Stoke-on-Trent.
Labour Party-controlled unitary. £321m net revenue. 34 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Stoke-on-Trent is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (29 of 44 seats). Net revenue is £321m for 2025-26. It covers 34 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 66% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Watkins | Lab | Abbey Hulton | 2023 |
| Carl Edwards | Con | Baddeley Milton Norton | 2023 |
| Dave Evans | Con | Baddeley Milton Norton | 2023 |
| Duncan Walker | Lab | Baddeley Milton Norton | 2023 |
| Shaun Pender | Lab | Basford Hartshill | 2023 |
| Lynn Watkins | Lab | Bentilee Ubberley Townsend | 2023 |
| Sarah Jane Colclough | Lab | Bentilee Ubberley Townsend | 2023 |
| Adrian Knapper | Lab | Birches Head Northwood | 2023 |
| Steve Blakemore | Lab | Birches Head Northwood | 2023 |
| Lorraine Beardmore | Con | Blurton | 2023 |
| Andy Platt | Lab | Boothen | 2023 |
| Gurmeet Singh Kallar | Lab | Bradeley Chell Heath | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy unitary authoritie: 37% 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 | £1,699 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £288 |
| Fire & rescue | £92 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,078 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Stoke-on-Trent 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.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent Central | 13 | 38% | Gareth Snell | Ind |
| Stoke-on-Trent North | 11 | 32% | David Williams | Lab |
| Stoke-on-Trent South | 10 | 29% | Allison Gardner | Lab |
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 Stoke-on-Trent
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level