Derby.
Labour Party-controlled unitary. £288m net revenue. 18 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
29 Jun 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Derby is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (23 of 51 seats). Net revenue is £288m for 2025-26. It covers 18 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 45% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Mary Evelyn Ashby | Lab | Abbey | 2023 |
| Paul Thomas Hezelgrave | Lab | Abbey | 2023 |
| Sue Bonser | Lab | Abbey | 2023 |
| Ged Potter | Con | Allestree | 2023 |
| Kieran Alexander Morgan-McGeehan | Con | Allestree | 2023 |
| Steve Hassall | Con | Allestree | 2023 |
| Alan Graves | Ind | Alvaston North | 2023 |
| John Evans | Ind | Alvaston North | 2023 |
| Kirk Lewis Kus | Ind | Alvaston North | 2023 |
| Alan Lindsey | Ind | Alvaston South | 2023 |
| Stephen William Fowke | Ind | Alvaston South | 2023 |
| Timothy Prosser | Ind | Alvaston South | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy unitary authoritie: 46% 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 | £1,809 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £294 |
| Fire & rescue | £93 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,196 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Derby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDACTED | £2.13m | 6.2% | 1,614 |
| DERBYSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £0.95m | 2.8% | 2 |
| DCG | £0.72m | 2.1% | 2 |
| MERCER BUILDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £0.70m | 2.0% | 6 |
| RESPECT COLLABORATION TRUST KINGSMEAD SCHOOL | £0.65m | 1.9% | 130 |
| SWANTON CARE & COMMUNITY | £0.60m | 1.7% | 361 |
| DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | £0.60m | 1.7% | 7 |
| ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY | £0.58m | 1.7% | 4 |
| DERBY CITY BSF LIMITED | £0.55m | 1.6% | 1 |
| DERBY SCHOOL SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £0.52m | 1.5% | 1 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED | £1.15m |
| Childrens Services | REDACTED | £0.91m |
| Planning And Economic | DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | £0.57m |
| Waste And Recycling | MERCER BUILDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £0.49m |
| Corporate And Central | TOTALENERGIES GAS AND POWER LIMITED. | £0.34m |
| Housing And Homelessness | REDACTED | £0.01m |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby South | 9 | 50% | Baggy Shanker | Ind |
| Derby North | 5 | 28% | Catherine Atkinson | Lab |
| Mid Derbyshire | 4 | 22% | Jonathan Davies | 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
9,944 payments · 4 Dec 2025 – 22 Dec 2025
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level