Redditch Borough Council

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Redditch Borough Council
Redditch Borough Council.svg
Leadership
Salman Akbar,
Conservative
since 22 May 2023 [1]
Matthew Dormer,
Conservative
since 21 May 2018 [2]
Chief Executive (interim)
Sue Hanley
since 2023 [3]
Structure
Seats29 seats
Political groups
Administration (16)
  Conservative (16)
Other parties (13)
  Labour (12)
  Liberal Democrats (1)
Elections
Last election
 4 May 2023
Next election
 2 May 2024
Motto
REDDITE DEO (Render to God/Redditch for God)
Meeting place
Redditch Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 3859367.jpg
Redditch Town Hall, Walter Stranz Square, Redditch, B98 8AH
Website
www.redditchbc.gov.uk

Redditch Borough Council is the local authority for Redditch, a non-metropolitan district with borough status in Worcestershire, England.

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2023 local election results in Redditch Redditch UK local election 2023 map.svg
2023 local election results in Redditch

History

The town of Redditch was made a local government district in 1858, governed by a local board. Such districts were renamed urban districts in 1894. [4] The urban district council in turn was abolished in 1974 and replaced by a non-metropolitan district council covering the same area as the former urban district, but with different powers and responsibilities. [5]

Redditch district was awarded borough status on 15 May 1980, changing the council's name to Redditch Borough Council and allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. [6]

Governance

Redditch Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Worcestershire County Council. [7] Feckenham is a civil parish, which forms a third tier of local government for that part of the borough; the rest of the borough is an unparished area. [8]

Since 2008 the council has developed shared working arrangements with neighbouring Bromsgrove District Council, with the two organisations sharing a chief executive, management team and other staff. [9]

Political control

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2018.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows: [10]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1974–1976
Conservative 1976–1983
Labour 1983–2002
No overall control 2002–2004
Labour 2004–2006
No overall control 2006–2008
Conservative 2008–2012
Labour 2012–2018
Conservative 2018–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Redditch. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 2008 have been: [11]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Carol Gandy Conservative pre-200821 May 2012
Bill Hartnett Labour 21 May 201221 May 2018
Matthew Dormer Conservative 21 May 2018

Composition

Following the 2023 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in January 2024 the composition of the council was: [12] [13]

PartyCouncillors
Conservative 16
Labour 12
Liberal Democrats 1
Total29

The next election is due in 2024.

Premises

The council is based at Redditch Town Hall on Walter Stranz Square. [14] The foundation stone was laid in 1981. [15] It cost £7.5 million to build and it was opened in 1982. [16]

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2004, the council has comprised 29 councillors representing 12 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with roughly a third of the council elected each time for a four-year term of office. Worcestershire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections. [17] New ward boundaries have been drawn up to come into effect for the 2024 election, which will comprise of 27 councillors representing 9 wards. [18]

Councillors

Redditch Borough Councillors 2023 [19]
PartyWardCouncillor
Labour AbbeySid Khan
Labour AbbeyMonica Stringfellow
Conservative Astwood Bank & FeckenhamBrandon Clayton
Conservative Astwood Bank & FeckenhamCraig Warhurst
Labour Batchley & BrockhillJoe Baker
Conservative Batchley & BrockhillLucy Harrison
Liberal Democrats Batchley & BrockhillKerrie Miles
Conservative CentralImran Altaf
Labour CentralSharon Harvey
Conservative Church HillKaren Ashley
(Deputy Mayor)
Labour Church HillJames Fardoe
Labour Church HillBill Hartnett
Conservative Crabbs CrossSalman Akbar
(Mayor)
Conservative Crabbs CrossChris Holz
Labour GreenlandsJuma Begum
Labour GreenlandsJoanna Kane
Conservative GreenlandsEmma Marshall
Labour Headless Cross & OakenshawJuliet Barker Smith
Conservative Headless Cross & OakenshawJoanne Beecham
Labour Headless Cross & OakenshawIan Woodall
Labour Lodge ParkAndrew Fry
Conservative Lodge ParkTim Pearman
Conservative MatchboroughAlex Fogg
Labour MatchboroughJane Spilsbury
Conservative WestMatt Dormer
(Leader)
Conservative WestGemma Monaco
(Deputy Leader)
Conservative WinyatesLuke Court
Conservative WinyatesPeter Fleming
Conservative WinyatesAnthony Lovell

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  2. ↑ "Council minutes, 21 May 2018" (PDF). Redditch Borough Council. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Council minutes, 19 July 2023". Bromsgrove District Council. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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