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South Derbyshire.

Labour Party-controlled district. £14m net revenue. 15 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.

Typedistrict
Seats36 councillors · 15 wards
Last election4 May 2023
Net revenue · 2025-26
£14m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,232
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
23/36
Labour Party 64%
Westminster
2
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.

South Derbyshire is a district controlled by Labour Party (23 of 36 seats). Net revenue is £14m for 2025-26. It covers 15 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.36 seats · last contested 4 May 2023

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 23Con 12Independent Berwick Hills Resident 1

Labour Party 64% · last contested 4 May 2023

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Daniel CorbinConAston2023
Neil AtkinConAston2023
Peter WatsonConAston2023
Alan Steven HaynesLabChurch Gresley2023
Ben StuartLabChurch Gresley2023
Gordon Edgar RhindLabChurch Gresley2023
Andrew William KirkeConEtwall2023
David MullerConEtwall2023
Julie Therese JacksonLabHatton2023
Andy BillingsConHilton2019
Jason WhittenhamConHilton2019
Julie Elizabeth PattenConHilton2019
Showing 12 of 36·All 36 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

53%
Council tax
£7.4m · median 61%
37%
Central grants
£5.1m · median 26%
10%
Business rates
£1.5m · median 11%

This is a grant-heavy councils (district): 53% from council tax vs the cohort median of 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£185
County / upper-tier£1,629
Police£294
Fire & rescue£93
GLA precept£0
Parish average£30
Total Band-D£2,232

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 South Derbyshire 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 & Recycling39.7% of net spend · cohort median 32%
32 of 158+24% vs median
Culture & Leisure26.4% of net spend · cohort median 13%
9 of 158+97% vs median
Planning & Economic Development11.9% of net spend · cohort median 14%
103 of 158-17% vs median
Corporate & Central11.4% of net spend · cohort median 27%
147 of 158-57% vs median
Housing & Homelessness10.3% of net spend · cohort median 14%
117 of 158-27% vs median
Highways & Transport0.3% of net spend · cohort median -2%
39 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.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.15 wards split across 2 parliamentary seats
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
South Derbyshire1387% Samantha NiblettLab
Derbyshire Dales213% John WhitbyLab
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
Not yet ingested for South Derbyshire
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level