Warrington.
Labour Party-controlled unitary. £212m net revenue. 22 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Warrington is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (42 of 58 seats). Net revenue is £212m for 2025-26. It covers 22 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 72% · last contested 2 May 2024
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Booth | LD | Appleton | 2024 |
| Matt Scott | LD | Appleton | 2024 |
| Peter John Walker | LD | Appleton | 2024 |
| Shireen Saeed Mohammed | Lab | Bewsey Whitecross | 2024 |
| Steve Wright | Lab | Bewsey Whitecross | 2024 |
| Tom Jennings | Lab | Bewsey Whitecross | 2024 |
| Balbir Kaur Dhillon | Lab | Birchwood | 2024 |
| Kuldeep Singh Dhillon | Lab | Birchwood | 2024 |
| Tim Price | Lab | Birchwood | 2024 |
| Kevin Burgess | Lab | Burtonwood Winwick | 2024 |
| Stuart Mann | Ind | Burtonwood Winwick | 2024 |
| Barbara Pete | Lab | Chapelford Old Hall | 2024 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the unitary authorities median: 64% council tax, 28% 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 | £1,868 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £277 |
| Fire & rescue | £95 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £42 |
| Total Band-D | £2,281 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Warrington 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 FOR PERSONAL DATA | £7.47m | 5.5% | 4,826 |
| TARMAC | £7.19m | 5.2% | 214 |
| POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER CHES | £5.46m | 4.0% | 4 |
| BRIDGEWATER COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE | £3.70m | 2.7% | 30 |
| BALFOUR BEATTY CIVIL ENGINEERING LI | £3.14m | 2.3% | 4 |
| EQUANS REGENERATION LTD | £2.88m | 2.1% | 57 |
| NPOWER ELECTRICITY | £2.77m | 2.0% | 255 |
| ASSOCIATED WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED | £2.48m | 1.8% | 8 |
| KIDS PLANET WARRINGTON | £2.47m | 1.8% | 152 |
| CHESHIRE FIRE AUTHORITY | £2.27m | 1.7% | 7 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | REDACTED FOR PERSONAL DATA | £4.28m |
| Education | KIDS PLANET WARRINGTON | £1.80m |
| Highways And Transport | STANDARD FUEL OILS LTD | £0.21m |
Warrington’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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrington South | 11 | 50% | Sarah Hall | Ind |
| Warrington North | 10 | 45% | Charlotte Nichols | Lab |
| Tatton | 1 | 5% | Esther McVey | Con |
This council holds 1 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
24,245 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level