North Somerset.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled unitary. £229m net revenue. 35 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
North Somerset is a unitary controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (16 of 56 seats). Net revenue is £229m for 2025-26. It covers 35 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 29% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget Petty | Grn | Backwell | 2023 |
| Bridget Petty | Grn | Backwell | 2019 |
| Joe Tristram | Grn | Banwell Winscombe | 2023 |
| Tom Nicholson | Grn | Banwell Winscombe | 2023 |
| Ann Harley | Con | Banwell Winscombe | 2019 |
| Patrick Keating | LD | Blagdon Churchill | 2023 |
| David William Shopland | Ind | Clevedon East | 2023 |
| Hannah Margaret Young | Lab | Clevedon South | 2023 |
| Michael Pryke | Con | Clevedon Walton | 2023 |
| Luke Smith | Con | Clevedon West | 2023 |
| Chris Blades | Con | Clevedon Yeo | 2023 |
| Dan Thomas | Grn | Congresbury Puxton | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax unitary authoritie: 64% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (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 | £1,794 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £293 |
| Fire & rescue | £90 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £118 |
| Total Band-D | £2,295 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does North Somerset 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALLIFORD TRY CONSTRUCTION LTD | £9.84m | 7.4% | 5 |
| NORTH SOMERSET ENVIRONMENT COMPANY | £6.59m | 5.0% | 193 |
| DELT SHARED SERVICES LTD | £6.33m | 4.8% | 200 |
| OCTAVIUS INFRASTRUCTURE LTD | £3.99m | 3.0% | 9 |
| JOHN WAINWRIGHT & CO LTD | £2.96m | 2.2% | 27 |
| (H/C) BRANDON TRUST | £2.62m | 2.0% | 907 |
| (H/C) ACCESS YOUR CARE LTD | £2.55m | 1.9% | 1,301 |
| LIBERATA UK LTD T/A CAPACITYGRID | £2.50m | 1.9% | 152 |
| NETWORK VENTURES LTD T/A NETWORK HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS LTD | £2.24m | 1.7% | 942 |
| SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL | £2.15m | 1.6% | 30 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
North Somerset’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Somerset | 19 | 54% | Sadik Al-Hassan | Lab |
| Weston-super-Mare | 12 | 34% | Dan Aldridge | Lab |
| Wells and Mendip Hills | 4 | 11% | Tessa Munt | LD |
This council holds 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist 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
35,776 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 1 May 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level