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Crawley.

Labour Party-controlled district. £15m net revenue. 13 wards across 1 parliamentary constituency.

Typedistrict
Seats36 councillors · 13 wards
Last election2 May 2024
Net revenue · 2025-26
£15m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,306
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
25/36
Labour Party 69%
Westminster
1
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.

Crawley is a district controlled by Labour Party (25 of 36 seats). Net revenue is £15m for 2025-26. It covers 13 wards spanning 1 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.36 seats · last contested 2 May 2024

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 25Con 11

Labour Party 69% · last contested 2 May 2024

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Michael JonesLabBewbush North Broadfield2024
Marion AylingLabBewbush North Broadfield2023
Sharmila SivarajahLabBewbush North Broadfield2022
Kiran KhanLabBroadfield2024
Ian IrvineLabBroadfield2023
Tim LunnonLabBroadfield2022
Duncan CrowConFurnace Green2023
Hazel HellierConFurnace Green2022
Esther BarrottLabGossops Green North East Broadfield2024
Chris MullinsLabGossops Green North East Broadfield2023
Benazir YianniLabIfield2024
Julian CharatanLabIfield2023
Showing 12 of 36·All 36 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

59%
Council tax
£8.8m · median 61%
26%
Central grants
£4.0m · median 26%
15%
Business rates
£2.2m · median 11%

Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 59% 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£239
County / upper-tier£1,801
Police£267
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Total Band-D£2,306

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.7 buckets · vs 163 other councils (district)

How does Crawley 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.

Housing & Homelessness30.9% of net spend · cohort median 14%
7 of 158+120% vs median
Corporate & Central21.1% of net spend · cohort median 27%
111 of 158-21% vs median
Waste & Recycling20.5% of net spend · cohort median 32%
149 of 158-36% vs median
Culture & Leisure19.7% of net spend · cohort median 13%
28 of 158+47% vs median
Planning & Economic Development7.3% of net spend · cohort median 14%
137 of 158-49% vs median
Highways & Transport0.6% of net spend · cohort median -2%
33 of 158
Adult Social Care-0.1% of net spend · cohort median 1%
22 of 24-109% vs median
How to read these bars

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.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.13 wards split across 1 parliamentary seat
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Crawley13100% Peter LambLab
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 163 other councils (district)
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
Not yet ingested for Crawley
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level