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Dudley: 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.

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, West Midlands; part of the WMCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000027.

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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 Dudley for 2026–27: £1,815.15 of a £2,144.84 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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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 5 opened (3 academy converter, 2 new provision), 3 closed (3 academy converter)

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s table has no figures for Dudley for 2026–27: “RA return not received in time for publication.” The table

Dudley in numbers

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

Total population
331,930 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
41 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£20,171 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£607 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
32.3% 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
4.7% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£232,196 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
6.8 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy
58.9 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
59.6 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
3.0 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
97.2% 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
103.9 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
10,970 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

72 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 27, Reform UK 23, Labour Party 15, Liberal Democrats 4, Independent / Other 3.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

Elections here now: St. James's ward (29 October 2026).

All 72 councillors, by ward
  • Paul Bradley (Conservative and Unionist) — Amblecote
  • Pete Lee (Conservative and Unionist) — Amblecote
  • Wayne Lewis (Reform UK) — Amblecote
  • Angela Blythe (Reform UK) — Belle Vale
  • Daniel Bevan (Conservative and Unionist) — Belle Vale
  • Simon Phipps (Conservative and Unionist) — Belle Vale
  • Adam Davies (Conservative and Unionist) — Brierley Hill & Wordsley South
  • Tony Dickenson (Reform UK) — Brierley Hill & Wordsley South
  • Wayne Little (Conservative and Unionist) — Brierley Hill & Wordsley South
  • Alex Dale (Conservative and Unionist) — Brockmoor & Pensnett
  • Joel Hyde (Reform UK) — Brockmoor & Pensnett
  • Steve Edwards (Independent / Other) — Brockmoor & Pensnett
  • Faye Barras (Conservative and Unionist) — Castle & Priory
  • Jan McGeough (Reform UK) — Castle & Priory
  • Keiran Casey (Labour Party) — Castle & Priory
  • Peter Drake (Independent / Other) — Coseley
  • Sat Sherwani (Reform UK) — Coseley
  • Susan Ridney (Labour Party) — Coseley
  • Caley Ashman (Reform UK) — Cradley North & Wollescote
  • Kash Khan (Liberal Democrats) — Cradley North & Wollescote
  • Ryan Priest (Liberal Democrats) — Cradley North & Wollescote
  • Bryn Challenor (Conservative and Unionist) — Gornal
  • Chris Whitehouse (Reform UK) — Gornal
  • David Stanley (Conservative and Unionist) — Gornal
  • Hilary Bills (Labour Party) — Halesowen North
  • Parmjit Sahota (Labour Party) — Halesowen North
  • Stuart Henley (Conservative and Unionist) — Halesowen North
  • Alan Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Halesowen South
  • Andrew Barnfield (Reform UK) — Halesowen South
  • Jeff Hill (Conservative and Unionist) — Halesowen South
  • Andrea Goddard (Conservative and Unionist) — Hayley Green & Cradley South
  • Ian Bevan (Conservative and Unionist) — Hayley Green & Cradley South
  • Jon Mucklow (Reform UK) — Hayley Green & Cradley South
  • Ed Lawrence (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingswinford North & Wall Heath
  • Mark Webb (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingswinford North & Wall Heath
  • Phil Atkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingswinford North & Wall Heath
  • Graham Howes (Reform UK) — Kingswinford South
  • Patrick Harley (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingswinford South
  • Sue Greenaway (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingswinford South
  • Lisa Clinton (Reform UK) — Lye & Stourbridge North
  • Mohammed Hanif (Labour Party) — Lye & Stourbridge North
  • Peter Lowe (Independent / Other) — Lye & Stourbridge North
  • Elaine Taylor (Labour Party) — Netherton & Holly Hall
  • Jack Thompson (Reform UK) — Netherton & Holly Hall
  • Qasim Mughal (Labour Party) — Netherton & Holly Hall
  • Phil Boaler (Reform UK) — Norton
  • Steve Clark (Conservative and Unionist) — Norton
  • Tony Creed (Conservative and Unionist) — Norton
  • Ian Kettle (Conservative and Unionist) — Pedmore & Stourbridge East
  • James Clinton (Reform UK) — Pedmore & Stourbridge East
  • Jason Thorne (Reform UK) — Pedmore & Stourbridge East
  • Jackie Cowell (Labour Party) — Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood
  • Luke Hamblett (Liberal Democrats) — Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood
  • Rob Clinton (Reform UK) — Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood
  • Damian Corfield (Conservative and Unionist) — Sedgley
  • Ian Sandall (Conservative and Unionist) — Sedgley
  • Shaun Keasey (Reform UK) — Sedgley
  • Asif Ahmed (Labour Party) — St. James's
  • Cathryn Bayton (Labour Party) — St. James's
  • Ivor Robinson (Reform UK) — St. James's
  • Adeela Qayyum (Labour Party) — St. Thomas's
  • Shaukat Ali (Labour Party) — St. Thomas's
  • Shazna Azad (Labour Party) — St. Thomas's
  • Adam Aston (Labour Party) — Upper Gornal & Woodsetton
  • Carol Littler (Labour Party) — Upper Gornal & Woodsetton
  • Marco Longhi (Reform UK) — Upper Gornal & Woodsetton
  • Andrew Southall (Reform UK) — Wollaston & Stourbridge Town
  • Andrew Tromans (Liberal Democrats) — Wollaston & Stourbridge Town
  • Kam Macleod (Reform UK) — Wollaston & Stourbridge Town
  • Donna Harley (Conservative and Unionist) — Wordsley North
  • Kerry Lewis (Conservative and Unionist) — Wordsley North
  • Samuel Hussey (Reform UK) — Wordsley North

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.

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