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Rushcliffe.

Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £14m net revenue. 24 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.

Typedistrict
Seats46 councillors · 24 wards
Last election4 May 2023
Net revenue · 2025-26
£14m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,532
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
25/46
Conservative and Unionist Party 54%
Westminster
2
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Rushcliffe is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (25 of 46 seats). Net revenue is £14m for 2025-26. It covers 24 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.46 seats · last contested 4 May 2023

Who sits in the chamber.

Con 25Lab 11Independent Berwick Hills Resident 5Green 2Rushcliffe Independents 2LD 1

Conservative and Unionist Party 54% · last contested 4 May 2023

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Julie ChaplainLabAbbey2023
Penny GowlandLabAbbey2023
Steve CalvertLabAbbey2023
Gareth Tyson Alan WilliamsConBingham North2023
Nigel Kenneth ReganConBingham North2023
Elena GeorgiouIndBingham South2023
Rowan BirdIndBingham South2023
Andy EdyveanConBunny2023
Alan PhillipsConCompton Acres2023
Hari OmConCompton Acres2023
Keir ChewingsIndCotgrave2023
Richard ButlerConCotgrave2023
Showing 12 of 46·All 46 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

64%
Council tax
£8.7m · median 61%
26%
Central grants
£3.6m · median 26%
10%
Business rates
£1.4m · median 11%

Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 64% council tax, 26% central grants.

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

Band-D bill.

Council slice£183
County / upper-tier£1,895
Police£296
Fire & rescue£97
GLA precept£0
Parish average£61
Total Band-D£2,532

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

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

How does Rushcliffe 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 & Recycling41.9% of net spend · cohort median 32%
25 of 158+31% vs median
Planning & Economic Development21.2% of net spend · cohort median 14%
29 of 158+47% vs median
Corporate & Central20.8% of net spend · cohort median 27%
115 of 158-22% vs median
Culture & Leisure12.1% of net spend · cohort median 13%
92 of 158-10% vs median
Housing & Homelessness9.0% of net spend · cohort median 14%
127 of 158-36% vs median
Highways & Transport-4.9% of net spend · cohort median -2%
104 of 158
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.175 payments · £13.3m gross · 4 Dec 202522 Dec 2025

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
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL£10.33m77.8%4
NOTTS POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER£1.42m10.7%1
NOTTS FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE£0.50m3.8%1
DANAHER & WALSH (CIVIL ENGINEERING) LTD£0.13m1.0%3
PROLUDIC£0.11m0.8%1
SPECIALISED GROUP LTD£0.10m0.7%1
TRENT BRIDGE COMMUNITY TRUST£0.06m0.4%1
PARKWOOD LEISURE LTD£0.05m0.4%4
FORD MOTOR COMPANY LTD£0.04m0.3%2
JOHNSON & SMITH (LINCOLN) LTD£0.03m0.2%1

By service area · top supplier

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

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.24 wards split across 2 parliamentary seats

Rushcliffe’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
Rushcliffe2083% James NaishLab
Newark417% Robert JenrickRef
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist Party-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
175 payments · 4 Dec 202522 Dec 2025
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level