Bexley.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled london_borough. £238m net revenue. 17 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Bexley is a london_borough controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (31 of 49 seats). Net revenue is £238m for 2025-26. It covers 17 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 63% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Michael Gillespie | Con | Barnehurst | 2026 |
| Howard William Jackson | Con | Barnehurst | 2026 |
| Brian Bishop | Con | Barnehurst | 2022 |
| Christopher Finlay Calvert | Ref | Belvedere | 2026 |
| Jeremy Fosten | Lab | Belvedere | 2026 |
| Sally Hinkley | Lab | Belvedere | 2026 |
| Bola Carew | Con | Bexleyheath | 2026 |
| Hannah Christine Gillespie | Con | Bexleyheath | 2026 |
| Rags Sandhu | Con | Bexleyheath | 2026 |
| Brian John Bishop | Con | Blackfen Lamorbey | 2026 |
| Frazer Brooks | Con | Blackfen Lamorbey | 2026 |
| Peter Craske | Con | Blackfen Lamorbey | 2026 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (london_borough): 63% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (47%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,768 |
| County / upper-tier | £490 |
| Police | £0 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,258 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Bexley split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (london_borough)-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY | £17.52m | 14.2% | 8 |
| PERSONAL DATA REDACTED | £12.02m | 9.7% | 5,913 |
| COUNTRYSTYLE RECYCLING LIMITED | £4.53m | 3.7% | 57 |
| CORY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED | £4.28m | 3.5% | 1 |
| J B RINEY & CO LTD | £2.95m | 2.4% | 104 |
| MATRIX SCM LIMITED | £2.14m | 1.7% | 1,425 |
| INVESTORS IN THE COMMUNITY (BEXLEY SCHOO | £1.33m | 1.1% | 7 |
| CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | £1.24m | 1.0% | 5 |
| ASDA STORES LIMITED | £0.99m | 0.8% | 1 |
| GOLD CARE HOMES T/A MARLBOROUGH COURT | £0.97m | 0.8% | 208 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY | £17.52m |
| Adult Social Care | PERSONAL DATA REDACTED | £6.33m |
| Planning And Economic | COUNTRYSTYLE RECYCLING LIMITED | £4.53m |
| Childrens Services | PERSONAL DATA REDACTED | £4.01m |
Bexley’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexleyheath and Crayford | 7 | 41% | Daniel Francis | Lab |
| Old Bexley and Sidcup | 7 | 41% | Louie French | Con |
| Erith and Thamesmead | 3 | 18% | Abena Oppong-Asare | Lab |
This council holds 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled london_borough — 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 32 other councils (london_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
18,427 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 27 Feb 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level