Leicester.
Labour Party-controlled unitary. £424m net revenue. 21 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, 3-party MP geography.
Leicester is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (32 of 55 seats). Net revenue is £424m for 2025-26. It covers 21 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 58% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annette Byrne | Lab | Abbey | 2023 |
| Charleigh Barnes | Con | Abbey | 2023 |
| Nagarjun Agath | Con | Abbey | 2023 |
| Nigel Porter | LD | Aylestone | 2023 |
| Scott Kennedy-Lount | LD | Aylestone | 2023 |
| Hazel Orton | Con | Beaumont Leys | 2023 |
| Hemant Rae Bhatia | Con | Beaumont Leys | 2023 |
| Paul Westley | Con | Beaumont Leys | 2023 |
| Jaiantilal Gopal | Con | Belgrave | 2023 |
| Shital Adatia | Con | Belgrave | 2023 |
| Yogesh Chauhan | Con | Belgrave | 2023 |
| Elaine Halford | Lab | Braunstone Park Rowley Fields | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy unitary authoritie: 38% 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 | £2,021 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £300 |
| Fire & rescue | £87 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,408 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Leicester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LTD | £9.59m | 4.0% | 49 |
| ARRIVA MIDLANDS LTD | £7.97m | 3.4% | 10 |
| LOVELL PARTNERSHIPS LTD | £7.92m | 3.3% | 10 |
| CLICK TRAVEL LTD T/A PERK UK LTD | £5.78m | 2.4% | 33 |
| LEICESTER BSF COMPANY 2 LTD | £3.56m | 1.5% | 25 |
| LEICESTER BSF COMPANY 1 LTD | £3.46m | 1.5% | 29 |
| DSAT ASH FIELD ACADEMY | £2.85m | 1.2% | 12 |
| GAP PROPERTY SERVICES (LEICESTER) LTD | £2.81m | 1.2% | 74 |
| REDACTED | £2.78m | 1.2% | 1,060 |
| TURNING POINT SERVICES LTD FA SL&FSB | £2.59m | 1.1% | 11 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | ARTHUR J GALLAGHER INSURANCE BROKERS LTD | £2.30m |
| Planning And Economic | BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LTD | £2.16m |
| Childrens Services | DSAT ASH FIELD ACADEMY | £1.68m |
| Housing And Homelessness | LOVELL PARTNERSHIPS LTD | £1.60m |
| Public Health | TURNING POINT SERVICES LTD FA SL&FSB | £0.77m |
| Adult Social Care | MEDEQUIP ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD | £0.44m |
Leicester’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester South | 8 | 38% | Shockat Adam | Ind |
| Leicester West | 7 | 33% | Liz Kendall | Lab |
| Leicester East | 6 | 29% | Shivani Raja | Con |
This council holds 1 Ind, 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
33,288 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 29 Apr 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level