Derbyshire Dales.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £11m net revenue. 21 wards across 1 parliamentary constituency.
29 Jun 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, opposed area.
Derbyshire Dales is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (12 of 35 seats). Net revenue is £11m for 2025-26. It covers 21 wards spanning 1 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 34% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter David Lewis Dobbs | LD | Ashbourne North | 2023 |
| Stuart Lees | Con | Ashbourne North | 2023 |
| Anthony Edward Bates | Con | Ashbourne South | 2023 |
| Nick Wilton | LD | Ashbourne South | 2023 |
| Robert James Archer | LD | Ashbourne South | 2023 |
| Gareth Gee | Con | Bakewell | 2023 |
| Mark Anthony Wakeman | Con | Bakewell | 2023 |
| Mark Anthony Wakeman | Con | Bakewell | 2019 |
| Matt Buckler | Grn | Bonsall & Winster | 2023 |
| Andy Nash | Lab | Bradwell | 2023 |
| Geoff Bond | Con | Brailsford | 2023 |
| Kelda Boothroyd | Grn | Calver & Longstone | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 67% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (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 | £244 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,629 |
| Police | £294 |
| Fire & rescue | £93 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £72 |
| Total Band-D | £2,332 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Derbyshire Dales 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.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire Dales | 21 | 100% | John Whitby | Lab |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 163 other councils (district)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
Not yet ingested for Derbyshire Dales
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level