Cambridgeshire County Council.
Council with no overall control county. £595m net revenue. 98 wards across 7 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 5 districts: Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, South Cambridgeshire.
8 Jun 2026
Council chamber, 3-party MP geography.
Cambridgeshire County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £595m for 2025-26. It covers 98 wards spanning 7 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
| District | Band D bill | County tax sourced | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | £2,355.41 | £77.8m | 14 |
| East Cambridgeshire | £2,374.13 | £59.3m | 14 |
| Fenland | £2,432.81 | £56.1m | 18 |
| Huntingdonshire | £2,439.67 | £113.8m | 26 |
| South Cambridgeshire | £2,414.52 | £119.0m | 26 |
Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Cambridgeshire County Council’s own precept (£1700.64/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £422.4m.
Who sits in the chamber.
Councillors — the people.
Councillor data not yet ingested for Cambridgeshire County Council.
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (county): 71% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (66%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,701 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Cambridgeshire County Council split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (county)-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M GROUP HIGHWAYS LIMITED | £13.71m | 9.4% | 2 |
| THALIA WB SPV LIMITED | £10.30m | 7.1% | 9 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £4.25m | 2.9% | 2,907 |
| CONNECT ROADS CAMBRIDGESHIRE LIMITED | £3.92m | 2.7% | 5 |
| PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL | £3.01m | 2.1% | 28 |
| MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE LTD | £2.93m | 2.0% | 2 |
| OCTAVIUS INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | £2.74m | 1.9% | 11 |
| CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES NHS TRUST | £2.67m | 1.8% | 20 |
| THE RIVERSIDE GROUP LTD | £2.67m | 1.8% | 16 |
| CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH COMBINED AUTHORITY | £2.40m | 1.6% | 7 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Education | GRETTON SCHOOL | £2.14m |
| Childrens Services | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £0.88m |
| Corporate And Central | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £0.38m |
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £0.06m |
Cambridgeshire County Council’s territory crosses 7 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East Cambridgeshire | 18 | 18% | Steve Barclay | Con |
| Huntingdon | 17 | 17% | Ben Obese-Jecty | Con |
| South Cambridgeshire | 17 | 17% | Pippa Heylings | LD |
| Ely and East Cambridgeshire | 16 | 16% | Charlotte Cane | LD |
| St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire | 15 | 15% | Ian Sollom | LD |
| Cambridge | 12 | 12% | Daniel Zeichner | Lab |
| North West Cambridgeshire | 3 | 3% | Sam Carling | Lab |
This council holds 3 LD, 2 Lab and 2 Con MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a -controlled county — 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 20 other councils (county)
19,270 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Jan 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level