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Adur.

Labour Party-controlled district. £11m net revenue. 14 wards across 1 parliamentary constituency.

Typedistrict
Seats22 councillors · 14 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Net revenue · 2025-26
£11m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,433
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
12/22
Labour Party 55%
Westminster
1
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.

Adur is a district controlled by Labour Party (12 of 22 seats). Net revenue is £11m for 2025-26. It covers 14 wards spanning 1 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.22 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 12Ref 6Ind 2Green 1Independent Berwick Hills Resident 1

Labour Party 55% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
David Joseph DevoyLabBuckingham2026
Mike MendozaRefChurchill2026
Nigel Robert SweetLabChurchill2024
Jim DoubtfireRefCokeham2026
David John LovelidgeLabEastbrook2026
Andrew Richard HarveyLabEastbrook2024
Rhys Bradley GrinsteadRefHillside2026
Carol AlburyIndManor2026
Julia WattsIndMarine2026
Joss LoaderIndMarine2024
Lee CowenLabMash Barn2026
Sharon Louise SlumanLabMash Barn2024
Showing 12 of 22·All 22 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

74%
Council tax
£7.8m · median 61%
17%
Central grants
£1.8m · median 26%
10%
Business rates
£1.0m · median 11%

This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 74% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (61%).

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£344
County / upper-tier£1,801
Police£267
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Parish average£21
Total Band-D£2,433

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.6 buckets · vs 163 other councils (district)

How does Adur split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (district)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.

Corporate & Central32.1% of net spend · cohort median 27%
48 of 158+20% vs median
Housing & Homelessness23.1% of net spend · cohort median 14%
20 of 158+64% vs median
Waste & Recycling21.4% of net spend · cohort median 32%
145 of 158-33% vs median
Planning & Economic Development17.5% of net spend · cohort median 14%
58 of 158+22% vs median
Culture & Leisure7.5% of net spend · cohort median 13%
127 of 158-44% vs median
Highways & Transport-1.6% of net spend · cohort median -2%
70 of 158
How to read these bars

The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.

Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.

§ 04Top suppliers.1,967 payments · £58.8m gross · 3 Dec 202530 Mar 2026

Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).

Top by total — last 180 days

SupplierPaidSharePmts
HSBC£17.85m30.4%21
WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL£13.45m22.9%28
ADUR DISTRICT COUNCIL£4.47m7.6%6
MINISTRY OF COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT£3.35m5.7%8
LLOYDS BANK PLC£3.23m5.5%21
HMRC£3.17m5.4%34
HSBC ESG£2.51m4.3%4
POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR SUSSEX£2.02m3.4%4
WORTHING BOROUGH COUNCIL£1.37m2.3%12
PUBLIC WORKS LOAN BOARD£1.36m2.3%34

By service area · top supplier

Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.14 wards split across 1 parliamentary seat
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
East Worthing and Shoreham14100% Tom RutlandLab
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 163 other councils (district)
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
1,967 payments · 3 Dec 202530 Mar 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level