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Staffordshire County Council.

Council with no overall control county. £787m net revenue. 151 wards across 11 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 8 districts: Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, Tamworth.

Typecounty
Seats0 councillors · 151 wards
Net revenue · 2025-26
£787m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
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Westminster
11
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
8 Jun 2026

Council chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Staffordshire County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £787m for 2025-26. It covers 151 wards spanning 11 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§Districts.8 districts · Band D £2,210–£2,282
DistrictBand D billCounty tax sourcedWards
Cannock Chase£2,282.30£49.0m12
East Staffordshire£2,257.48£67.5m16
Lichfield£2,259.21£67.8m22
Newcastle-under-Lyme£2,244.85£64.0m21
South Staffordshire£2,219.66£65.4m20
Stafford£2,210.78£80.4m23
Staffordshire Moorlands£2,240.43£54.9m27
Tamworth£2,209.81£38.5m10

Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Staffordshire County Council’s own precept (£1621.71/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £486.7m.

§ 01Composition.0 seats

Who sits in the chamber.

Councillors — the people.

Councillor data not yet ingested for Staffordshire County Council.

§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

62%
Council tax
£486.7m · median 66%
30%
Central grants
£238.0m · median 27%
8%
Business rates
£62.7m · median 7%

Revenue mix is close to the councils (county) median: 62% council tax, 30% 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£1,622

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.9 buckets · vs 20 other councils (county)

How does Staffordshire County Council split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (county)-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.

Education35.6% of net spend · cohort median 40%
19 of 21-12% vs median
Adult Social Care32.8% of net spend · cohort median 31%
8 of 21+4% vs median
Children's Services18.8% of net spend · cohort median 14%
1 of 21+36% vs median
Highways & Transport4.5% of net spend · cohort median 4%
5 of 21+11% vs median
Public Health3.5% of net spend · cohort median 3%
8 of 21+3% vs median
Waste & Recycling3.0% of net spend · cohort median 3%
15 of 21-11% vs median
Culture & Leisure0.9% of net spend · cohort median 1%
16 of 21-8% vs median
Corporate & Central0.8% of net spend · cohort median 1%
17 of 21-45% vs median
Planning & Economic Development0.3% of net spend · cohort median 0%
13 of 21-3% vs median
How to read these bars

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.

§ 04Top suppliers.15,248 payments · £247.5m gross · 3 Dec 202531 Mar 2026

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

SupplierPaidSharePmts
AMEY HIGHWAYS LIMITED£18.95m7.7%3
MIDS PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FT£13.93m5.6%37
W2R CONTRACT ONLY VEOLIA ES STAFFORDSHIR£9.37m3.8%6
ENTRUST SUPPORT SERVICES LTD£6.55m2.6%28
ACORN CARE & EDUCATION LTD£6.29m2.5%26
LIGHTING FOR STAFFORDSHIRE LTD£5.55m2.2%4
NHS STAFFS & STOKE-ON-TRENT ICB£4.74m1.9%11
NEXXUS TRADING SERVICES (T/A NEXXUS CARE£2.75m1.1%46
WALSALL MET BOROUGH COUNCIL£2.36m1.0%6
HEMINGWAYS MARKETING SERVICES LTD£2.09m0.8%37

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
EducationACORN CARE & EDUCATION LTD£6.29m
Corporate And CentralHERONCEAU CARE LTD£0.41m
Adult Social CareADVANCED CHILD CARE ASSESSMENTS LTD£0.10m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.151 wards split across 11 parliamentary seats

Staffordshire County Council’s territory crosses 11 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Staffordshire Moorlands2517% Karen BradleyCon
Lichfield1913% Dave RobertsonLab
Stafford1711% Leigh InghamLab
Newcastle-under-Lyme1611% Adam JogeeLab
Tamworth1611% Sarah EdwardsLab
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge1510% Gavin WilliamsonCon
Burton and Uttoxeter139% Jacob CollierLab
Cannock Chase128% Josh NewburyLab
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire107% Mike WoodCon
Stoke-on-Trent South53% Allison GardnerLab
Stoke-on-Trent North32% David WilliamsLab
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 8 Lab and 3 Con MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a -controlled county — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 20 other councils (county)
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
15,248 payments · 3 Dec 202531 Mar 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level