Halton.
Labour Party-controlled unitary. £164m net revenue. 18 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Halton is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (35 of 54 seats). Net revenue is £164m for 2025-26. It covers 18 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 65% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul David Musker | Ref | Appleton | 2026 |
| Eddie Jones | Lab | Appleton | 2024 |
| Ged Philbin | Lab | Appleton | 2023 |
| Claire Louise Aberdeen | Ref | Bankfield | 2026 |
| Tony McDermott | Lab | Bankfield | 2024 |
| Louise Margaret Goodall | Lab | Bankfield | 2023 |
| Gareth Charles Stockton | LD | Beechwood Heath | 2026 |
| Margaret Anna Ratcliffe | LD | Beechwood Heath | 2024 |
| Chris Rowe | LD | Beechwood Heath | 2023 |
| James Michael Coopersmith | Ref | Birchfield | 2026 |
| Angela Heather Ball | Lab | Birchfield | 2024 |
| Bill Woolfall | Lab | Birchfield | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy unitary authoritie: 41% from council tax vs the cohort median of 59%.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,847 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £277 |
| Fire & rescue | £95 |
| GLA precept | £24 |
| Parish average | £7 |
| Total Band-D | £2,249 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Halton split its revenue across services, compared with peer unitary authoritie-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £3.22m | 15.7% | 1,712 |
| HALTON & KENT COMMERCIAL SERVICES LLP | £1.26m | 6.1% | 1,492 |
| MERSEY GATEWAY CROSSINGS BOARD | £0.63m | 3.1% | 1 |
| HALTON HOUSING TRUST | £0.58m | 2.8% | 5 |
| KROL CORLETT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £0.45m | 2.2% | 1 |
| BALFOUR BEATTY REGIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED | £0.43m | 2.1% | 1 |
| POSSABILITIES CIC | £0.37m | 1.8% | 14 |
| COMMUNITY INTEGRATED CARE LTD | £0.37m | 1.8% | 21 |
| HTP GRANGE LTD | £0.36m | 1.7% | 2 |
| WARDEN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £0.35m | 1.7% | 2 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £2.68m |
| Corporate And Central | HALTON & KENT COMMERCIAL SERVICES LLP | £0.78m |
| Planning And Economic | KROL CORLETT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £0.45m |
| Highways And Transport | BALFOUR BEATTY REGIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED | £0.43m |
| Education | HTP GRANGE LTD | £0.36m |
| Public Health | BRIDGEWATER COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE | £0.30m |
| Childrens Services | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £0.23m |
Halton’s territory crosses 2 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runcorn and Helsby | 9 | 50% | Sarah Pochin | Ref |
| Widnes and Halewood | 9 | 50% | Derek Twigg | Lab |
This council holds 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Labour Party-controlled unitary — 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 62 other unitary authorities
Police, Fire, Parish on top
5,983 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 24 Dec 2025
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level