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Coventry.

Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £399m net revenue. 18 wards across 0 parliamentary constituencies.

Typemetropolitan_borough
Seats54 councillors · 18 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Websitecoventry.gov.uk ↗
Net revenue · 2025-26
£399m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,414
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
24/54
Labour Party 44%
Westminster
0
constituencies overlap
Dispatch
14 Jul 2026

Labour Party chamber, opposed area.

Coventry is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (24 of 54 seats). Net revenue is £399m for 2025-26. It covers 18 wards spanning 0 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.54 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 24Ref 20Con 6Green 4

Labour Party 44% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Jamie David FearnRefBablake2026
Jennifer Clare WellsRefBablake2026
Lisa BoyleRefBablake2026
Jennifer OdjeRefBinley & Willenhall2026
Marcus Luke Paris FogdenRefBinley & Willenhall2026
Paul Nichalos CowleyRefBinley & Willenhall2026
Barbara MostermanConCheylesmore2026
Richard James BrownLabCheylesmore2026
Roger BaileyConCheylesmore2026
Antony James TuckerLabEarlsdon2026
Kindy SandhuLabEarlsdon2026
Lynnette Catherine KellyLabEarlsdon2026
Showing 12 of 54·All 54 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

47%
Council tax
£186.7m · median 44%
39%
Central grants
£157.0m · median 41%
14%
Business rates
£55.7m · median 14%

Revenue mix is close to the councils (metropolitan_borough) median: 47% council tax, 39% 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£2,103
County / upper-tier£0
Police£230
Fire & rescue£80
GLA precept£0
Parish average£1
Total Band-D£2,414

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

Use the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings.

§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.10 buckets · vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)

How does Coventry split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-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.

Education36.5% of net spend · cohort median 41%
26 of 35-10% vs median
Adult Social Care26.4% of net spend · cohort median 26%
15 of 35+2% vs median
Children's Services18.1% of net spend · cohort median 15%
5 of 35+19% vs median
Public Health4.5% of net spend · cohort median 4%
13 of 35+5% vs median
Waste & Recycling4.2% of net spend · cohort median 4%
18 of 350% vs median
Corporate & Central2.9% of net spend · cohort median 3%
22 of 35-5% vs median
Housing & Homelessness2.5% of net spend · cohort median 2%
6 of 35+47% vs median
Highways & Transport2.0% of net spend · cohort median 2%
11 of 35+35% vs median
Culture & Leisure1.7% of net spend · cohort median 2%
30 of 35-30% vs median
Planning & Economic Development1.2% of net spend · cohort median 2%
21 of 35-21% vs median
How to read these bars

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.

§ 04Top suppliers.22,596 payments · £188.4m gross · 3 Dec 2025 – 7 Apr 2026

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

SupplierPaidSharePmts
NHS COVENTRY & WARWICKSHIRE ICB (QWU)£32.72m17.4%19
JOHN GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION LIMITED£8.50m4.5%4
SHEARER PROPERTY REGEN LTD£8.27m4.4%25
WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY£4.98m2.6%12
COVENTRY & SOLIHULL WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANY£4.94m2.6%6
SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST£4.93m2.6%16
CONNECT ROADS COVENTRY LTD£3.68m2.0%10
BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LTD£3.31m1.8%72
WHITEFRIARS HOUSING GROUP LTD£3.06m1.6%55
REDACTED PERSONAL DATA£3.03m1.6%3,806

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Adult Social CareNHS COVENTRY & WARWICKSHIRE ICB (QWU)£16.58m
Planning And EconomicJOHN GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION LIMITED£6.33m
Corporate And CentralCOVENTRY & SOLIHULL WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANY£4.94m
Public HealthSOUTH WARWICKSHIRE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST£4.86m
Childrens ServicesCLEGG CONSTRUCTION LTD£2.08m
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
22,596 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 7 Apr 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level