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Rochford.

Reform UK-controlled district. £12m net revenue. 13 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.

Typedistrict
Seats39 councillors · 13 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Net revenue · 2025-26
£12m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,268
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
13/39
Reform UK 33%
Westminster
2
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Reform UK chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Rochford is a district controlled by Reform UK (13 of 39 seats). Net revenue is £12m for 2025-26. It covers 13 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.39 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Ref 13Con 8LD 8Independent Berwick Hills Resident 5Rochford District Residents 4Ind 1

Reform UK 33% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Chris StanleyLDDownhall Rawreth2026
Rob InceRefDownhall Rawreth2026
Jim CrippsLDDownhall Rawreth2024
Jo McPhersonIndFoulness The Wakerings2026
Gary William MyersIndFoulness The Wakerings2024
Daniel EfdeConFoulness The Wakerings2023
Katherine Elizabeth ReidRefHawkwell East2026
Robert ReidRefHawkwell East2026
Mike WebbIndHawkwell East2024
Stephen William James MaceRefHawkwell West2026
Ian Clive WilsonIndHawkwell West2024
Nick BoothIndHawkwell West2023
Showing 12 of 39·All 39 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

73%
Council tax
£8.9m · median 61%
19%
Central grants
£2.3m · median 26%
8%
Business rates
£1.0m · median 11%

This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 73% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (61%).

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£268
County / upper-tier£1,580
Police£260
Fire & rescue£88
GLA precept£0
Parish average£73
Total Band-D£2,268

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.6 buckets · vs 163 other councils (district)

How does Rochford split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (district)-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.

Waste & Recycling34.1% of net spend · cohort median 32%
60 of 158+7% vs median
Corporate & Central31.6% of net spend · cohort median 27%
50 of 158+18% vs median
Culture & Leisure13.8% of net spend · cohort median 13%
74 of 158+3% vs median
Planning & Economic Development13.8% of net spend · cohort median 14%
86 of 158-4% vs median
Housing & Homelessness12.8% of net spend · cohort median 14%
90 of 158-9% vs median
Highways & Transport-6.1% of net spend · cohort median -2%
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How to read these bars

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.

§ 04Top suppliers.1,117 payments · £17.2m gross · 4 Dec 2025 – 26 Feb 2026

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

SupplierPaidSharePmts
LLOYDS TSB BANK£5.48m31.8%8
FEDERATED PRIME - BANK OF NEW YORK£5.00m29.0%3
DCLG£1.57m9.1%6
BRENTWOOD BOROUGH COUNCIL£1.04m6.1%12
DEUTSCHE BANK - TREASURY£1.00m5.8%1
ROCHFORD NORSE LTD£0.35m2.0%2
MHCLG (ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE)£0.28m1.6%1
INLAND REVENUE£0.17m1.0%4
MATRIX SCM LTD£0.16m0.9%66
ESSEX PENSION FUND£0.14m0.8%2

By service area · top supplier

Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.13 wards split across 2 parliamentary seats

Rochford’s territory crosses 2 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Rayleigh and Wickford1077% Mark FrancoisCon
Southend East and Rochford323% Bayo AlabaLab
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Reform UK-controlled district — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 163 other councils (district)
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
1,117 payments · 4 Dec 2025 – 26 Feb 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level