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Derbyshire County Council.

Council with no overall control county. £770m net revenue. 158 wards across 9 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 8 districts: Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, North East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire.

Typecounty
Seats0 councillors · 158 wards
Net revenue · 2025-26
£770m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
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Westminster
9
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
8 Jun 2026

Council chamber, opposed area.

Derbyshire County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £770m for 2025-26. It covers 158 wards spanning 9 parliamentary constituencies.

§Districts.8 districts · Band D £2,232–£2,448
DistrictBand D billCounty tax sourcedWards
Amber Valley£2,297.98£69.1m18
Bolsover£2,447.51£38.1m17
Chesterfield£2,233.12£50.1m16
Derbyshire Dales£2,332.42£50.6m21
Erewash£2,260.06£56.6m19
High Peak£2,275.52£52.1m28
North East Derbyshire£2,354.93£54.6m24
South Derbyshire£2,231.86£65.1m15

Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Derbyshire County Council’s own precept (£1629.16/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £436.3m.

§ 01Composition.0 seats

Who sits in the chamber.

Councillors — the people.

Councillor data not yet ingested for Derbyshire County Council.

§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

57%
Council tax
£436.3m · median 66%
34%
Central grants
£263.0m · median 27%
9%
Business rates
£71.1m · median 7%

This is a grant-heavy councils (county): 57% from council tax vs the cohort median of 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£1,629

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.10 buckets · vs 20 other councils (county)

How does Derbyshire 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.

Education40.3% of net spend · cohort median 40%
11 of 210% vs median
Adult Social Care32.0% of net spend · cohort median 31%
10 of 21+2% vs median
Children's Services13.8% of net spend · cohort median 14%
11 of 210% vs median
Waste & Recycling4.3% of net spend · cohort median 3%
3 of 21+26% vs median
Public Health3.9% of net spend · cohort median 3%
1 of 21+16% vs median
Highways & Transport3.7% of net spend · cohort median 4%
12 of 21-7% vs median
Culture & Leisure1.0% of net spend · cohort median 1%
10 of 21+1% vs median
Corporate & Central0.5% of net spend · cohort median 1%
20 of 21-61% vs median
Planning & Economic Development0.4% of net spend · cohort median 0%
10 of 21+21% vs median
Housing & Homelessness0.1% of net spend · cohort median 0%
12 of 18-39% 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.68,278 payments · £340.5m gross · 5 Jan 202631 Mar 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
HMRC-CUMBERNAULD£40.98m12.0%49
REDACTED PERSONAL DATA£13.76m4.0%7,966
TEACHER PENSIONS£12.63m3.7%18
ASSOCIATED WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD£10.66m3.1%10
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH£6.28m1.8%67
SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD£4.60m1.4%132
COMENSURA LTD£4.18m1.2%36
EMH GROUP£3.49m1.0%784
HOLCIM UK LIMITED£3.01m0.9%45
JACOBS UK LTD£2.73m0.8%280

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Corporate And CentralHMRC-CUMBERNAULD£40.98m
Culture And LeisureASSOCIATED WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD£10.66m
Adult Social CareREDACTED PERSONAL DATA£10.48m
Highways And TransportSWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD£4.53m
Childrens ServicesREDACTED PERSONAL DATA£2.63m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.158 wards split across 9 parliamentary seats
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
High Peak2818% Jon PearceLab
Derbyshire Dales2415% John WhitbyLab
North East Derbyshire2315% Louise Sandher-JonesLab
Bolsover2113% Natalie FleetLab
Erewash1610% Adam ThompsonLab
Chesterfield138% Toby PerkinsLab
South Derbyshire138% Samantha NiblettLab
Amber Valley128% Linsey FarnsworthLab
Mid Derbyshire85% Jonathan DaviesLab
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 20 other councils (county)
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
68,278 payments · 5 Jan 202631 Mar 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level