Calderdale.
Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £235m net revenue. 17 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Calderdale is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (11 of 20 seats). Net revenue is £235m for 2025-26. It covers 17 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 55% · last contested 2 May 2024
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldine Mary Carter | Con | Brighouse | 2024 |
| Brenda Monteith | Con | Brighouse | 2023 |
| Josh Fenton-Glynn | Lab | Calder | 2024 |
| Peter John Hunt | Con | Elland | 2024 |
| Paul Alexander Bellenger | LD | Greetland Stainland | 2024 |
| Sue Holdsworth | LD | Greetland Stainland | 2023 |
| George Andrew Robinson | Con | Hipperholme Lightcliffe | 2024 |
| Shane David Taylor | Lab | Illingworth Mixenden | 2024 |
| Jane Scullion | Lab | Luddendenfoot | 2024 |
| Elaine Hey | Grn | Northowram Shelf | 2024 |
| Danielle Durrans | Lab | Ovenden | 2024 |
| Stuart Cairney | Lab | Ovenden | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (metropolitan_borough): 53% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (44%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,938 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £263 |
| Fire & rescue | £84 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £17 |
| Total Band-D | £2,302 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Calderdale split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD | £5.90m | 3.7% | 12 |
| CALDERDALE SCHOOLS LTD | £4.73m | 3.0% | 164 |
| JOHN SISK & SON (HOLDINGS) LTD | £3.84m | 2.4% | 1 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £3.28m | 2.1% | 8,974 |
| RAVENSCLIFFE HIGH SCHOOL & SPORTS COLLEGE | £2.66m | 1.7% | 6 |
| AWM LTD | £2.31m | 1.5% | 45 |
| COMPASS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS LTD | £2.23m | 1.4% | 75 |
| GALLIFORD TRY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £2.10m | 1.3% | 6 |
| LOCALA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS CIC | £1.96m | 1.2% | 31 |
| RESTORATIVE SOCIAL CARE SERVICES LIMITED | £1.82m | 1.1% | 217 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Highways And Transport | JOHN SISK & SON (HOLDINGS) LTD | £3.84m |
| Childrens Services | CALDERDALE SCHOOLS LTD | £2.89m |
| Planning And Economic | ESH CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £1.15m |
| Adult Social Care | COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES | £0.86m |
| Waste And Recycling | CANAL & RIVER TRUST (BRITISH WATERWAYS) | £0.51m |
| Education | COMPASS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS LTD | £0.36m |
| Housing And Homelessness | YES ENERGY SOLUTIONS | £0.34m |
| Culture And Leisure | THE PIECE HALL TRUST | £0.23m |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax | 9 | 53% | Kate Dearden | Ind |
| Calder Valley | 8 | 47% | Josh Fenton-Glynn | Lab |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
26,140 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level