Redditch Borough Council

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Redditch Borough Council
Redditch Borough Council.svg
Leadership
Juma Begum,
Labour
since 20 May 2024
Joe Baker,
Labour
since 20 May 2024
Chief Executive (interim)
Sue Hanley
since 2023 [1]
Structure
Seats27 seats
Redditch Borough Council 2024.svg
Political groups
Administration (21)
  Labour (21)
Other parties (6)
  Conservative (5)
  Green (1)
Elections
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Motto
REDDITE DEO (Render to God/Redditch for God)
Meeting place
Redditch Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 3859367.jpg
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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2024 local election results in Redditch Redditch UK ward map 2024.svg
2024 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. [2] The urban district in turn was abolished in 1974 and replaced by a non-metropolitan district covering the same area as the former urban district, but with different powers and responsibilities. [3]

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. [4]

Governance

Redditch Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Worcestershire County Council. [5] 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. [6]

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. [7]

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2024. [8]

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows: [9]

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 2018–2024
Labour 2024–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: [10]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Carol Gandy Conservative pre-200821 May 2012
Bill Hartnett Labour 21 May 201221 May 2018
Matthew Dormer Conservative 21 May 201820 May 2024
Joe Baker Labour 20 May 2024

Composition

Following the 2024 election, the composition of the council was: [11]

PartyCouncillors
Labour 21
Conservative 5
Green 1
Total27

Premises

The council is based at Redditch Town Hall on Walter Stranz Square. [12] The foundation stone was laid in 1981. [13] It cost £7.5 million to build and it was opened in 1982. [14]

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2024, the council has comprised 27 councillors representing 9 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. [15] Elections are held three years out of every four, with 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.

Councillors

Redditch Borough Councillors 2024 [16]
PartyWardCouncillor
Conservative Astwood Bank & FeckenhamBrandon Clayton
Conservative Astwood Bank & FeckenhamChristopher Holz
Conservative Astwood Bank & FeckenhamCraig Warhurst
Labour Batchley & BrockhillJoe Baker (Leader of the Council)
Labour Batchley & BrockhillWanda King
Labour Batchley & BrockhillSachin Mathur
Labour CentralWilliam Boyd
Labour CentralSharon Harvey (Deputy Leader of the Council)
Labour CentralGary Slim
Labour Greenlands & LakesideJuma Begum (Mayor)
Labour Greenlands & LakesideAndrew Fry
Labour Greenlands & LakesideJoanna Kane (Deputy Mayor)
Labour Headless Cross & OakenshawJuliet Barker Smith
Labour Headless Cross & OakenshawIan Woodall
Labour Headless Cross & OakenshawDavid Munro
Labour Matchborough & WoodrowJames Fardoe
Labour Matchborough & WoodrowJane Spilsbury
Labour Matchborough & WoodrowPaul Wren
Labour NorthBill Hartnett
Labour NorthSid Khan
Labour NorthMonica Stringfellow
Green Webheath & Callow HillClaire Davies
Conservative Webheath & Callow HillMatthew Dormer
Conservative Webheath & Callow HillGemma Monaco
Labour WinyatesAlan Mason
Labour WinyatesRita Rogers
Labour WinyatesJen Snape

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