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Ashfield: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Ashfield District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East Midlands; within the county of NTT. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Nottinghamshire County Council. ONS code E07000170.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Ashfield for 2026–27: £213.20 of a £2,608.76 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Ashfield reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Ashfield: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	£1.8 million
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£4.1 million
Cultural and related services	−£328,000
Environmental and regulatory services	£8.7 million
Planning and development services	£2.7 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£7.7 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£24.6 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Ashfield in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 129,572 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 42 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £19,973 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £576 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 29.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £190,179 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.0 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.1 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 97.0% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 102.6 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 3,370 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

35 seats in 2026. Run by: independents, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Ashfield Independents 30, Reform UK 3, Conservative and Unionist 1, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 35 councillors, by ward

Andy Meakin (Ashfield Independents) — Abbey Hill
Jamie Bell (Ashfield Independents) — Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse
Rachel Madden (Ashfield Independents) — Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse
David Walters (Ashfield Independents) — Ashfields
Cathy Mason (Reform UK) — Carsic
Christopher Huskinson (Ashfield Independents) — Greenwood & Summit
Warren Nuttall (Ashfield Independents) — Greenwood & Summit
Lee Waters (Ashfield Independents) — Hucknall Central
Nicholas Parvin (Ashfield Independents) — Hucknall Central
Anna Ellis (Ashfield Independents) — Hucknall North
Gordon Mann (Ashfield Independents) — Hucknall North
John Wilmott (Ashfield Independents) — Hucknall North
Oliver Hay (Ashfield Independents) — Hucknall South
Trevor Locke (Ashfield Independents) — Hucknall South
Dave Shaw (Ashfield Independents) — Hucknall West
Ian Briggs (Ashfield Independents) — Hucknall West
Phil Rostance (Conservative and Unionist) — Hucknall West
Paul Grafton (Ashfield Independents) — Huthwaite & Brierley
Tom Hollis (Ashfield Independents) — Huthwaite & Brierley
Julie Gregory (Ashfield Independents) — Jacksdale & Westwood
Dale Grounds (Ashfield Independents) — Kingsway
Sarah Lewsey (Ashfield Independents) — Kirkby Cross & Portland
Jason Zadrozny (Ashfield Independents) — Larwood
Sarah Madigan (Ashfield Independents) — Leamington
Andy Gascoyne (Reform UK) — Selston
Arnie Hankin (Ashfield Independents) — Selston
Jodine Cronshaw (Ashfield Independents) — Skegby
Will Bostock (Ashfield Independents) — Skegby
Helen-Ann Smith (Ashfield Independents) — Stanton Hill & Teversal
Samantha Deakin (Ashfield Independents) — Sutton Central & New Cross
Vicki Heslop (Ashfield Independents) — Sutton Central & New Cross
Matthew Relf (Ashfield Independents) — Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood
Kier Barsby (Independent / Other) — Sutton St Mary's
John Smallridge (Ashfield Independents) — The Dales
Dawn Justice (Reform UK) — Underwood

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

Write to your councillors → WriteToThem (mySociety) finds them from your postcode; nothing is sent through this site.

Cite this page

Harvard style. Every figure on the page also names its original source, which is usually the better thing to cite.

Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.