Tameside.
Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £280m net revenue. 19 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Tameside is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (32 of 57 seats). Net revenue is £280m for 2025-26. It covers 19 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 56% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keiron Lawrence | Ref | Ashton Hurst | 2026 |
| Mohammed Shamsul Karim | Lab | Ashton Hurst | 2024 |
| Mike Glover | Lab | Ashton Hurst | 2023 |
| Danny Carr | Ref | Ashton St Michaels | 2026 |
| Jean Drennan | Lab | Ashton St Michaels | 2024 |
| Andrew McLaren | Lab | Ashton St Michaels | 2023 |
| Raymond Dunning | Ref | Ashton Waterloo | 2026 |
| Sangita Patel | Lab | Ashton Waterloo | 2024 |
| Vimal Choksi | Lab | Ashton Waterloo | 2023 |
| Kim Roberts | Ref | Audenshaw | 2026 |
| Teresa Ann Smith | Lab | Audenshaw | 2024 |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Martin | Lab | Audenshaw | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (metropolitan_borough) median: 44% council tax, 42% 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 | £1,912 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £270 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £129 |
| Parish average | £1 |
| Total Band-D | £2,312 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Tameside split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-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 SUPPLIER | £18.38m | 18.4% | 1,962 |
| GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY | £9.19m | 9.2% | 12 |
| CAPITA - BENEFIT PAYMENTS | £7.37m | 7.4% | 30 |
| INSPIREDSPACES TAMESIDE (PROJECTCO2) LTD | £4.98m | 5.0% | 39 |
| INSPIREDSPACES TAMESIDE LTD | £3.29m | 3.3% | 97 |
| TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £2.71m | 2.7% | 26 |
| INSPIRED SPACES (PROJECTCO1) LTD | £2.70m | 2.7% | 21 |
| ACORN CARE & EDUCATION LTD (SALES) | £2.69m | 2.7% | 113 |
| PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD | £1.47m | 1.5% | 15 |
| CGL SERVICES | £1.38m | 1.4% | 14 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Childrens Services | REDACTED SUPPLIER | £16.58m |
| Corporate And Central | GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY | £9.18m |
| Planning And Economic | INSPIREDSPACES TAMESIDE (PROJECTCO2) LTD | £4.98m |
| Public Health | TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £2.59m |
| Adult Social Care | HANDICARE ACCESSIBILITY LIMITED | £0.24m |
| Housing And Homelessness | GROUNDWORK M/CR,SALFORD,STOCKPORT,TAMESIDE&TRAFFOD | £0.04m |
Tameside’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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stalybridge and Hyde | 10 | 53% | Jonathan Reynolds | Ind |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 5 | 26% | Angela Rayner | Lab |
| Gorton and Denton | 4 | 21% | Hannah Spencer | Grn |
This council holds 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough — 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 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
7,867 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level