Devon County Council.
Council with no overall control county. £837m net revenue. 168 wards across 10 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 8 districts: East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, West Devon.
8 Jun 2026
Council chamber, 3-party MP geography.
Devon County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £837m for 2025-26. It covers 168 wards spanning 10 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
| District | Band D bill | County tax sourced | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Devon | £2,461.40 | £113.5m | 30 |
| Exeter | £2,379.90 | £71.1m | 13 |
| Mid Devon | £2,521.17 | £55.0m | 22 |
| North Devon | £2,514.66 | £64.2m | 25 |
| South Hams | £2,491.75 | £74.0m | 20 |
| Teignbridge | £2,512.83 | £92.3m | 24 |
| Torridge | £2,479.12 | £46.0m | 16 |
| West Devon | £2,574.29 | £39.3m | 18 |
Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Devon County Council’s own precept (£1801.26/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £555.5m.
Who sits in the chamber.
Councillors — the people.
Councillor data not yet ingested for Devon County Council.
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (county) median: 66% council tax, 27% 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 | £1,801 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Devon 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 | £28.47m | 17.2% | 979 |
| SUEZ RECYCLING & RECOVERY UK LIMITED | £5.64m | 3.4% | 27 |
| PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL (RADIUS ACCOUNT | £5.36m | 3.2% | 19 |
| ACORN CARE & EDUCATION LIMITED | £4.04m | 2.4% | 61 |
| VIRIDOR EXETER WASTE SERVICES LIMITED | £3.80m | 2.3% | 4 |
| TILBURY DOUGLAS LIMITED | £3.30m | 2.0% | 5 |
| NETWORK RAIL | £3.15m | 1.9% | 10 |
| MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LIMITED | £2.96m | 1.8% | 16 |
| ON TRACK EDUCATION (BURSARY PMTS) | £2.72m | 1.6% | 27 |
| WILLS BROS CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED | £2.53m | 1.5% | 6 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Highways And Transport | M Group Highways Limited | £28.24m |
| Education | ACORN CARE & EDUCATION LIMITED | £4.04m |
| Planning And Economic | TILBURY DOUGLAS LIMITED | £3.30m |
| Corporate And Central | MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LIMITED | £2.96m |
| Culture And Leisure | LIBRARIES UNLIMITED SOUTH WEST | £1.88m |
| Childrens Services | NHS DEVON ICB | £1.60m |
| Adult Social Care | Newton Consulting Limited | £1.18m |
| Public Health | NHS DEVON ICB | £0.39m |
Devon County Council’s territory crosses 10 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 Devon | 25 | 15% | Ian Roome | LD |
| Torridge and Tavistock | 25 | 15% | Geoffrey Cox | Con |
| Central Devon | 23 | 14% | Mel Stride | Con |
| Honiton and Sidmouth | 22 | 13% | Richard Foord | LD |
| Newton Abbot | 17 | 10% | Martin Wrigley | LD |
| Exmouth and Exeter East | 15 | 9% | David Reed | Con |
| South Devon | 13 | 8% | Caroline Voaden | LD |
| Exeter | 10 | 6% | Steve Race | Lab |
| South West Devon | 9 | 5% | Rebecca Smith | Con |
| Tiverton and Minehead | 9 | 5% | Rachel Gilmour | LD |
This council holds 5 LD, 4 Con and 1 Lab 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)
10,782 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level