Liverpool.
Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £735m net revenue. 63 wards across 5 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Liverpool is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (62 of 85 seats). Net revenue is £735m for 2025-26. It covers 63 wards spanning 5 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 73% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Antrobus | LD | Aigburth | 2023 |
| Andrew Kendrick Makinson | LD | Allerton | 2023 |
| Billy Marrat | Lab | Anfield | 2023 |
| Lena Simic | Lab | Anfield | 2023 |
| Laura Robertson-Collins | Lab | Arundel | 2023 |
| Lynnie Hinnigan | Lab | Belle Vale | 2023 |
| Ruth Lilian Bennett | Lab | Belle Vale | 2023 |
| Nick Crofts | Lab | Broadgreen | 2023 |
| Heather Westhead | Lab | Brownlow Hill | 2023 |
| Tom Cardwell | Lab | Brownlow Hill | 2023 |
| Liz Makinson | LD | Calderstones | 2023 |
| Nathalie Alicia Nicholas | Lab | Canning | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy councils (metropolitan_borough): 34% 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 | £2,147 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £279 |
| Fire & rescue | £96 |
| GLA precept | £24 |
| Total Band-D | £2,546 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Liverpool 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIVERPOOL CITY REGION COMBINED AUTH | £3.99m | 6.1% | 2 |
| PERK UK LIMITED (CLICK TRAVEL) | £3.08m | 4.7% | 1,710 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £2.49m | 3.8% | 1,293 |
| LIVERPOOL WATERS FINANCE LTD | £1.80m | 2.7% | 1 |
| LIVERPOOL SCHOOLS SERVICES LTD VARI | £1.68m | 2.6% | 14 |
| MATRIX SCM LTD | £1.55m | 2.4% | 1,321 |
| HUYTON ASPHALT LTD | £1.23m | 1.9% | 4 |
| AUTISM INITIATIVES | £1.18m | 1.8% | 494 |
| DOWHIGH LTD | £1.09m | 1.7% | 4 |
| MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £1.08m | 1.6% | 3 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Waste And Recycling | PERK UK LIMITED (CLICK TRAVEL) | £3.06m |
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £2.08m |
| Planning And Economic | LIVERPOOL WATERS FINANCE LTD | £1.80m |
| Childrens Services | LIVERPOOL SCHOOLS SERVICES LTD VARI | £1.68m |
| Corporate And Central | PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD | £0.28m |
| Education | SEDDON CONSTRUCTION LTD | £0.14m |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Wavertree | 15 | 24% | Paula Barker | Lab |
| Liverpool Riverside | 14 | 22% | Kim Johnson | Lab |
| Liverpool Garston | 13 | 21% | Maria Eagle | Lab |
| Liverpool Walton | 13 | 21% | Dan Carden | Lab |
| Liverpool West Derby | 9 | 14% | Ian Byrne | 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
14,981 payments · 4 Dec 2025 – 30 Jan 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level