Canterbury.
Labour Party-controlled district. £22m net revenue. 21 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
29 Jun 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Canterbury is a district controlled by Labour Party (17 of 47 seats). Net revenue is £22m for 2025-26. It covers 21 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 36% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Nolan | Lab | Barton | 2023 |
| Pat Edwards | Lab | Barton | 2023 |
| Paul Stephen Leonard Prentice | Lab | Barton | 2023 |
| Ian Stockley | Con | Beltinge | 2023 |
| Jeanette Stockley | Con | Beltinge | 2023 |
| Alex Ricketts | LD | Blean Forest | 2023 |
| Dan Smith | LD | Blean Forest | 2023 |
| Steph Jupe | LD | Blean Forest | 2023 |
| Alister Brady | Lab | Chartham & Stone Street | 2023 |
| Mike Bland | Lab | Chartham & Stone Street | 2023 |
| James Flanagan | LD | Chestfield | 2023 |
| Peter John Old | LD | Chestfield | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 61% council tax, 26% 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 | £247 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,691 |
| Police | £270 |
| Fire & rescue | £95 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £18 |
| Total Band-D | £2,322 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Canterbury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PWLB | £5.07m | 15.4% | 23 |
| CANTERBURY ENVIRONMENT COMPANY LTD | £4.57m | 13.9% | 635 |
| CARDO (SOUTH) LIMITED | £3.05m | 9.3% | 14 |
| BLAKEDOWN LANDSCAPES (SE) LTD | £1.72m | 5.2% | 12 |
| VPRO INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS LTD | £0.81m | 2.5% | 16 |
| PARTNERSHIPONE LIMITED | £0.78m | 2.4% | 7 |
| GIRLINGS SOLICITORS LLP | £0.64m | 1.9% | 2 |
| D CATCHESIDES LTD | £0.63m | 1.9% | 10 |
| PFL ELECTRICAL LTD | £0.63m | 1.9% | 8 |
| T LOUGHMAN & CO LTD | £0.60m | 1.8% | 6 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
Canterbury’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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury | 14 | 67% | Rosie Duffield | Ind |
| Herne Bay and Sandwich | 7 | 33% | Roger Gale | Con |
This council holds 1 Ind and 1 Con 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
6,959 payments · 31 Dec 2025 – 2 Nov 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level