Gravesham.
Labour Party-controlled district. £14m net revenue. 17 wards across 1 parliamentary constituency.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Gravesham is a district controlled by Labour Party (24 of 43 seats). Net revenue is £14m for 2025-26. It covers 17 wards spanning 1 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 56% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Hills | Con | Chalk | 2023 |
| Christina Marie Rolles | Lab | Coldharbour Perry Street | 2023 |
| Narinderjit Singh Thandi | Lab | Coldharbour Perry Street | 2023 |
| Shane Trevor Mochrie-Cox | Lab | Coldharbour Perry Street | 2023 |
| Deborah Croxton | Lab | Denton | 2023 |
| Lee Kevin Croxton | Lab | Denton | 2023 |
| Helen Ashenden | Con | Higham Shorne | 2023 |
| Jordan Meade | Con | Higham Shorne | 2023 |
| Leslie Mark Pearton | Con | Higham Shorne | 2023 |
| Dakota Dibben | Con | Istead Rise Cobham Luddesdown | 2023 |
| Samir Jassal | Con | Istead Rise Cobham Luddesdown | 2023 |
| Frank Wardle | Con | Meopham North | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 64% council tax, 24% central grants.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £238 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,691 |
| Police | £270 |
| Fire & rescue | £95 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £19 |
| Total Band-D | £2,313 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Gravesham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE | £10.47m | 23.5% | 4 |
| OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | £7.83m | 17.6% | 2 |
| ROSHERVILLE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LTD | £5.42m | 12.2% | 10 |
| GRAVESHAM COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP LLP | £1.63m | 3.7% | 1 |
| WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £1.19m | 2.7% | 5 |
| CARBON 3 LTD | £0.88m | 2.0% | 17 |
| OAKWOOD BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD | £0.83m | 1.9% | 3 |
| HUWS GRAY LTD | £0.64m | 1.4% | 90 |
| A & E ELKINS LTD | £0.60m | 1.3% | 4 |
| NINA CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £0.56m | 1.3% | 182 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravesham | 17 | 100% | Lauren Sullivan | 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
4,025 payments · 5 Dec 2025 – 24 Apr 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level