Rother.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £13m net revenue. 20 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, Conservative and Unionist Party MPs.
Rother is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (10 of 38 seats). Net revenue is £13m for 2025-26. It covers 20 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 26% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Bayliss | Lab | Bexhill Central | 2023 |
| Ruairi Anthony McCourt | Lab | Bexhill Central | 2023 |
| Ashan Jeeawon | Ind | Bexhill Collington | 2023 |
| Doug Oliver | Ind | Bexhill Collington | 2023 |
| Andrew Peter Hayward | Ind | Bexhill Kewhurst | 2023 |
| Brian John Drayson | Ind | Bexhill Kewhurst | 2023 |
| Mark Colby Legg | Lab | Bexhill Old Town Worsham | 2023 |
| Polly Janet Gray | Grn | Bexhill Old Town Worsham | 2023 |
| Charles Albert Clark | Ind | Bexhill Pebsham St Michaels | 2023 |
| Gareth Robert Michael Delany | Lab | Bexhill Pebsham St Michaels | 2023 |
| Hazel Linda Timpe | Ind | Bexhill Sackville | 2023 |
| Terry Byrne | Ind | Bexhill Sackville | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 68% 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 | £231 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,867 |
| Police | £267 |
| Fire & rescue | £112 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £84 |
| Total Band-D | £2,561 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Rother 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL | £3.69m | 32.6% | 36 |
| BMR CONSTRUCTION LTD | £1.02m | 9.0% | 4 |
| ROOST PEOPLE LTD | £0.48m | 4.2% | 136 |
| O´NEILL PATIENT SOLICITORS LLP CLIENTS ACCOUNT | £0.34m | 3.0% | 1 |
| EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | £0.28m | 2.5% | 32 |
| DBR (LONDON) LIMITED | £0.23m | 2.1% | 3 |
| DE LA WARR PAVILION CHARITABLE TRUST | £0.23m | 2.0% | 8 |
| DTB CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD | £0.19m | 1.7% | 5 |
| G2V RECRUITMENT GROUP LTD, T/A VIVID RESOURCING | £0.19m | 1.6% | 62 |
| HAWORTH TOMPKINS LTD | £0.18m | 1.6% | 5 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexhill and Battle | 18 | 90% | Kieran Mullan | Con |
| Hastings and Rye | 3 | 15% | Helena Dollimore | Ind |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 163 other councils (district)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
3,864 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level