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Monmouthshire: 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.

Monmouthshire County Council: Welsh unitary authority (unitary), Wales. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code W06000021.

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

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Transport

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Council tax

Average Band D council tax in Monmouthshire for 2026–27: £2,416.50 a year. Of that, £1,926.45 is set by the council, £403.53 by the police and, on average, £86.52 by community councils.

Every band

Monmouthshire: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027, including police and average community council
Band	A year
A-	£1,342.50
A	£1,611.00
B	£1,879.50
C	£2,148.00
D	£2,416.50
E	£2,953.50
F	£3,490.50
G	£4,027.50
H	£4,833.00
I	£5,638.50

Including the police and the average community council charge; band A− is for homes in band A that qualify for disabled band reduction. Source: Welsh Government, Council tax levels by billing authority and band (Open Government Licence).

Source: Welsh Government, Composition of average band D council tax by billing authority (Open Government Licence). Your own bill depends on your band, your community council and any discounts or reductions.

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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 Monmouthshire reported it to the Welsh Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Wales.

Monmouthshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education	£104.3 million
Social services	£87.2 million
Council fund housing	£20.4 million
Local environmental services	£17.7 million
Roads and transport	£10.0 million
Libraries, culture, heritage, sport and recreation	£8.5 million
Planning, economic and community development	£4.5 million
Local tax collection	£1.3 million
Debt financing costs	£14.1 million
Law, order and protective services	none budgeted
Central administration	−£400,000
Other revenue expenditure	£6.5 million
Revenue expenditure	£274.2 million

Revenue expenditure: the cost of running each service in the year, as the Welsh Government collects it.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: Welsh Government, Budgeted revenue expenditure by authority and service (Open Government Licence).

Life in Monmouthshire: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

Show the figures for:

Showing: Monmouthshire.

People living here: 95,329 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age: 49 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year: £28,010 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax: £700 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty: 17.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits: 2.3% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home: £328,937 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs: 7.5 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women: 63.5 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men: 63.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person: 7.8 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband: 79.0% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars: 283.4 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here: 4,080 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Monmouthshire from the ONS

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

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

Councillors by party: Labour Party 21, Conservative and Unionist 19, Independent / Other 5, Green Party (E&W) 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 46 councillors, by ward

Armand Watts (Labour Party) — Bulwark and Thornwell
Sue Riley (Labour Party) — Bulwark and Thornwell
Phil Murphy (Conservative and Unionist) — Caerwent
Rachel Garrick (Labour Party) — Caldicot Castle
Jackie Strong (Labour Party) — Caldicot Cross
Sara Burch (Labour Party) — Cantref
Dale Rooke (Labour Party) — Chepstow Castle and Larkfield
Paul Griffiths (Labour Party) — Chepstow Castle and Larkfield
Su McConnel (Labour Party) — Croesonen
David Jones (Independent / Other) — Crucorney
Rachel Buckler (Conservative and Unionist) — Devauden
Tony Easson (Labour Party) — Dewstow
Catrin Maby (Labour Party) — Drybridge
Alistair Neill (Conservative and Unionist) — Gobion Fawr
Jan Butler (Conservative and Unionist) — Goetre Fawr
Laura Wright (Labour Party) — Grofield
Martyn Groucutt (Labour Party) — Lansdown
Meirion Howells (Independent / Other) — Llanbadoc and Usk
Tony Kear (Conservative and Unionist) — Llanbadoc and Usk
Mary Brocklesby (Labour Party) — Llanelly
Simon Howarth (Independent / Other) — Llanelly
Ben Callard (Labour Party) — Llanfoist Fawr and Govilon
Tomos Davies (Conservative and Unionist) — Llanfoist Fawr and Govilon
Fay Bromfield (Conservative and Unionist) — Llangybi Fawr
Ian Chandler (Green Party (E&W)) — Llantilio Crossenny
Angela Sandles (Labour Party) — Magor East with Undy
John Crook (Labour Party) — Magor East with Undy
Frances Taylor (Independent / Other) — Magor West
Malcolm Lane (Conservative and Unionist) — Mardy
Jayne McKenna (Conservative and Unionist) — Mitchel Troy and Trellech United
Richard John (Conservative and Unionist) — Mitchel Troy and Trellech United
Paul Pavia (Conservative and Unionist) — Mount Pleasant
Jane Lucas (Conservative and Unionist) — Osbaston
Steven Garratt (Labour Party) — Overmonnow
Tudor Thomas (Labour Party) — Park
Maureen Powell (Conservative and Unionist) — Pen Y Fal
Lisa Dymock (Conservative and Unionist) — Portskewett
Penny Jones (Conservative and Unionist) — Raglan
Peter Strong (Labour Party) — Rogiet
Maria Stevens (Labour Party) — Severn
Louise Brown (Conservative and Unionist) — Shirenewton
Ann Webb (Conservative and Unionist) — St Arvans
Christopher Edwards (Conservative and Unionist) — St Kingsmark
Martin Newell (Conservative and Unionist) — Town
Jill Bond (Labour Party) — West End
Emma Bryn (Independent / Other) — Wyesham

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

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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.