Knowsley.
Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £247m net revenue. 15 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Knowsley is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (31 of 45 seats). Net revenue is £247m for 2025-26. It covers 15 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 69% · last contested 2 May 2024
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Donnelly | Lab | Cherryfield | 2024 |
| Jayne Elizabeth Aston | Lab | Cherryfield | 2023 |
| David Mark Lonergan | Lab | Cherryfield | 2022 |
| Alan Flute | Lab | Halewood North | 2024 |
| Shelley Powell | Lab | Halewood North | 2023 |
| Terry Powell | Lab | Halewood North | 2022 |
| Edna Finneran | Lab | Halewood South | 2024 |
| Barbara Elizabeth Dunn | Ind | Halewood South | 2023 |
| Joanne Christine Harvey | Ind | Halewood South | 2022 |
| Matthew Rawlinson | Lab | Northwood | 2024 |
| Marie Ellen Stuart | Lab | Northwood | 2023 |
| Harry Bell | Lab | Northwood | 2022 |
Where revenue comes from.
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
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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.
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 | £7.38m | 13.8% | 2,032 |
| TRANSFORM SCHOOLS (KNOWSLEY)LTD | £2.31m | 4.3% | 2 |
| KDC MANAGED ACCOUNTS | £2.17m | 4.1% | 63 |
| TARMAC TRADING LTD | £2.04m | 3.8% | 54 |
| MERSEYSIDE RECYCLING AND WASTE AUTHORITY | £1.85m | 3.5% | 2 |
| ALTERNATIVE FUTURES GROUP | £1.84m | 3.4% | 111 |
| LIVERPOOL CITY REGION COMBINED AUTHORITY | £1.27m | 2.4% | 2 |
| KNOWSLEY TRAVEL | £1.12m | 2.1% | 15 |
| POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR MERSEYSIDE | £1.12m | 2.1% | 2 |
| BROTHERS OF CHARITY - (REDACTED) | £0.92m | 1.7% | 73 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Childrens Services | REDACTED | £3.02m |
| Education | TRANSFORM SCHOOLS (KNOWSLEY)LTD | £2.31m |
| Corporate And Central | KDC MANAGED ACCOUNTS | £2.17m |
| Planning And Economic | TARMAC TRADING LTD | £2.04m |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowsley | 9 | 60% | Anneliese Midgley | Lab |
| Widnes and Halewood | 3 | 20% | Derek Twigg | Lab |
| Liverpool West Derby | 2 | 13% | Ian Byrne | Lab |
| St Helens South and Whiston | 1 | 7% | Marie Rimmer | Lab |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
11,703 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 3 Dec 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level