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Warwickshire County Council.

Council with no overall control county. £863m net revenue. 133 wards across 9 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 7 districts: Adur, Arun, Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex, Worthing.

Typecounty
Seats0 councillors · 133 wards
Net revenue · 2025-26
£863m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
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Westminster
9
constituencies overlap · 3 MP parties
Dispatch
8 Jun 2026

Council chamber, 3-party MP geography.

Warwickshire County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £863m for 2025-26. It covers 133 wards spanning 9 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§Districts.7 districts · Band D £2,306–£2,433
DistrictBand D billCounty tax sourcedWards
Adur£2,432.50£40.8m14
Arun£2,371.09£117.3m23
Chichester£2,346.40£102.1m21
Crawley£2,306.49£66.3m13
Horsham£2,321.54£118.3m22
Mid Sussex£2,356.49£120.2m27
Worthing£2,343.12£70.8m13

Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Warwickshire County Council’s own precept (£1800.54/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £635.9m.

§ 01Composition.0 seats

Who sits in the chamber.

Councillors — the people.

Councillor data not yet ingested for Warwickshire County Council.

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

Where revenue comes from.

74%
Council tax
£635.9m · median 66%
21%
Central grants
£182.3m · median 27%
5%
Business rates
£44.9m · median 7%

This is a high-council-tax councils (county): 74% 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£1,801

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.11 buckets · vs 20 other councils (county)

How does Warwickshire 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.

Education44.6% of net spend · cohort median 40%
3 of 21+10% vs median
Adult Social Care25.1% of net spend · cohort median 31%
21 of 21-20% vs median
Children's Services13.2% of net spend · cohort median 14%
12 of 21-4% vs median
Waste & Recycling5.0% of net spend · cohort median 3%
1 of 21+47% vs median
Highways & Transport4.0% of net spend · cohort median 4%
10 of 21+1% vs median
Public Health2.8% of net spend · cohort median 3%
17 of 21-18% vs median
Protective Services2.5% of net spend · cohort median 3%
6 of 9-11% vs median
Corporate & Central1.1% of net spend · cohort median 1%
14 of 21-22% vs median
Culture & Leisure0.8% of net spend · cohort median 1%
20 of 21-21% vs median
Planning & Economic Development0.6% of net spend · cohort median 0%
6 of 21+107% vs median
Housing & Homelessness0.4% of net spend · cohort median 0%
4 of 18+47% 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.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.133 wards split across 9 parliamentary seats

Warwickshire County Council’s territory crosses 9 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
East Worthing and Shoreham1814% Tom RutlandLab
Mid Sussex1814% Alison BennettLD
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton1612% Alison GriffithsCon
Chichester1612% Jess Brown-FullerLD
Horsham1612% John MilneLD
Arundel and South Downs1511% Andrew GriffithCon
Crawley1310% Peter LambLab
Worthing West129% Beccy CooperLab
East Grinstead and Uckfield97% Mims DaviesCon
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 3 Con, 3 LD and 3 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
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
Not yet ingested for Warwickshire County Council
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level