Suffolk County Council.
Council with no overall control county. £743m net revenue. 138 wards across 8 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 5 districts: Babergh, East Suffolk, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, West Suffolk.
8 Jun 2026
Council chamber, 4-party MP geography.
Suffolk County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £743m for 2025-26. It covers 138 wards spanning 8 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 4 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
| District | Band D bill | County tax sourced | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babergh | £2,233.16 | £59.8m | 24 |
| East Suffolk | £2,222.36 | £151.5m | 29 |
| Ipswich | £2,358.54 | £65.3m | 16 |
| Mid Suffolk | £2,208.43 | £71.9m | 26 |
| West Suffolk | £2,243.00 | £97.9m | 43 |
Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Suffolk County Council’s own precept (£1649.43/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £444.3m.
Who sits in the chamber.
Councillors — the people.
Councillor data not yet ingested for Suffolk County Council.
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy councils (county): 60% 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 | £1,649 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Suffolk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCESS UK LTD | £26.59m | 7.1% | 18 |
| INLAND REVENUE | £22.00m | 5.9% | 41 |
| M GROUP HIGHWAYS LTD | £19.73m | 5.3% | 4 |
| SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL | £15.61m | 4.2% | 21 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £9.95m | 2.7% | 7,690 |
| SUEZ | £8.59m | 2.3% | 5 |
| VERTAS IPSWICH LTD | £7.75m | 2.1% | 372 |
| FCC ENVIRONMENT | £5.46m | 1.5% | 61 |
| UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP | £4.97m | 1.3% | 131 |
| CONCERTUS SUFFOLK | £3.66m | 1.0% | 349 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Highways And Transport | ACCESS UK LTD | £19.48m |
| Corporate And Central | INLAND REVENUE | £16.51m |
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £4.26m |
| Childrens Services | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £3.60m |
| Public Health | TURNING POINT SERVICES LTD | £3.17m |
Suffolk County Council’s territory crosses 8 Westminster constituencies, with 4 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Suffolk | 28 | 20% | Nick Timothy | Con |
| South Suffolk | 24 | 17% | James Cartlidge | Con |
| Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket | 23 | 17% | Peter Prinsley | Lab |
| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | 15 | 11% | Patrick Spencer | Ind |
| Ipswich | 13 | 9% | Jack Abbott | Ind |
| Suffolk Coastal | 13 | 9% | Jenny Riddell-Carpenter | Lab |
| Waveney Valley | 13 | 9% | Adrian Ramsay | Grn |
| Lowestoft | 9 | 7% | Jess Asato | Lab |
This council holds 3 Lab, 2 Con, 1 Ind and 1 Grn 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)
77,264 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level