Arun.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £21m net revenue. 23 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 3-party MP geography.
Arun is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (20 of 54 seats). Net revenue is £21m for 2025-26. It covers 23 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 37% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Patel | Con | Aldwick East | 2023 |
| Trevor Bence | Con | Aldwick East | 2023 |
| Claire Marie Needs | LD | Aldwick West | 2023 |
| Guy Richard Purser | Con | Aldwick West | 2023 |
| Amelia Worne | LD | Angmering Findon | 2023 |
| Andy Cooper | Con | Angmering Findon | 2023 |
| Paul Andrew Bicknell | Con | Angmering Findon | 2023 |
| Carol Birch | Grn | Arundel Walberton | 2023 |
| Melanie Jill Penycate | Grn | Arundel Walberton | 2023 |
| Steve McAuliffe | Grn | Arundel Walberton | 2023 |
| Anita June Lawrence | Grn | Barnham | 2023 |
| Paul Ayling | Grn | Barnham | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 67% 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 | £215 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,801 |
| Police | £267 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £89 |
| Total Band-D | £2,371 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Arun 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.
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.
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
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | £3.02m | 17.9% | 7 |
| BIFFA MUNICIPAL LTD | £1.41m | 8.3% | 1 |
| NEILCOTT CONSTRUCTION LTD | £1.21m | 7.2% | 4 |
| STEELERAYMOND SOLICITORS | £0.95m | 5.6% | 6 |
| LITTLEHAMPTON TOWN COUNCIL | £0.87m | 5.1% | 2 |
| BOGNOR REGIS TOWN COUNCIL | £0.56m | 3.3% | 2 |
| MARSH LIMITED | £0.55m | 3.2% | 3 |
| DLUHC | £0.45m | 2.7% | 1 |
| RUSTINGTON PARISH COUNCIL | £0.41m | 2.4% | 1 |
| FREEDOM LEISURE | £0.36m | 2.1% | 20 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
Arun’s territory crosses 4 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | 16 | 70% | Alison Griffiths | Con |
| Worthing West | 3 | 13% | Beccy Cooper | Lab |
| Arundel and South Downs | 2 | 9% | Andrew Griffith | Con |
| Chichester | 2 | 9% | Jess Brown-Fuller | LD |
This council holds 2 Ind, 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 163 other councils (district)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
1,239 payments · 9 Jan 2026 – 24 Apr 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level