Plymouth.
Reform UK-controlled unitary. £302m net revenue. 20 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Reform UK chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Plymouth is a unitary controlled by Reform UK (14 of 22 seats). Net revenue is £302m for 2025-26. It covers 20 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Reform UK 64% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Cooke | Ref | Budshead | 2026 |
| Helen Mary Kelly | Ref | Compton | 2026 |
| Paul Victor Rielly | Ref | Devonport | 2026 |
| Saahi Aroori | Grn | Drake | 2026 |
| Chris Sharpe | Ref | Efford Lipson | 2026 |
| Paul Charles McNamara | Lab | Efford Lipson | 2024 |
| Paul Hagan | Ref | Eggbuckland | 2026 |
| Ben David Rowe | Ref | Ham | 2026 |
| Shaun Hooper | Ref | Honicknowle | 2026 |
| Andrew David Crumplin | Ref | Moor View | 2026 |
| Jeremy Goslin | Lab | Peverell | 2026 |
| Angie Smith | Ref | Plympton Chaddlewood | 2026 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy unitary authoritie: 48% 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 | £1,933 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £288 |
| Fire & rescue | £105 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,325 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Plymouth 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.
Plymouth’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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | 8 | 40% | Luke Pollard | Ind |
| Plymouth Moor View | 7 | 35% | Fred Thomas | Lab |
| South West Devon | 5 | 25% | Rebecca Smith | Con |
This council holds 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Reform UK-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
Not yet ingested for Plymouth
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level