Birmingham.
Reform UK-controlled metropolitan_borough. £1469m net revenue. 69 wards across 10 parliamentary constituencies.
29 Jun 2026
Reform UK chamber, 3-party MP geography.
Birmingham is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Reform UK (23 of 102 seats). Net revenue is £1,469m for 2025-26. It covers 69 wards spanning 10 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Reform UK 23% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penny Wagg | LD | Acocks Green | 2026 |
| Roger Kingdon Harmer | LD | Acocks Green | 2026 |
| Eddie Freeman | Ref | Allens Cross | 2026 |
| Nosheen Khalid | Ind | Alum Rock | 2026 |
| Shaukat Mahmood | Ind | Alum Rock | 2026 |
| Abdul Choudhury Shumon | Ind | Aston | 2026 |
| Mumtaz Hussain | LD | Aston | 2026 |
| Duncan Ali | Grn | Balsall Heath West | 2026 |
| Chris Steele | Ref | Bartley Green | 2026 |
| Rajbir Singh | Ref | Bartley Green | 2026 |
| Chris Garghan | Grn | Billesley | 2026 |
| Joe Peacock | Grn | Billesley | 2026 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy councils (metropolitan_borough): 35% from council tax vs the cohort median of 44%.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,927 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £230 |
| Fire & rescue | £80 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £8 |
| Total Band-D | £2,245 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUANS REGENERATION LIMITED | £51.65m | 8.7% | 18 |
| HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTD | £41.08m | 6.9% | 21 |
| FORTEM SOLUTIONS LTD | £40.09m | 6.7% | 8 |
| BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAYS LTD | £37.16m | 6.2% | 4 |
| VEOLIA ES BIRMINGHAM LTD | £17.55m | 2.9% | 22 |
| CHANGE GROW LIVE SERVICES LTD | £15.55m | 2.6% | 19 |
| EQUANS REGENERATION LIMITED | £15.41m | 2.6% | 6 |
| WEST MERCIA ENERGY | £10.82m | 1.8% | 2,327 |
| BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £10.54m | 1.8% | 27 |
| VOLKERFITZPATRICK LIMITED | £10.49m | 1.8% | 6 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Housing And Homelessness | EQUANS REGENERATION LIMITED | £51.65m |
| Highways And Transport | BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAYS LTD | £28.32m |
| Corporate And Central | HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTD | £27.38m |
| Adult Social Care | CHANGE GROW LIVE SERVICES LTD | £8.66m |
| Childrens Services | TRANSFORM SCHOOLS BHAM LTD | £6.27m |
| Planning And Economic | CONSTELLIA PUBLIC LTD | £1.39m |
Birmingham’s territory crosses 10 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Ladywood | 8 | 12% | Shabana Mahmood | Lab |
| Birmingham Perry Barr | 8 | 12% | Ayoub Khan | Ind |
| Birmingham Selly Oak | 8 | 12% | Al Carns | Lab |
| Sutton Coldfield | 8 | 12% | Andrew Mitchell | Con |
| Birmingham Erdington | 7 | 10% | Paulette Hamilton | Lab |
| Birmingham Northfield | 7 | 10% | Laurence Turner | Lab |
| Birmingham Yardley | 7 | 10% | Jess Phillips | Lab |
| Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North | 6 | 9% | Liam Byrne | Lab |
| Birmingham Edgbaston | 5 | 7% | Preet Kaur Gill | Ind |
| Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley | 5 | 7% | Tahir Ali | Lab |
This council holds 7 Lab, 1 Ind and 1 Con MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Reform UK-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
Police, Fire, Parish on top
34,898 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level