York.
Labour Party-controlled unitary. £185m net revenue. 21 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
York is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (25 of 49 seats). Net revenue is £185m for 2025-26. It covers 21 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 51% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Rose | Lab | Acomb | 2023 |
| Katie Lomas | Lab | Acomb | 2023 |
| Michael Nicholls | Con | Bishopthorpe | 2023 |
| Danny Myers | Lab | Clifton | 2023 |
| Margaret Wells | Lab | Clifton | 2023 |
| Danny Myers | Lab | Clifton | 2019 |
| Chris Steward | Con | Copmanthorpe | 2023 |
| Ashley Mason | LD | Dringhouses Woodthorpe | 2023 |
| Paula Widdowson | LD | Dringhouses Woodthorpe | 2023 |
| Stephen Fenton | LD | Dringhouses Woodthorpe | 2023 |
| Conrad James Whitcroft | Lab | Fishergate | 2023 |
| Sarah Wilson | Lab | Fishergate | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax unitary authoritie: 65% 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 | £1,731 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £321 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £107 |
| Parish average | £16 |
| Total Band-D | £2,175 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does York 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL | £3.38m | 3.4% | 69 |
| JOHN SISK & SON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | £3.12m | 3.1% | 4 |
| PATHFINDER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST | £2.99m | 3.0% | 10 |
| FIRST YORK LTD | £2.73m | 2.7% | 75 |
| CADDICK CONSTRUCTION LTD | £2.15m | 2.1% | 11 |
| MENCAP | £2.06m | 2.0% | 302 |
| WORK WITH YORK LIMITED | £1.97m | 2.0% | 7 |
| YORWASTE LTD | £1.89m | 1.9% | 309 |
| SEWELL EDUCATION (YORK) LTD | £1.79m | 1.8% | 30 |
| UNITED RESPONSE | £1.60m | 1.6% | 579 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Highways And Transport | JOHN SISK & SON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | £3.12m |
| Childrens Services | PATHFINDER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST | £2.97m |
| Adult Social Care | CADDICK CONSTRUCTION LTD | £2.15m |
| Corporate And Central | WORK WITH YORK LIMITED | £1.97m |
| Housing And Homelessness | EXPLORE YORK LIBRARIES & ARCHIVES MUTUAL LTD | £0.76m |
| Public Health | YORK & SCARBOROUGH TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | £0.57m |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Outer | 12 | 57% | Luke Charters | Lab |
| York Central | 9 | 43% | Rachael Maskell | Ind |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 62 other unitary authorities
Police, Fire, Parish on top
23,117 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level