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East Cambridgeshire.

Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £10m net revenue. 14 wards across 1 parliamentary constituency.

Typedistrict
Seats34 councillors · 14 wards
Last election4 May 2023
Net revenue · 2025-26
£10m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,374
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
18/34
Conservative and Unionist Party 53%
Westminster
1
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, opposed area.

East Cambridgeshire is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (18 of 34 seats). Net revenue is £10m for 2025-26. It covers 14 wards spanning 1 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.34 seats · last contested 4 May 2023

Who sits in the chamber.

Con 18LD 16

Conservative and Unionist Party 53% · last contested 4 May 2023

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Charlotte CaneLDBottisham2023
John Joseph TrappLDBottisham2023
David BrownConBurwell2023
Lavinia EdwardsConBurwell2023
David BrownConBurwell2019
Anna BaileyConDownham Villages2023
Anna BaileyConDownham Villages2019
Kathrin Julia HoltzmannLDEly East2023
Mary Helen WadeLDEly East2023
Alison WhelanLDEly North2023
Chika AkinwaleLDEly North2023
Alison WhelanLDEly North2019
Showing 12 of 34·All 34 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

51%
Council tax
£5.0m · median 61%
34%
Central grants
£3.3m · median 26%
14%
Business rates
£1.4m · median 11%

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£142
County / upper-tier£1,701
Police£299
Fire & rescue£87
GLA precept£36
Parish average£109
Total Band-D£2,374

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.6 buckets · vs 163 other councils (district)

How does East Cambridgeshire 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.

Waste & Recycling43.9% of net spend · cohort median 32%
20 of 158+37% vs median
Planning & Economic Development23.9% of net spend · cohort median 14%
18 of 158+66% vs median
Corporate & Central17.7% of net spend · cohort median 27%
131 of 158-34% vs median
Housing & Homelessness13.9% of net spend · cohort median 14%
81 of 158-1% vs median
Highways & Transport1.1% of net spend · cohort median -2%
28 of 158
Culture & Leisure-0.5% of net spend · cohort median 13%
151 of 158-104% 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.

§ 04Top suppliers.4,508 payments · £17.1m gross · 3 Dec 202529 Apr 2026

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

SupplierPaidSharePmts
KIER CONSTRUCTION LTD T/A KIER CONSTRUCTION EASTERN£3.96m23.1%5
REDACTED PERSONAL DATA£2.48m14.5%3,434
EAST CAMBS STREET SCENE LTD£2.06m12.0%22
DENNIS EAGLE LTD£1.12m6.6%5
SOHAM TOWN COUNCIL£0.80m4.7%2
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL£0.65m3.8%12
EAST CAMBS TRADING CO LTD£0.48m2.8%24
BRECKLAND COUNCIL£0.46m2.7%19
EAST CAMBS DISTRICT COUNCIL£0.31m1.8%22
SAINSBURY'S SUPERMARKETS LIMITED£0.26m1.5%1

By service area · top supplier

Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.14 wards split across 1 parliamentary seat
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Ely and East Cambridgeshire14100% Charlotte CaneLD
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
4,508 payments · 3 Dec 202529 Apr 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level