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Basingstoke and Deane.

Basingstoke & Deane Independents-controlled district. £18m net revenue. 18 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.

Typedistrict
Seats54 councillors · 18 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Net revenue · 2025-26
£18m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,148
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
12/54
Basingstoke & Deane Independents 22%
Westminster
4
constituencies overlap · 3 MP parties
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Basingstoke & Deane Independents chamber, 3-party MP geography.

Basingstoke and Deane is a district controlled by Basingstoke & Deane Independents (12 of 54 seats). Net revenue is £18m for 2025-26. It covers 18 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.54 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Basingstoke & Deane Independents 12Con 12LD 11Lab 10Independent Berwick Hills Resident 2Green 2

Basingstoke & Deane Independents 22% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Kate TuckIndBasing Upton Grey2026
Sheena Gillian GrassiIndBasing Upton Grey2024
Onnalee CubittIndBasing Upton Grey2023
Tony DurrantIndBramley2026
Keith ObornIndBramley2024
Chris TomblinIndBramley2023
Andrea Karen BowesLDBrighton Hill2026
Andy KonieczkoLDBrighton Hill2024
Andy McCormickLabBrighton Hill2023
Bikram BanerjeeLabBrookvale Kings Furlong2026
Arun MummalaneniConBrookvale Kings Furlong2024
Abdel IbrahimLabBrookvale Kings Furlong2023
Showing 12 of 54·All 54 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

58%
Council tax
£10.3m · median 61%
32%
Central grants
£5.6m · median 26%
10%
Business rates
£1.8m · median 11%

Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 58% council tax, 32% central grants.

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

Band-D bill.

Council slice£146
County / upper-tier£1,610
Police£275
Fire & rescue£88
GLA precept£0
Parish average£28
Total Band-D£2,148

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

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

How does Basingstoke and Deane 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.

Waste & Recycling40.6% of net spend · cohort median 32%
29 of 158+27% vs median
Culture & Leisure25.9% of net spend · cohort median 13%
10 of 158+93% vs median
Planning & Economic Development17.1% of net spend · cohort median 14%
64 of 158+19% vs median
Housing & Homelessness12.2% of net spend · cohort median 14%
100 of 158-13% vs median
Corporate & Central3.8% of net spend · cohort median 27%
157 of 158-86% vs median
Highways & Transport0.4% of net spend · cohort median -2%
36 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.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.18 wards split across 4 parliamentary seats

Basingstoke and Deane’s territory crosses 4 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Basingstoke1056% Luke MurphyLab
North West Hampshire528% Kit MalthouseCon
North East Hampshire211% Alex BrewerLD
East Hampshire16% Damian HindsCon
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 2 Ind, 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Basingstoke & Deane Independents-controlled district — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

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
Not yet ingested for Basingstoke and Deane
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level