Blackpool.
Labour Party-controlled unitary. £215m net revenue. 21 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Blackpool is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (28 of 42 seats). Net revenue is £215m for 2025-26. It covers 21 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 67% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anita Cooper | Con | Anchorsholme | 2023 |
| Paul David Stuart Galley | Con | Anchorsholme | 2023 |
| Paul William Wilshaw | Con | Bispham | 2023 |
| Tony Warne | Con | Bispham | 2023 |
| Jim Hobson | Lab | Bloomfield | 2023 |
| Mel Fenlon | Lab | Bloomfield | 2023 |
| Laura Marshall | Lab | Brunswick | 2023 |
| Matthew Charles Thomas | Lab | Brunswick | 2023 |
| Ivan John Taylor | Lab | Claremont | 2023 |
| Lynn Suzanne Williams | Lab | Claremont | 2023 |
| Alistair James Duncan Humphreys | Lab | Clifton | 2023 |
| Paula Ruth Burdess | Lab | Clifton | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy unitary authoritie: 37% from council tax vs the cohort median of 59%.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £2,025 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £277 |
| Fire & rescue | £90 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,392 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Blackpool split its revenue across services, compared with peer unitary authoritie-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 MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY | £31.04m | 7.2% | 2 |
| LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN | £20.05m | 4.6% | 1 |
| WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY | £15.48m | 3.6% | 2 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £14.34m | 3.3% | 7,348 |
| MUSE PLACES LIMITED | £12.24m | 2.8% | 19 |
| NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL | £10.26m | 2.4% | 2 |
| POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR SUSSEX | £10.21m | 2.4% | 1 |
| LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | £9.24m | 2.1% | 59 |
| LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL - DIRECT DEBIT ONLY - DO NOT USE | £8.90m | 2.1% | 11 |
| RHEA PROJECTS LTD | £8.15m | 1.9% | 201 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTD | £0.74m |
| Education | BLACKPOOL FC COMMUNITY TRUST | £0.45m |
| Housing And Homelessness | BAMBERS REMEDIAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED | £0.19m |
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £0.08m |
| Childrens Services | BLACKPOOL COASTAL HOUSING | £0.05m |
| Highways And Transport | KEY ENGINEERING SUPPLIES LTD | £0.04m |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool South | 17 | 81% | Chris Webb | Lab |
| Blackpool North and Fleetwood | 4 | 19% | Lorraine Beavers | Lab |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 62 other unitary authorities
Police, Fire, Parish on top
40,120 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level