Wealden.
Liberal Democrats-controlled district. £22m net revenue. 40 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Liberal Democrats chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Wealden is a district controlled by Liberal Democrats (13 of 50 seats). Net revenue is £22m for 2025-26. It covers 40 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Liberal Democrats 26% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alison Jane Wilson | Grn | Arlington | 2023 |
| Graham Shaw | Grn | Buxted | 2023 |
| Geoffrey Joseph Draper | Con | Chiddingly East Hoathly Waldron | 2023 |
| Carolyn Jane Huntington Clark | LD | Crowborough Central | 2023 |
| Gareth Huw Owen-Williams | LD | Crowborough Jarvis Brook | 2023 |
| James Partridge | LD | Crowborough North | 2023 |
| Kay Jane Moss | Con | Crowborough North | 2019 |
| Alison Clare Arthur | LD | Crowborough South West | 2023 |
| Andrew James Ashton Wilson | LD | Crowborough St Johns | 2023 |
| Martyn Douglas Everitt | Grn | Crowborough St Johns | 2023 |
| Christina Nanna Mary Coleman | Grn | Danehill Fletching | 2023 |
| Patricia Patterson-Vanegas | Grn | Forest Row | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 69% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (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 | £221 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,867 |
| Police | £267 |
| Fire & rescue | £112 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £141 |
| Total Band-D | £2,608 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Wealden 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIFFA MUNICIPAL LTD | £18.02m | 72.4% | 6 |
| FACULTATIEVE TECHNOLOGIES LTD | £0.47m | 1.9% | 2 |
| EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | £0.35m | 1.4% | 13 |
| PARAMOUNT INDEPENDENT PROPERTY SERVICES | £0.28m | 1.1% | 1 |
| PARITY TRUST | £0.27m | 1.1% | 2 |
| INSIGHT DIRECT UK LTD | £0.24m | 1.0% | 1 |
| DSI BILLING SERVICES LTD | £0.24m | 1.0% | 1 |
| TILE HILL | £0.23m | 0.9% | 1 |
| G M MONK LTD | £0.22m | 0.9% | 1 |
| MARK EDUCATION TRUST T/A BEACON ACADEMY | £0.22m | 0.9% | 1 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
Wealden’s territory crosses 4 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex Weald | 23 | 57% | Nusrat Ghani | Con |
| East Grinstead and Uckfield | 8 | 20% | Mims Davies | Con |
| Lewes | 8 | 20% | James MacCleary | LD |
| Bexhill and Battle | 2 | 5% | Kieran Mullan | Con |
This council holds 3 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Liberal Democrats-controlled district — 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 163 other councils (district)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
191 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level