Redditch Borough Council is the local authority for
Redditch
Redditch is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Worcestershire, England. It is located south of Birmingham, east of Bromsgrove, north-west of Alcester and north-east of Worcester. In 2021, the town had a population of ...
, a
non-metropolitan district
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with
borough status in
Worcestershire
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, England.
History
The town of Redditch was made a
local government district
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in 1858, governed by a local board. Such districts were renamed
urban districts in 1894. The urban district in turn was abolished in 1974 and replaced by a
non-metropolitan district
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covering the same area as the former urban district, but with different powers and responsibilities.
Redditch district was awarded
borough status on 15 May 1980, changing the council's name to Redditch Borough Council and allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.
Governance
Redditch Borough Council provides
district-level services.
County-level services are provided by
Worcestershire County Council
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.
Feckenham is a
civil parish
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, which forms a third tier of local government for that part of the borough; the rest of the borough is an
unparished area
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.
Since 2008, the council has developed shared working arrangements with neighbouring
Bromsgrove District Council, with the two organisations sharing a chief executive, management team and other staff.
Political control
The council has been under
Labour majority control since 2024.
Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:
Leadership
The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Redditch. Political leadership is instead provided by the
leader of the council
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. The leaders since 2008 have been:
Composition
Following the
2024 election, the composition of the council was:
As of 9 May 2025, the composition of the council was:
Premises
The council is based at
Redditch Town Hall on Walter Stranz Square. The foundation stone was laid in 1981. It cost £7.5 million to build and it was opened in 1982.
Elections
Since the last boundary changes in 2024, the council has comprised 27
councillor
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s representing 9
wards, with each ward electing three councillors.
Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time for a four-year term of office.
Worcestershire County Council elections
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are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections.
Councillors
References
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Local government in Worcestershire
Local authorities in Worcestershire
Non-metropolitan district councils of England
Borough Council
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History
In the Middle Ag ...