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Blaby: 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.
Blaby District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East Midlands; within the county of LEC. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Leicestershire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Blaby for 2026–27: £200.62 of a £2,490.22 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | £79,000 |
| Children's social care | £169,000 |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | £490,000 |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £4.3 million |
| Cultural and related services | £453,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £6.7 million |
| Planning and development services | £3.8 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £5.2 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £21.3 million |
Life in Blaby: the official facts
- People living here
- 108,423 people
- Typical age
- 42 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £22,274
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £631
- Children growing up in poverty
- 18.5%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.1%
- Average price of a home
- £293,412
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 7.3 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 5.6 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 91.7%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 192.3 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 4,195 businesses
Who runs the council
36 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 18, Liberal Democrats 8, Labour Party 5, Independent / Other 2, Green Party (E&W) 2, Reform UK 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 36 councillors, by ward
- Antony Moseley (Liberal Democrats) — Blaby
- Paul Hartshorn (Liberal Democrats) — Blaby
- Nick Brown (Labour Party) — Braunstone Millfield
- Tracey Shepherd (Labour Party) — Braunstone Millfield
- Bob Waterton (Labour Party) — Braunstone Ravenhurst
- Shabbir Aslam (Labour Party) — Braunstone Ravenhurst
- Jane Wolfe (Conservative and Unionist) — Cosby & South Whetstone
- Les Phillimore (Conservative and Unionist) — Cosby & South Whetstone
- Adrian Clifford (Conservative and Unionist) — Countesthorpe
- Richard Holdridge (Liberal Democrats) — Countesthorpe
- Royston Bayliss (Liberal Democrats) — Countesthorpe
- Cheryl Cashmore (Conservative and Unionist) — Enderby
- Hannah Gill (Liberal Democrats) — Enderby
- Ben Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Fosse Highcross
- Mike Shirley (Conservative and Unionist) — Fosse Highcross
- Maggie Wright (Independent / Other) — Fosse Normanton
- Luke Cousin (Liberal Democrats) — Fosse Stoney Cove
- Neil Wright (Conservative and Unionist) — Fosse Stoney Cove
- Ande Savage (Liberal Democrats) — Glen Parva
- John Bloxham (Reform UK) — Glen Parva
- Helen Gambardella (Liberal Democrats) — Glenfield Ellis
- Nick Chapman (Conservative and Unionist) — Glenfield Ellis
- Lee Breckon (Conservative and Unionist) — Glenfield Faire
- Roy Denney (Conservative and Unionist) — Glenfield Faire
- Roger Stead (Green Party (E&W)) — Kirby Muxloe
- Tony Deakin (Green Party (E&W)) — Kirby Muxloe
- Dillan Shikotra (Conservative and Unionist) — Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe
- Matt Tomeo (Conservative and Unionist) — Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe
- Stuart Coar (Conservative and Unionist) — Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe
- Janet Forey (Conservative and Unionist) — Narborough & Littlethorpe
- Nigel Grundy (Conservative and Unionist) — Narborough & Littlethorpe
- Terry Richardson (Conservative and Unionist) — Narborough & Littlethorpe
- Mark Jackson (Conservative and Unionist) — North Whetstone
- Susan Findlay (Conservative and Unionist) — North Whetstone
- Alex DeWinter (Labour Party) — Thorpe Astley & St Mary's
- Becca Lunn (Independent / Other) — Thorpe Astley & St Mary's