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Walsall: 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.

Walsall 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 E08000030.

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

Band D set by Walsall for 2026–27: £2,297.79 of a £2,627.48 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: 4 opened (4 academy converter), 4 closed (4 academy converter)

Abbey Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 January 2026
Old Church Church of England C Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Pool Hayes Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
Abbey Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 February 2026
Old Church Church of England C Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
Pool Hayes Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026

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

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

Walsall: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£245.2 million
Highways and transport services	£21.4 million
Children's social care	£121.0 million
Adult social care	£155.5 million
Public health	£23.7 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£13.2 million
Cultural and related services	£15.1 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£30.0 million
Planning and development services	£11.7 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£21.3 million
Other services	£21.5 million
Total service expenditure	£679.7 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).

Walsall in numbers

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

Total population: 295,678 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 38 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £18,993 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £588 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 38.3% 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: 5.9% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £215,329 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.6 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 55.0 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: 56.2 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: 3.3 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 94.2% 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: 66.3 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: 9,525 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

60 seats in 2026. Run by: Reform UK, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 40, Conservative and Unionist 10, Walsall Community Independents Party 8, Independent / Other 1, Labour Party 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 60 councillors, by ward

John Murray (Conservative and Unionist) — Aldridge Central & South
Lucy Darby (Reform UK) — Aldridge Central & South
Timothy Wilson (Conservative and Unionist) — Aldridge Central & South
Christine Edwards (Conservative and Unionist) — Aldridge North & Walsall Wood
Ian Benton (Reform UK) — Aldridge North & Walsall Wood
Lesley Lynch (Reform UK) — Aldridge North & Walsall Wood
Matt Eason (Reform UK) — Beechdale, Leamore & Reedswood
Scott Simmons (Reform UK) — Beechdale, Leamore & Reedswood
Stuart Lathe (Reform UK) — Beechdale, Leamore & Reedswood
Mick Barker (Reform UK) — Bentley & Darlaston North
Paul Lunn (Reform UK) — Bentley & Darlaston North
Ram Singh (Reform UK) — Bentley & Darlaston North
Aiden Clarke (Reform UK) — Bloxwich East & Blakenall Heath
David Sambrook (Reform UK) — Bloxwich East & Blakenall Heath
Richard Tapper (Reform UK) — Bloxwich East & Blakenall Heath
Nicky Barker (Reform UK) — Bloxwich West
Paul Nugent (Reform UK) — Bloxwich West
Tony Sadla (Reform UK) — Bloxwich West
Aysha Nizamoglu (Reform UK) — Brownhills
Josh Dixon (Reform UK) — Brownhills
Pete Sutton (Reform UK) — Brownhills
David Bailey (Reform UK) — Darlaston South
Jenny Goodall (Reform UK) — Darlaston South
Peter Burton (Reform UK) — Darlaston South
Lisa Jones (Reform UK) — Harden, Goscote & Ryecroft
Robin Perry (Reform UK) — Harden, Goscote & Ryecroft
Tabbi Awotwe (Reform UK) — Harden, Goscote & Ryecroft
Carl Creaney (Reform UK) — New Invention
Daniel Rollinson (Reform UK) — New Invention
Gill Mitchell (Reform UK) — New Invention
Amrik Dhesy (Conservative and Unionist) — Paddock
Gurmeet Sohal (Conservative and Unionist) — Paddock
Sawra Shmim (Conservative and Unionist) — Paddock
Ashfaq Ahmed (Independent / Other) — Palfrey & The Delves
Dilu Miah (Walsall Community Independents Party) — Palfrey & The Delves
Hajran Bashir (Walsall Community Independents Party) — Palfrey & The Delves
Ann Ault (Reform UK) — Pelsall
Jim Parsons (Reform UK) — Pelsall
Rose Martin (Conservative and Unionist) — Pelsall
Adrian Andrew (Conservative and Unionist) — Pheasey Park Farm
Chris Hickey (Reform UK) — Pheasey Park Farm
Karen Griffiths (Reform UK) — Pheasey Park Farm
Ash Ahmad (Walsall Community Independents Party) — Pleck
Basharat Hussain (Walsall Community Independents Party) — Pleck
Khizar Hussain (Walsall Community Independents Party) — Pleck
Barbara McCracken (Reform UK) — Rushall-Shelfield
Irene Henery (Reform UK) — Rushall-Shelfield
Stuart Chapman (Reform UK) — Rushall-Shelfield
Bella Simon (Reform UK) — Short Heath
Elaine Williams (Reform UK) — Short Heath
Rohan Beecha (Reform UK) — Short Heath
Aftab Nawaz (Walsall Community Independents Party) — St Matthew's
Basharat Hussain (Walsall Community Independents Party) — St Matthew's
Mushtaq Ahmed (Walsall Community Independents Party) — St Matthew's
Alan Fleming (Reform UK) — Streetly
Amanda Parkes (Conservative and Unionist) — Streetly
Kara Babb (Conservative and Unionist) — Streetly
Peter Harrison (Reform UK) — Willenhall
Roy Tandy (Reform UK) — Willenhall
Simran Cheema (Labour Party) — Willenhall

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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