Folkestone and Hythe.
Labour Party-controlled district. £19m net revenue. 13 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Folkestone and Hythe is a district controlled by Labour Party (9 of 30 seats). Net revenue is £19m for 2025-26. It covers 13 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 30% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belinda Walker | Lab | Broadmead | 2023 |
| Mike Blakemore | Grn | Cheriton | 2023 |
| Polly Blakemore | Grn | Cheriton | 2023 |
| Rebecca Tamsin Shoob | Grn | Cheriton | 2023 |
| Adrian Ashley Lockwood | Lab | East Folkestone | 2023 |
| Connor Andrew McConville | Lab | East Folkestone | 2023 |
| Jackie Meade | Lab | East Folkestone | 2023 |
| Abena Akuffo-Kelly | Lab | Folkestone Central | 2023 |
| Laura Davison | Lab | Folkestone Central | 2023 |
| Liz McShane | Lab | Folkestone Central | 2023 |
| Nicola Keen | Lab | Folkestone Harbour | 2019 |
| Ray Field | Lab | Folkestone Harbour | 2019 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 66% 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 | £305 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,691 |
| Police | £270 |
| Fire & rescue | £95 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £76 |
| Total Band-D | £2,437 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Folkestone and Hythe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENT COUNTY COUNCIL | £2.24m | 37.5% | 5 |
| MEARS LTD | £0.47m | 7.8% | 20 |
| PENTLAND HOMES | £0.39m | 6.6% | 1 |
| ATG (VENUES) LIMITED | £0.21m | 3.5% | 3 |
| CAN GEOTECHNICAL LTD | £0.17m | 2.9% | 1 |
| NRT BUILDING SERVICES GROUP LTD | £0.16m | 2.6% | 15 |
| SURESERVE COMPLIANCE SOUTH | £0.13m | 2.2% | 6 |
| RODDY NEW HOMES | £0.13m | 2.2% | 1 |
| KENT COUNTY COUNCIL (LASER) | £0.13m | 2.1% | 34 |
| OTTERPOOL PARK LLP | £0.12m | 1.9% | 3 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkestone and Hythe | 11 | 85% | Tony Vaughan | Lab |
| Ashford | 2 | 15% | Sojan Joseph | 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
593 payments · 3 Mar 2026 – 27 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level