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Great Yarmouth.

Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £15m net revenue. 17 wards across 1 parliamentary constituency.

Typedistrict
Seats39 councillors · 17 wards
Last election4 May 2023
Net revenue · 2025-26
£15m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,305
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
19/39
Conservative and Unionist Party 49%
Westminster
1
constituencies overlap
Dispatch
29 Jun 2026

Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, opposed area.

Great Yarmouth is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (19 of 39 seats). Net revenue is £15m for 2025-26. It covers 17 wards spanning 1 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.39 seats · last contested 4 May 2023

Who sits in the chamber.

Con 19Lab 18Ind 2

Conservative and Unionist Party 49% · last contested 4 May 2023

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Carl SmithConBradwell North2023
Daniel CandonConBradwell North2023
Graham Robert PlantConBradwell North2023
Antony Daniel CapewellLabBradwell South and Hopton2023
Carl Adrian AnnisonConBradwell South and Hopton2023
Katy StenhouseConBradwell South and Hopton2023
Gary William BoydConCaister North2023
Penny CarpenterConCaister North2023
Brian Alfred LawnConCaister South2023
Malcolm Dudley BirdConCaister South2023
Cathy Cordiner-AchenbachLabCentral and Northgate2023
Jade Marlene Marie MartinLabCentral and Northgate2023
Showing 12 of 39·All 39 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

40%
Council tax
£6.0m · median 61%
37%
Central grants
£5.4m · median 26%
23%
Business rates
£3.5m · median 11%

This is a grant-heavy councils (district): 40% 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£192
County / upper-tier£1,756
Police£330
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Parish average£27
Total Band-D£2,305

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 Great Yarmouth 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 & Recycling44.4% of net spend · cohort median 32%
19 of 158+39% vs median
Corporate & Central20.1% of net spend · cohort median 27%
120 of 158-25% vs median
Housing & Homelessness18.8% of net spend · cohort median 14%
35 of 158+34% vs median
Planning & Economic Development11.4% of net spend · cohort median 14%
106 of 158-21% vs median
Culture & Leisure4.3% of net spend · cohort median 13%
139 of 158-68% vs median
Highways & Transport1.0% of net spend · cohort median -2%
29 of 158
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.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.17 wards split across 1 parliamentary seat
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Great Yarmouth17100% Rupert LoweInd
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
Not yet ingested for Great Yarmouth
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level