Swindon.
Labour Party-controlled unitary. £219m net revenue. 20 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Swindon is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (42 of 57 seats). Net revenue is £219m for 2025-26. It covers 20 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 74% · last contested 2 May 2024
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vijay Kumar Manro | Con | Blunsdon Highworth | 2024 |
| Nick Gardiner | Con | Blunsdon Highworth | 2023 |
| Steve Weisinger | Con | Blunsdon Highworth | 2022 |
| Domingos Seby Dias | Lab | Central | 2024 |
| Adorabelle Domnica Shaikh | Lab | Central | 2023 |
| Anabelle Patricia Pegado | Con | Central | 2022 |
| Neil Lawrence Hopkins | Lab | Chiseldon Lawn | 2023 |
| Lawrence William Elliott | Con | Chiseldon Lawn | 2022 |
| Barbara Parry | Con | Covingham Dorcan | 2024 |
| Dale James Heenan | Con | Covingham Dorcan | 2023 |
| Kevin James Parry | Con | Covingham Dorcan | 2022 |
| Marina Strinkovsky | Lab | Eastcott | 2024 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax unitary authoritie: 64% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (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 | £1,778 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £283 |
| Fire & rescue | £92 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £165 |
| Total Band-D | £2,318 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Swindon 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £7.85m | 10.9% | 2,333 |
| MATRIX SCM LIMITED | £3.03m | 4.2% | 9 |
| EDUCATION SUPPORT (SWINDON) LTD | £2.36m | 3.3% | 11 |
| CROWDYS HILL SCHOOL | £1.66m | 2.3% | 21 |
| FIRST CITY NURSING SERVICES | £1.39m | 1.9% | 749 |
| VIRIDOR ENERGY LTD | £1.22m | 1.7% | 2 |
| THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION | £1.10m | 1.5% | 82 |
| ANGLIAN BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED | £0.98m | 1.4% | 162 |
| NEW COLLEGE SWINDON | £0.91m | 1.3% | 7 |
| WEST MERCIA ENERGY | £0.88m | 1.2% | 8 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £3.21m |
| Education | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £2.05m |
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £1.80m |
| Housing And Homelessness | ANGLIAN BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED | £0.98m |
| Highways And Transport | CONNOR CONSTRUCTION (SOUTH WEST) LTD | £0.85m |
| Childrens Services | BRUNEL EDUCATION | £0.06m |
Swindon’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon South | 10 | 50% | Heidi Alexander | Lab |
| Swindon North | 8 | 40% | Will Stone | Lab |
| East Wiltshire | 2 | 10% | Danny Kruger | Ref |
This council holds 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Labour Party-controlled unitary — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 62 other unitary authorities
Police, Fire, Parish on top
11,124 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Jan 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level