Stafford.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £15m net revenue. 23 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
29 Jun 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Stafford is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (20 of 54 seats). Net revenue is £15m for 2025-26. It covers 23 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 37% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Gareth Rowland Jones | Con | Barlaston | 2023 |
| Ann Patricia Edgeller | Con | Baswich | 2023 |
| Marnie Phillips | Con | Baswich | 2023 |
| Aidan Thomas Arthur Godfrey | Lab | Common | 2023 |
| Aidan Thomas Arthur Godfrey | Lab | Common | 2019 |
| Ant Reid | Lab | Coton | 2023 |
| Louise Nixon | Lab | Coton | 2023 |
| Tony Pearce | Grn | Doxey & Castletown | 2023 |
| Jeremy Michael Pert | Con | Eccleshall | 2023 |
| Peter Wallace Jones | Con | Eccleshall | 2023 |
| Jeremy Michael Pert | Con | Eccleshall | 2019 |
| Julian Thorley | Lab | Forebridge | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 59% council tax, 31% 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 | £179 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,622 |
| Police | £288 |
| Fire & rescue | £92 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £31 |
| Total Band-D | £2,211 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Stafford 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAFFORDSHIRE COMMISSIONER (POLICE AND CRIME) | £4.82m | 20.2% | 4 |
| STAFFORDSHIRE PENSION FUND | £3.57m | 14.9% | 5 |
| CANNOCK CHASE COUNCIL | £2.16m | 9.0% | 5 |
| VEOLIA ES UK LIMITED | £2.11m | 8.8% | 48 |
| STAFFORDSHIRE COMMISSIONER (FIRE AND RESCUE) | £1.75m | 7.3% | 8 |
| HMRC REF 586PX100148559 | £0.85m | 3.5% | 13 |
| HOMES PLUS 2 LTD | £0.81m | 3.4% | 144 |
| STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | £0.54m | 2.2% | 46 |
| ALLEYNES ACADEMY | £0.30m | 1.3% | 3 |
| TURNING POINT SERVICES LTD | £0.26m | 1.1% | 1 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
Stafford’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford | 15 | 65% | Leigh Ingham | Lab |
| Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge | 5 | 22% | Gavin Williamson | Con |
| Stoke-on-Trent South | 3 | 13% | Allison Gardner | Lab |
This council holds 2 Lab and 1 Con MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district — 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
vs 163 other councils (district)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
1,598 payments · 4 Dec 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level