Worcestershire County Council.
Council with no overall control county. £538m net revenue. 112 wards across 6 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 6 districts: Bromsgrove, Malvern Hills, Redditch, Worcester, Wychavon, Wyre Forest.
8 Jun 2026
Council chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Worcestershire County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £538m for 2025-26. It covers 112 wards spanning 6 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
| District | Band D bill | County tax sourced | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bromsgrove | £2,302.72 | £61.7m | 30 |
| Malvern Hills | £2,280.82 | £55.7m | 18 |
| Redditch | £2,289.33 | £42.5m | 9 |
| Worcester | £2,233.93 | £53.6m | 16 |
| Wychavon | £2,200.98 | £87.2m | 27 |
| Wyre Forest | £2,327.49 | £56.8m | 12 |
Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Worcestershire County Council’s own precept (£1615.71/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £354.7m.
Who sits in the chamber.
Councillors — the people.
Councillor data not yet ingested for Worcestershire County Council.
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (county) median: 66% council tax, 27% 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 | £1,616 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Worcestershire 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCIA WASTE | £18.93m | 6.9% | 22 |
| RINGWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES | £14.71m | 5.4% | 695 |
| ACORN CARE & EDUCATION LTD | £9.84m | 3.6% | 60 |
| COLAS LIMITED | £4.41m | 1.6% | 28 |
| BROMSGROVE SCHOOLS SPV LTD | £4.12m | 1.5% | 56 |
| BEECHKEYS LIMITED T/A AURORA GROUP | £3.22m | 1.2% | 7 |
| DIAMOND BUS LIMITED | £2.91m | 1.1% | 126 |
| DIMENSIONS PERSONALISED SUPPORT | £2.84m | 1.0% | 95 |
| SUNFIELD CHILDRENS HOMES LTD | £2.82m | 1.0% | 12 |
| BARRIE BOOKKEEPING & PAYROLL SOLUTIONS L | £2.63m | 1.0% | 60 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Planning And Economic | MERCIA WASTE | £13.82m |
| Corporate And Central | RINGWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES | £7.16m |
| Childrens Services | ACORN CARE & EDUCATION LTD | £4.78m |
| Adult Social Care | BROMSGROVE SCHOOLS SPV LTD | £3.00m |
| Public Health | CRANSTOUN SERVICES LTD | £1.05m |
Worcestershire County Council’s territory crosses 6 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromsgrove | 30 | 27% | Bradley Thomas | Con |
| West Worcestershire | 23 | 21% | Harriett Baldwin | Con |
| Droitwich and Evesham | 19 | 17% | Nigel Huddleston | Con |
| Worcester | 16 | 14% | Tom Collins | Lab |
| Redditch | 12 | 11% | Chris Bloore | Lab |
| Wyre Forest | 12 | 11% | Mark Garnier | Con |
This council holds 4 Con and 2 Lab 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
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 20 other councils (county)
21,703 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level