Photo: Alan Marriott · CC BY 2.5Labour holds a majority on Redditch Borough Council
Redditch is run by Redditch Borough Council and Worcestershire County Council. Labour has a majority on Redditch Borough Council. No party holds a majority on Worcestershire County Council. Its MP is Chris Bloore (Labour), member for Redditch.
£2,460
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Redditch’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Redditch Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on Redditch Borough Council: 17 of its 30 seats as elected. Reform UK holds 8, the Conservatives 4. 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 ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Redditch’s wards, Reform UK took 39.2%, the Conservatives took 19.6% and Labour took 18.4% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, Reform UK had 0%. How Redditch has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Redditch is £2,460 for 2026–27; Redditch Borough Council keeps 12% 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 holds the seats on Redditch’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 16 of Redditch’s 30 or 29 of Worcestershire’s 57 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour17
- Reform UK8
- Conservative4
Latest election: May 2026.
- Reform UK26+26
- Conservative12−31
- Green8+3
- Liberal Democrat7+4
- Independent2no change
- Labour2−2
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, no parish tier
Redditch has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗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.
All of Redditch is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
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 council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Redditch, from the most recent elections.
- 1Redditch Borough Council9 wards · 27 councillorsLabour 21 · Reform UK 8 · Conservative 5 · Green 1 · all 35
- 2Worcestershire County Council4 divisions · 8 councillorsJoanne MonkDavid TaylorAshley MonkStephen FosterRoger Michael BennettSusan EacockDave EdmondsRichard Tudge
- 3Police and crime commissionerWest Mercia Police · elected May 2024John-Paul Campion
- 4House of CommonsRedditch
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.
27 councillors for 9 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.
- Nikki LloydReform UK · May 2026
- Andrew FryLabour · May 2024
- Joanna KaneLabour · May 2024
- Juma BegumLabour · May 2024
- David Norman MeredithReform UK · May 2026
- Jane SpilsburyLabour · May 2024
- James FardoeLabour · May 2024
- Paul WrenLabour · May 2024
- Ashley MonkReform UK · May 2026
- Joe BakerLabour · May 2024
- Wanda KingLabour · May 2024
- Sachin MathurLabour · May 2024
- Gary SlimLabour · May 2026
- Sharon HarveyLabour · May 2024
- William BoydLabour · May 2024
- Susan EacockReform UK · May 2026
- Juliet Barker SmithLabour · May 2024
- Ian WoodallLabour · May 2024
- David MunroLabour · May 2024
- Simon Edward FarmerReform UK · May 2026
- Matt DormerConservative · May 2024
- Gemma MonacoConservative · May 2024
- Claire Mary DaviesGreen · May 2024
- Nic PioliReform UK · May 2026
- Bill HartnettLabour · May 2024
- Monica StringfellowLabour · May 2024
- Sid KhanLabour · May 2024
- James AstonReform UK · May 2026
- Rita RogersLabour · May 2024
- Jen SnapeLabour · May 2024
- Alan MasonLabour · May 2024
- Roger Michael BennettReform UK · May 2026
- Craig WarhurstConservative · May 2024
- Brandon Frank ClaytonConservative · May 2024
- Christopher HolzConservative · May 2024
Show as a table, with Worcestershire County Council’s 4 divisions (8 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenlands & Lakesideall in Redditch · 10,893 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Nikki LloydAndrew FryJoanna KaneJuma Begum | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Matchborough & Woodrowall in Redditch · 10,730 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | David Norman MeredithJane SpilsburyJames FardoePaul Wren | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Batchley & Brockhillall in Redditch · 9,577 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Ashley MonkJoe BakerWanda KingSachin Mathur | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Centralall in Redditch · 9,539 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Gary SlimSharon HarveyWilliam Boyd | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Headless Cross & Oakenshawall in Redditch · 9,370 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Susan EacockJuliet Barker SmithIan WoodallDavid Munro | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Webheath & Callow Hillall in Redditch · 9,187 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Simon Edward FarmerMatt DormerGemma MonacoClaire Mary Davies | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Northmostly in Redditch · 8,992 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Nic PioliBill HartnettMonica StringfellowSid Khan | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Winyatesall in Redditch · 8,903 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | James AstonRita RogersJen SnapeAlan Mason | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Astwood Bank & Feckenhammostly in Redditch · 4,443 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Roger Michael BennettCraig WarhurstBrandon Frank ClaytonChristopher Holz | May 2026, May 2024 |
Worcestershire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redditch East EDall in Redditch · 28,625 residents2 seats · May 2025 | 2 | Joanne MonkDavid Taylor | May 2025 |
| Redditch West EDall in Redditch · 28,303 residents2 seats · May 2025 | 2 | Ashley MonkStephen Foster | May 2025 |
| Redditch South EDmostly in Redditch · 13,813 residents2 seats · May 2025 | 2 | Roger Michael BennettSusan Eacock | May 2025 |
| Redditch Central EDall in Redditch · 10,893 residents2 seats · May 2025 | 2 | Dave EdmondsRichard Tudge | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Redditch 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).
Labour led each vote to 2024; Reform UK led in 2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Redditch’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 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Green | 8.7% | 17% |
| Labour | 48.2% | 18.4% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Conservative | 37.2% | 19.6% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 39.2% |
In 2026, Reform UK won 8 and Labour won 1 of the 9 seats up in Redditch’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.
Redditch council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Redditch, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
9 wards voted. Redditch elects a third of its councillors at a time, so a third of the seats were up.
No election is scheduled yet for Redditch’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗2,662 votes for candidates
2,224 votes for candidates
2,608 votes for candidates
Every ward’s result (6 more)
2,132 votes for candidates
3,027 votes for candidates
3,323 votes for candidates
2,726 votes for candidates
2,657 votes for candidates
3,100 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Redditch is in Redditch constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Redditch).
42,375 votes for candidates · majority 789
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 42,375 votes from 71,042 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 789 of 42,375 votes (1.9%): the 37th-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.
Redditch’s Band D council tax is £2,460 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Redditch Borough Council keeps £285.94 of a Band D bill (12%); the rest goes to Worcestershire County Council, the West Mercia police and crime commissioner and the Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Redditch’s Band D bill has risen 53% in ten years, from £1,612.45 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £559.13 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Redditch, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Worcestershire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Worcestershire
| Redditch + Worcestershire | Redditch’s councils | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £455 | £456 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £278 | £279 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £76 | £61 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £111 | £38 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £104 | £125 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £44 | £40 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £23 | £25 | £26 |
| Public health | £66 | £66 | £78 |
| Running the council | £70 | £65 | £59 |
| Other | £20 | £31 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,246 | £1,186 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Redditch 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.
Having a say in how Redditch 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.
redditchbc.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
redditchbc.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Redditch is run
Which council runs Redditch?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Redditch have a town council?
No. Redditch is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Redditch?
Chris Bloore (Labour) is the MP for Redditch, which covers Redditch.
How many councillors does Redditch have?
27 ward councillors represent Redditch’s 9 wards, and 8 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Redditch?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Redditch’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Redditch?
Band D council tax in Redditch is £2,460 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Redditch Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 17 of 30 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 2026 council election in Redditch?
In Redditch’s wards on 7 May 2026, Reform UK 8 · Labour 1 of the 9 seats up. Reform UK had the largest share of votes, 39.2%.
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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