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Knowsley.

Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £247m net revenue. 15 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.

Typemetropolitan_borough
Seats45 councillors · 15 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Websiteknowsley.gov.uk ↗
Net revenue · 2025-26
£247m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,371
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
25/45
Labour Party 56%
Westminster
4
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
15 Jul 2026

Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.

Knowsley is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (25 of 45 seats). Net revenue is £247m for 2025-26. It covers 15 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.45 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 25Green 7Ind 6Ref 4LD 3

Labour Party 56% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
David HitchmoughIndCherryfield2026
Sean DonnellyLabCherryfield2024
Jayne Elizabeth AstonLabCherryfield2023
Brian BeddowsRefHalewood North2026
Alan FluteLabHalewood North2024
Shelley PowellLabHalewood North2023
Joanne HarveyIndHalewood South2026
Edna FinneranLabHalewood South2024
Barbara Elizabeth DunnIndHalewood South2023
Alexander HitchmoughRefNorthwood2026
Matthew RawlinsonLabNorthwood2024
Marie Ellen StuartLabNorthwood2023
Showing 12 of 45·All 45 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

31%
Council tax
£76.4m · median 44%
50%
Central grants
£122.8m · median 41%
19%
Business rates
£48.0m · median 14%

This is a grant-heavy councils (metropolitan_borough): 31% from council tax vs the cohort median of 44%.

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£1,933
County / upper-tier£0
Police£279
Fire & rescue£96
GLA precept£24
Parish average£40
Total Band-D£2,371

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

Use the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings.

§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.10 buckets · vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)

How does Knowsley split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-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.

Education40.5% of net spend · cohort median 41%
19 of 350% vs median
Adult Social Care26.6% of net spend · cohort median 26%
14 of 35+3% vs median
Children's Services13.4% of net spend · cohort median 15%
28 of 35-12% vs median
Corporate & Central6.5% of net spend · cohort median 3%
1 of 35+112% vs median
Public Health4.8% of net spend · cohort median 4%
8 of 35+10% vs median
Highways & Transport2.7% of net spend · cohort median 2%
2 of 35+81% vs median
Planning & Economic Development2.1% of net spend · cohort median 2%
5 of 35+36% vs median
Waste & Recycling1.4% of net spend · cohort median 4%
35 of 35-66% vs median
Culture & Leisure1.3% of net spend · cohort median 2%
34 of 35-47% vs median
Housing & Homelessness0.8% of net spend · cohort median 2%
30 of 35-54% 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.13,987 payments · £80.8m gross · 3 Feb 2026 – 3 Dec 2026

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
REDACTED£10.96m13.6%2,608
MERSEYSIDE RECYCLING AND WASTE AUTHORITY£2.81m3.5%3
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD£2.69m3.3%4
ALTERNATIVE FUTURES GROUP£2.67m3.3%170
TRANSFORM SCHOOLS (KNOWSLEY)LTD£2.40m3.0%16
POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR MERSEYSIDE£2.31m2.9%3
MATRIX SCM LTD£1.76m2.2%311
TARMAC TRADING LTD£1.62m2.0%61
LIVERPOOL CITY REGION COMBINED AUTHORITY£1.41m1.7%3
BROTHERS OF CHARITY - (REDACTED)£1.39m1.7%110

By service area · top supplier

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

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.15 wards split across 4 parliamentary seats
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Knowsley960% Anneliese MidgleyLab
Widnes and Halewood320% Derek TwiggLab
Liverpool West Derby213% Ian ByrneLab
St Helens South and Whiston17% Marie RimmerLab
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 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
13,987 payments · 3 Feb 2026 – 3 Dec 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level