How the BBC local democracy reporter contracts have been divided

The BBC has revealed the winners of the new local democracy reporter contracts – including eight new publishers.

Fifteen new jobs are set to be created under the taxpayer-funded scheme, with 165 journalists employed in total after the new contracts are awarded.

A total of 118 contracts, which contain a maximum of three reporters and will be effective from July 2021 for three years, have now been handed down to 18 different publishers.

The 15 new posts have been allocated to county and district level council areas that have been identified as most in need of more resource.

They will cover Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lancashire, Surrey, Hampshire, East and West Sussex, Kent, Devon, Staffordshire, North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Our story on the contract awards can be found here, while a breakdown of which authorities each reporter and contract will cover can be found below:

East

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
1	JPIMedia	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Metro Mayor, Peterborough City Council
1	Reach	Cambridgeshire County Council
1	Newsquest	Buckinghamshire Council, Milton Keynes Council
2	JPIMedia	Bedford Borough Council, Central Bedfordshire Council, Luton Borough Council
2	JPIMedia	Hertfordshire County Council, Hertfordshire second-tier authorities
2	Reach	Essex County Council, Essex second-tier authorities
1	Newsquest	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, Thurrock Council
2	Archant	Norfolk County Council, Norfolk second-tier authorities
1	Iliffe Media	Suffolk County Council

East Midlands

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
3	Reach	Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council, Derbyshire second-tier authorities
3	Reach	Leicestershire City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Leicestershire second-tier authorities
2	JPIMedia	North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire, Rutland County Council
3	Notts TV	Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire second-tier authorities

North East

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
2	JPIMedia	South Tyneside Council, Sunderland City Council, Hartlepool Borough Council
2	Reach	Newcastle City Council, North Tyneside Council, Gateshead Council
1	Reach	Northumberland County Council
1	Newsquest	Darlington Borough Council, Durham County Council
3	Reach	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Middlesbrough Council, Redcar and Cleveland Council, Tees Valley Metro Mayor

North West

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
1	Newsquest	Blackburn with Darwen Council
3	JPIMedia	Lancashire County Council, Blackpool Council, Lancashire second-tier authorities
2	Newsquest	Cumbria County Council, Cumbria second-tier authorities
1	Newsquest	Cheshire East Council
1	Newsquest	Warrington Borough Council, St Helens Council
2	Reach	Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, Liverpool City Council, Wirral Council
1	Newsquest	Halton Borough Council, Cheshire West and Chester Council
1	Reach	Knowsley Council, Sefton Council
1	Radio Manx	Isle of Man Government
2	Reach	Greater Manchester Metro Mayor, Manchester City Council, Salford City Council
1	Reach	Bolton Council, Bury Council
1	Reach	Trafford Council, Wigan Council
1	Reach	Oldham Council, Rochdale Met Borough Council
1	Reach	Tameside Met Borough Council, Stockport Met Borough Council

South

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
1	Newsquest	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, Dorset Council
2	Newsquest	Bracknell Forest Council, Reading Borough Council, Wokingham Borough Council
1	Newbury News & Media Ltd	West Berkshire Council
1	JPIMedia	Oxfordshire County Council
1	Newsquest	Slough Borough Council, The Royal Borough of Windsor
2	Reach	Surrey County Council, Surrey second-tier authorities
3	JPIMedia	Southampton City Council, Hampshire County Council, Hampshire second-tier authorities
1	JPIMedia	Portsmouth City Council
1	Newsquest	Isle of Wight Council

South East

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
1	Brighton and Hove News	Brighton and Hove City Council
3	JPIMedia	East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council, East Sussex & West Sussex second-tier authorities
3	Iliffe Media	Kent County Council, Medway Council, Kent second-tier authorities

South West

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
1	Reach	Cornwall Council, Council of the Isles of Scilly
3	Radio Exe	Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council, Devon second-tier authorities

West

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
2	Reach	West of England Metro Mayor, Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council
1	Reach	Bath & North East Somerset Council, North Somerset Council
1	Reach	Gloucestershire County Council
1	Reach	Somerset County Council
2	Newsquest	Swindon Borough Council, Wiltshire Council

West Midlands

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
3	Reach	West Midlands Metro Mayor, Birmingham City Council, Solihull Met Borough Council
2	Reach	Coventry City Council, Warwickshire County Council
3	Reach	City of Wolverhampton Council,Dudley Met Borough Council, Sandwell Met Borough Council, Walsall Council
1	Newsquest	Herefordshire County Council
1	Newsquest	Worcestershire County Council
3	Reach	Staffordshire County Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Staffordshire second-tier authorities
2	Newsquest	Shropshire Council, Telford & Wrekin Council

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
3	Newsquest	Leeds City Council, Calderdale Council, City of Bradford Met District Council
2	JPIMedia	Kirklees Council, Wakefield Council
3	JPIMedia	Barnsley Met Borough Council, Sheffield City Council, Mayor of Sheffield City Region, Rotherham Met Borough Council
1	JPIMedia	Elected Mayor of Doncaster, Doncaster Met Borough Council
1	Reach	East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hull City Council
2	JPIMedia	North Yorkshire County Council, North Yorkshire second-tier authorities of Selby, Harrogate and Craven
2	JPIMedia	City of York Council, North Yorkshire second-tier authorities of Hambleton, Ryedale, Scarborough and Richmondshire
2	Stonebow Media	Lincolnshire County Council, Lincolnshire second-tier authorities
1	Reach	North East Lincolnshire Council, North Lincolnshire Council

London

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
1	Reach	Ealing Council, Hounslow Council, Hillingdon Council
1	Reach	Harrow Council, Brent Council
1	Social Spider CIC	Barnet Council, Enfield Council, Haringey Council
1	Citizen News & Media	Camden Council, Islington Council, Hackney Council
2	Reach	Kensington & Chelsea Council, Westminster Council, City of London, Hammersmith & Fulham Council
1	Social Spider CIC	Waltham Forest Council, Redbridge Council, Havering Council
1	Reach	Tower Hamlets Council, Newham Council, Barking & Dagenham Council
1	Reach	Croydon Council, Sutton Council, Merton Council
1	Reach	Wandsworth Council, Richmond upon Thames Council, Kingston upon Thames Council
1	Reach	Lambeth Council, Southwark Council, Lewisham Council
1	Reach	Greenwich Council, Bexley Council, Bromley Council
1	London Evening Standard	Greater London Authority

Northern Ireland

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
0.5	JPIMedia	Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
0.5	Reach	Ards and North Down Borough Council
0.5	JPIMedia	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
0.5	Reach	Belfast City Council
0.5	JPIMedia	Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
0.5	JPIMedia	Derry City and Strabane District Council
0.5	Newsquest	Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
0.5	Reach	Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
0.5	JPIMedia	Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
0.5	JPIMedia	Mid Ulster District Council
0.5	Reach	Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Scotland

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
1	DC Thomson	Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council
0.5	DC Thomson	Moray Council
0.5	DC Thomson	Highland Council
0.5	JPIMedia	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
0.5	DC Thomson	Orkney Islands Council
0.5	Shetland News	Shetland Islands Council
1	Newsquest	Argyll and Bute Council
1	DC Thomson	Angus Council, Dundee City Council
1	JPIMedia	Clackmannanshire Council, Fife Council
1	Reach	Stirling Council, Perth and Kinross Council
1	Reach	Renfrewshire Council, Inverclyde Council
1	JPIMedia	North Lanarkshire Council, East Dunbartonshire Council
3	Reach	East Renfrewshire Council, Glasgow City Council, West Dunbartonshire Council
3	Reach	The City of Edinburgh Council, Midlothian Council, East Lothian Council
1	Reach	Falkirk Council, West Lothian Council
2	Reach	South Ayrshire Council, East Ayrshire Council, North Ayrshire Council
2	Reach	Dumfries & Galloway Council, Scottish Borders Council, South Lanarkshire Council

Wales

Number of LDRs in contract	Winning publisher	Authorities covered by contract
1	Reach	Gwynedd Council, Isle of Anglesey County Council
1	Reach	Denbighshire County Council, Conwy County Borough Council
1	Newsquest	Wrexham County Borough Council, Flintshire County Council
1	Reach	Swansea City Council, Carmarthenshire County Council
1	Newsquest	Pembrokeshire County Council, Ceredigion County Council
1	Reach	Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Bridgend County Borough Council
1	Reach	Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council
1	Reach	Cardiff Council, Vale of Glamorgan Council
1	Caerphilly Media Ltd	Caerphilly County Borough Council, Newport City Council
1	Newsquest	Blenau Gwent County Borough Council, Powys County Council
1	Newsquest	Torfaen County Borough Council, Monmouthshire County Council

How the new local democracy reporter contracts have been divided