Allotments, play areas, benchesOffenham parish council
Potholes, roads and streetlightsWorcestershire County Council
Schools and school placesWorcestershire County Council
Adult and children’s social careWorcestershire County Council
LibrariesWorcestershire County Council
Tips and recycling centresWorcestershire County Council
Police priorities and budgetWest Mercia Police police and crime commissioner
Fire safety visitsHereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue

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.

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.

Who represents Offenham

From the parish to Westminster

Every elected tier that speaks for Offenham, from the most recent elections.

  1. 1
    Town or parishParish tier
    Offenham parish council
  2. 2
    Wychavon District Council1 ward · 1 councillor
    Matthew Roy Winfield
  3. 3
    Worcestershire County Council1 division · 1 councillor
    Hannah Mary Robson
  4. 4
    Police and crime commissionerWest Mercia Police · elected May 2024
    John-Paul Campion
  5. 5
    House of CommonsDroitwich and Evesham
ConservativeReform UKGreen

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.

Councillors

1 councillor for 1 ward

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.

Bretforton & Offenham
1,507 residents · 51% in Offenham
  • Matthew Roy WinfieldReform UK · October 2025 · by-election
Reform UKGreen
Show as a table, with Worcestershire County Council’s 1 division (1 councillor)
WardSeatsElectedWhen
Bretforton & Offenhammostly in Offenham · 1,507 residents1 seat · October 20251
Matthew Roy Winfieldby-election
October 2025

Worcestershire County Council: county divisions

DivisionSeatsElectedWhen
Littletons ED16% in Offenham · 1,507 residents1 seat · May 20251
Hannah Mary Robson
May 2025

Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Wychavon District 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).

Local elections

Wychavon council election, May 2023

Results in the wards that make up Offenham, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.

Seats won in Offenham’s wards1 seat · 4 May 2023
Conservative1

1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.

Next elections

No election is scheduled yet for Offenham’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.

Who can I vote for? ↗
Bretforton & Offenham4 May 2023
Aaron James Powell ElectedConservative55.5%
Matthew Sidney ReaLabour29.9%
Christopher Martin OunstedLiberal Democrat14.5%

715 votes for candidates

LabourConservativeLiberal Democrat

Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.

Parliament

Offenham is in Droitwich and Evesham constituency

The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Offenham).

Droitwich and Evesham · general election4 July 2024
Nigel Huddleston ElectedConservative40.3%
Chippie Kalebe-NyamongoLabour22.1%
Sam BastowReform UK19.1%
Oliver WalkerLiberal Democrat10.3%
Neil FranksGreen7.7%
Andrew FlaxmanSocial Democratic Party0.5%

49,609 votes for candidates · majority 8,995

MP for Droitwich and Evesham

Nigel Huddleston

Conservative, MP since 7 May 2015.

65%

turnout in July 2024: 49,609 votes from 76,624 registered voters. England: 60%.

Majority 8,995 of 49,609 votes (18.1%): wider than in 62% of England’s 543 constituencies.

LabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReform UKGreenOther parties

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.

Council money

Offenham’s Band D council tax is £2,364 a year

Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.

COUNCIL TAXBand D · 2026–27 · a Band D home in Offenham
Offenham parish councilparish precept£61.58
Wychavon District Councildistrict council£128.21
Worcestershire County Councilcounty council£1,760.80
West Mercia police and crime commissionerpolice and crime£306.50
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Authorityfire and rescue£107.22
A year£2,364.31
Bills by band run from 6/9 of Band D (Band A) to 18/9 (Band H). Discounts and support reduce many bills.

Wychavon District Council keeps £128.21 of a Band D bill (5%); the rest goes to the Offenham parish council, Worcestershire County Council, the West Mercia police and crime commissioner and the Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority.

Band D since 1993

£0£500£1K£1.5K£2K£2.5K1995200020052010201520202025England, 1993–94: £567.95England, 1994–95: £580.11England, 1995–96: £609.00England, 1996–97: £646.00England, 1997–98: £688.00England, 1998–99: £747.00England, 1999–00: £798.00England, 2000–01: £847.00England, 2001–02: £901.33England, 2002–03: £975.56England, 2003–04: £1,101.75England, 2004–05: £1,166.56England, 2005–06: £1,213.81England, 2006–07: £1,267.91England, 2007–08: £1,321.32England, 2008–09: £1,373.08England, 2009–10: £1,413.84England, 2010–11: £1,439.22England, 2011–12: £1,439.33England, 2012–13: £1,444.13England, 2013–14: £1,455.60England, 2014–15: £1,467.98England, 2015–16: £1,483.58England, 2016–17: £1,529.56England, 2017–18: £1,590.55England, 2018–19: £1,671.46England, 2019–20: £1,749.88England, 2020–21: £1,817.67England, 2021–22: £1,898.48England, 2022–23: £1,965.71England, 2023–24: £2,065.05England, 2024–25: £2,170.99England, 2025–26: £2,280.21England, 2026–27: £2,391.52Wychavon, 1993–94: £517.50Wychavon, 1994–95: £551.25Wychavon, 1995–96: £487.13Wychavon, 1996–97: £578.80Wychavon, 1997–98: £606.68Wychavon, 1998–99: £667.25Wychavon, 1999–00: £728.30Wychavon, 2000–01: £797.34Wychavon, 2001–02: £864.44Wychavon, 2002–03: £949.12Wychavon, 2003–04: £1,062.94Wychavon, 2004–05: £1,142.33Wychavon, 2005–06: £1,187.65Wychavon, 2006–07: £1,244.94Wychavon, 2007–08: £1,304.80Wychavon, 2008–09: £1,361.34Wychavon, 2009–10: £1,405.47Wychavon, 2010–11: £1,440.51Wychavon, 2011–12: £1,440.44Wychavon, 2012–13: £1,440.95Wychavon, 2013–14: £1,440.79Wychavon, 2014–15: £1,468.33Wychavon, 2015–16: £1,497.32Wychavon, 2016–17: £1,551.20Wychavon, 2017–18: £1,589.57Wychavon, 2018–19: £1,658.41Wychavon, 2019–20: £1,730.48Wychavon, 2020–21: £1,793.23Wychavon, 2021–22: £1,843.91Wychavon, 2022–23: £1,909.21Wychavon, 2023–24: £2,002.40Wychavon, 2024–25: £2,100.65Wychavon, 2025–26: £2,200.98Wychavon, 2026–27: £2,373.19Wychavon £2,373England £2,392

Wychavon’s Band D bill has risen 53% in ten years, from £1,551.20 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £517.50 in 1993–94.

Your bill by band

Band A 6/9£1,576
Band B 7/9£1,839
Band C 8/9£2,102
Band D 9/9£2,364
Band E 11/9£2,890
Band F 13/9£3,415
Band G 15/9£3,941
Band H 18/9£4,729

A Band D home in Offenham, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.

Worcestershire’s councils

Wychavon£2,373
Worcester£2,406
Malvern Hills£2,451
Redditch£2,463
Bromsgrove£2,479
Wyre Forest£2,512

Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.

Council budgets per resident, 2026–27

ServiceWychavon + Worcestershirevs England
Adult social care£455−£32
Children’s social care£281−£9
Roads and transport£59+£18
Housing (not council homes’ rents)£28−£33
Bins, street cleaning, environment£150+£31
Libraries, leisure, culture£44±£0
Planning and development£33+£7
Public health£68−£10
Running the council£43−£16
Other£70+£51
Offenham’s councils, per residentEngland, all councils
Show as a table, with Worcestershire
Wychavon + WorcestershireOffenham’s councilsWorcestershireEngland
Adult social care£455£456£487
Children’s social care£281£279£290
Roads and transport£59£61£41
Housing (not council homes’ rents)£28£38£61
Bins, street cleaning, environment£150£125£119
Libraries, leisure, culture£44£40£44
Planning and development£33£25£26
Public health£68£66£78
Running the council£43£65£59
Other£70£31£19
Total, schools apart£1,230£1,186£1,234

Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Wychavon per its residents plus Worcestershire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Worcestershire 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.

Get involved

Having a say in how Offenham is run

Register to vote

It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.

gov.uk ↗
Contact your councillors or MP

Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.

WriteToThem ↗
Report a pothole or a broken streetlight

GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.

gov.uk ↗
Watch or speak at a council meeting

Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.

wychavon.gov.uk ↗
Comment on a planning application

Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.

wychavon.gov.uk ↗
Stand for election

The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.

Electoral Commission ↗

Questions about how Offenham is run

Which council runs Offenham?

Offenham is run by Wychavon District Council and Worcestershire County Council. The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.

Does Offenham have a town council?

Yes: Offenham has its own parish-tier council (Offenham parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £62 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.

Who is the MP for Offenham?

Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) is the MP for Droitwich and Evesham, which covers Offenham.

How many councillors does Offenham have?

1 ward councillors represent Offenham’s 1 ward, and 1 county councillors its county divisions.

When are the next elections in Offenham?

No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Offenham’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.

How much is council tax in Offenham?

Band D council tax in Offenham is £2,364 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).

Who controls Wychavon District Council?

The Conservatives have a majority: 27 of 43 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.

Who controls Worcestershire County Council?

No party has a majority. As elected, Reform UK 26 · Conservative 12 · Green 8 · Liberal Democrat 7 · Labour 2 · Independent 2 of 57 seats; a majority needs 29.

Who won the 2023 council election in Offenham?

In Offenham’s wards on 4 May 2023, Conservative 1 of the 1 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 55.5%.

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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