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Hastings.

Green Party of England and Wales-controlled district. £15m net revenue. 16 wards across 1 parliamentary constituency.

Typedistrict
Seats32 councillors · 16 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Net revenue · 2025-26
£15m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,554
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
19/32
Green Party of England and Wales 59%
Westminster
1
constituencies overlap
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Green Party of England and Wales chamber, opposed area.

Hastings is a district controlled by Green Party of England and Wales (19 of 32 seats). Net revenue is £15m for 2025-26. It covers 16 wards spanning 1 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.32 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Green 19Ref 6Lab 4Con 2Ind 1

Green Party of England and Wales 59% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Daniel KendrickRefAshdown2026
Sorrell Marlow-EastwoodConAshdown2024
Will RumfittGrnBaird2026
Yunis SmithGrnBaird2024
Archie LauchlanGrnBraybrooke2026
Mark Richard EtheringtonGrnBraybrooke2024
Steph FawbertGrnCastle2026
Becca HornGrnCastle2024
Solly SolamitoGrnCentral St Leonards2026
Adele Judith BatesGrnCentral St Leonards2024
Rob DrewRefConquest2026
Paul FosterConConquest2024
Showing 12 of 32·All 32 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

54%
Council tax
£8.3m · median 61%
28%
Central grants
£4.3m · median 26%
18%
Business rates
£2.8m · median 11%

This is a grant-heavy councils (district): 54% 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£308
County / upper-tier£1,867
Police£267
Fire & rescue£112
GLA precept£0
Total Band-D£2,554

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 Hastings 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.

Housing & Homelessness59.0% of net spend · cohort median 14%
1 of 158+321% vs median
Waste & Recycling23.3% of net spend · cohort median 32%
139 of 158-27% vs median
Corporate & Central16.6% of net spend · cohort median 27%
137 of 158-38% vs median
Culture & Leisure16.0% of net spend · cohort median 13%
53 of 158+19% vs median
Highways & Transport-2.9% of net spend · cohort median -2%
86 of 158
Planning & Economic Development-12.0% of net spend · cohort median 14%
155 of 158-183% vs median
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.

§ 04Top suppliers.3,473 payments · £13.5m gross · 3 Dec 202523 Dec 2058

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

SupplierPaidSharePmts
COUNCIL TAX / NDR REFUNDS (BACS)£0.93m6.9%571
PHI PROPERTY AQUISITIONS LIMITED£0.83m6.2%125
JUSTIN GODDEN£0.82m6.1%39
WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL£0.74m5.5%14
ROOST PEOPLE LTD (SLA)£0.68m5.1%37
EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL£0.56m4.2%21
PARAMOUNT INDEPENDENT PROPERTY SERVICES£0.50m3.7%27
LILLYBANK HOMES LIMITED£0.48m3.6%5
BOOKER & BEST LTD£0.42m3.1%4
EAST SUSSEX COLLEGE GROUP (ESCG)£0.40m3.0%4

By service area · top supplier

Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.16 wards split across 1 parliamentary seat
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Hastings and Rye16100% Helena DollimoreInd
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
3,473 payments · 3 Dec 202523 Dec 2058
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level