West Northamptonshire.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled unitary. £396m net revenue. 31 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
West Northamptonshire is a unitary controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (66 of 93 seats). Net revenue is £396m for 2025-26. It covers 31 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 71% · last contested 6 May 2021
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Purser | Lab | Abington Phippsville | 2021 |
| Walter-Wlodek Tarasiewicz | Lab | Abington Phippsville | 2021 |
| Zoe Smith | Lab | Abington Phippsville | 2021 |
| James Hill | Con | Billing Rectory Farm | 2021 |
| Keith Holland-Delamere | Lab | Billing Rectory Farm | 2021 |
| Paul Clark | Con | Billing Rectory Farm | 2021 |
| Jamie Lane | Con | Boothville Parklands | 2021 |
| Laura Emily Louise Stevenson | Con | Boothville Parklands | 2021 |
| Mike Hallam | Con | Boothville Parklands | 2021 |
| Fiona Baker | Con | Brackley | 2021 |
| Sue Sharps | Ind | Brackley | 2021 |
| Tony Bagot-Webb | Con | Brackley | 2021 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax unitary authoritie: 68% 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 | £1,867 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £320 |
| Fire & rescue | £80 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £95 |
| Total Band-D | £2,363 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does West Northamptonshire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CHILDREN’S TRUST LTD | £10.44m | 11.4% | 2 |
| NORTHANTS POLICE | £4.72m | 5.1% | 1 |
| NORTHAMPTON SCHOOLS LTD | £3.67m | 4.0% | 12 |
| NORTHAMPTON PARTNERSHIP HOMES | £3.63m | 3.9% | 2 |
| CONNECT ROADS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LTD | £3.40m | 3.7% | 5 |
| KIER TRANSPORTATION LIMITED | £3.08m | 3.3% | 2 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £2.66m | 2.9% | 1,390 |
| STEPNELL LTD | £2.31m | 2.5% | 3 |
| ACCESS UK LIMITED T/A ADAM | £2.16m | 2.3% | 10 |
| NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL | £1.98m | 2.2% | 17 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £1.72m |
| Education | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £0.45m |
West Northamptonshire’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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton North | 9 | 29% | Lucy Rigby | Lab |
| Northampton South | 8 | 26% | Mike Reader | Lab |
| Daventry | 7 | 23% | Stuart Andrew | Con |
| South Northamptonshire | 7 | 23% | Sarah Bool | Con |
This council holds 2 Ind and 2 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist 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
9,273 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Dec 2025
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level