Fareham.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £12m net revenue. 16 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Fareham is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (16 of 26 seats). Net revenue is £12m for 2025-26. It covers 16 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 62% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert William Ellis | Con | Avenue | 2026 |
| Tina Lesley Ellis | Con | Avenue | 2024 |
| Kerry Stubbs | Ref | Fareham Park | 2026 |
| Fred Birkett | Con | Fareham Park | 2024 |
| Kirsten Wiltshire | LD | Fareham Town | 2026 |
| Lisa Jane Whittle | LD | Fareham Town | 2024 |
| Stephen Paul Ingram | Con | Fort Fareham | 2026 |
| Gemma Furnivall | Lab | Fort Fareham | 2024 |
| Steve Dugan | Con | Hill Head | 2026 |
| Frair Louise Burgess | Con | Hook With Warsash | 2026 |
| Mike Ford | Con | Hook With Warsash | 2024 |
| Malcolm Roy Daniells | Con | Locks Heath | 2026 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 73% 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 | £191 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,610 |
| Police | £275 |
| Fire & rescue | £88 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,165 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Fareham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | £25.75m | 43.7% | 38 |
| DLUH&C (NOW MHCLG) | £7.60m | 12.9% | 9 |
| DLUH&C (DEPT. FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING & COMMUNITIES) | £6.56m | 11.1% | 6 |
| POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER HAMPSHIRE | £4.09m | 6.9% | 4 |
| FELTHAM CONSTRUCTION LIMTED | £2.94m | 5.0% | 4 |
| MOUNTJOY LTD | £1.56m | 2.6% | 505 |
| HAMPSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE | £1.46m | 2.5% | 4 |
| ATLAS FM LTD | £0.63m | 1.1% | 95 |
| BLOOM PROCUREMENT SERVICES LIMITED | £0.60m | 1.0% | 16 |
| PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCIL | £0.54m | 0.9% | 12 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
Fareham’s territory crosses 3 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fareham and Waterlooville | 8 | 50% | Suella Braverman | Ref |
| Hamble Valley | 6 | 38% | Paul Holmes | Con |
| Gosport | 2 | 13% | Caroline Dinenage | Con |
This council holds 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist 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
2,533 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level