Cambridge.
Labour Party-controlled district. £21m net revenue. 14 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Cambridge is a district controlled by Labour Party (21 of 42 seats). Net revenue is £21m for 2025-26. It covers 14 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 50% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Margaret Cleminson | Grn | Abbey | 2026 |
| Naomi Anne Bennett | Grn | Abbey | 2024 |
| Elliot Alister Tong | Grn | Abbey | 2023 |
| Sefira Carmen Davison | Grn | Arbury | 2026 |
| Patrick Sheil | Lab | Arbury | 2024 |
| Mike Todd-Jones | Lab | Arbury | 2023 |
| Alex Sage | Grn | Castle | 2026 |
| Antoinette Nestor | Lab | Castle | 2024 |
| Cheney Payne | LD | Castle | 2023 |
| Russ McPherson | Lab | Cherry Hinton | 2026 |
| Mark William Ashton | Lab | Cherry Hinton | 2024 |
| Robert Paul Dryden | Lab | Cherry Hinton | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy councils (district): 51% from council tax vs the cohort median of 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 | £232 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,701 |
| Police | £299 |
| Fire & rescue | £87 |
| GLA precept | £36 |
| Total Band-D | £2,355 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Cambridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M GROUP HIGHWAYS LIMITED | £5.29m | 9.3% | 1 |
| PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL | £2.93m | 5.1% | 23 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £2.18m | 3.8% | 1,464 |
| THALIA WB SPV LIMITED | £2.08m | 3.6% | 1 |
| CONNECT ROADS CAMBRIDGESHIRE LIMITED | £1.43m | 2.5% | 2 |
| CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES NHS TRUST | £1.28m | 2.2% | 6 |
| ATKINS REALIS UK LTD | £1.12m | 2.0% | 27 |
| DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT (DFT) | £1.04m | 1.8% | 1 |
| AREA CAMDEN LTD, T/A SELWYN HALL SCHOOL | £1.01m | 1.8% | 36 |
| CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH COMBINED AUTHORITY | £1.00m | 1.8% | 1 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Education | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £0.91m |
| Childrens Services | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £0.42m |
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £0.13m |
Cambridge’s territory crosses 2 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 12 | 86% | Daniel Zeichner | Lab |
| South Cambridgeshire | 2 | 14% | Pippa Heylings | LD |
This council holds 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Labour 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
9,429 payments · 2 Jan 2026 – 30 Jan 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level