Councils

Council profiles: who supplies them, and what is coming next.

Every English council publishes two things that tell you where its money is going: the award notices it files when it buys something, and the papers it puts before a committee before it decides to. We read both. These pages put them side by side, one council at a time.

Data updated: 20 September 2026 (committee papers) | 18 September 2026 (award notices)

215
Councils profiled
9
English regions
138,686
Award notices covered
£93.2bn
Awarded value covered

We read papers from 300+ English councils and strategic authorities. A council gets a profile once its published record is deep enough to fill one, which today means 215 of them. Why the two numbers differ.

Find a council

Grouped by region, alphabetical within each one. If you already know the name, the A to Z list at the foot of the page is quicker.

North West

29 councils

Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria.

Blackburn with DarwenUnitary359 award notices | £240m BlackpoolUnitary526 award notices | £227m Bolton Metropolitan Borough CouncilMet borough488 award notices | £527m BurnleyDistrict69 award notices | £14.7m Cheshire EastUnitary1,181 award notices | £615m Cheshire West and Chester CouncilUnitary982 award notices | £646m Cumberland CouncilUnitary2,092 award notices | £792m Greater Manchester Combined AuthorityCombined authority1,328 award notices | £876m HaltonUnitary444 award notices | £819m KnowsleyMet borough366 award notices | £233m Lancashire County CouncilCounty1,186 award notices | £1.5bn LancasterDistrict187 award notices | £64.2m LiverpoolMet borough1,261 award notices | £1.2bn Liverpool City Region Combined AuthorityCombined authority178 award notices | £91.2m ManchesterMet borough1,106 award notices | £1.4bn OldhamMet borough302 award notices | £242m RochdaleMet borough391 award notices | £304m SalfordMet borough254 award notices | £141m SeftonMet borough390 award notices | £216m South RibbleDistrict135 award notices | £35.0m St HelensMet borough289 award notices | £67.4m StockportMet borough215 award notices | £140m TamesideMet borough588 award notices | £71.4m TraffordMet borough190 award notices | £422m West LancashireDistrict190 award notices | £56.8m Westmorland and Furness CouncilUnitary1,513 award notices | £201m WiganMet borough612 award notices | £746m WirralMet borough484 award notices | £424m WyreDistrict69 award notices | £12.1m

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East of England

31 councils

Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

BasildonDistrict51 award notices | £13.4m BedfordUnitary541 award notices | £252m BraintreeDistrict226 award notices | £104m BrecklandDistrict79 award notices | £7.2m Cambridge CityDistrict148 award notices | £88.7m Cambridgeshire County CouncilCounty1,095 award notices | £635m Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined AuthorityCombined authority387 award notices | £188m Castle PointDistrict85 award notices | £41.0m Central BedfordshireUnitary827 award notices | £501m ColchesterDistrict191 award notices | £130m DacorumDistrict49 award notices | £50.1m East SuffolkDistrict303 award notices | £123m Epping ForestDistrict206 award notices | £102m Essex County CouncilCounty1,393 award notices | £877m FenlandDistrict81 award notices | £11.2m Hertfordshire County CouncilCounty2,127 award notices | £1.4bn HertsmereDistrict38 award notices | £3.1m IpswichDistrict393 award notices | £98.6m King's Lynn and West NorfolkDistrict217 award notices | £54.8m Luton Borough CouncilUnitary787 award notices | £847m North HertfordshireDistrict107 award notices | £35.0m NorwichDistrict158 award notices | £154m PeterboroughUnitary704 award notices | £222m Southend-on-SeaUnitary342 award notices | £153m St AlbansDistrict100 award notices | £41.8m StevenageDistrict368 award notices | £433m ThurrockUnitary180 award notices | £330m UttlesfordDistrict93 award notices | £15.3m WatfordDistrict50 award notices | £153m Welwyn HatfieldDistrict75 award notices | £470,253 West SuffolkDistrict156 award notices | £34.2m

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London

31 councils

The 32 London boroughs and the City.

Barking and DagenhamLondon borough219 award notices | £314m BexleyLondon borough117 award notices | £203m BrentLondon borough127 award notices | £367m BromleyLondon borough528 award notices | £612m CamdenLondon borough308 award notices | £387m City of London CorporationCity corporation1,183 award notices | £1.1bn CroydonLondon borough269 award notices | £212m EnfieldLondon borough975 award notices | £961m Greater London AuthorityGLA1,706 award notices | £4.9bn HackneyLondon borough1,245 award notices | £1.3bn Hammersmith and FulhamLondon borough268 award notices | £614m HaringeyLondon borough3,581 award notices | £199m HarrowLondon borough107 award notices | £95.4m HaveringLondon borough319 award notices | £2.7bn HillingdonLondon borough766 award notices | £1.0bn HounslowLondon borough216 award notices | £168m IslingtonLondon borough527 award notices | £471m Kensington and ChelseaLondon borough139 award notices | £75.0m Kingston upon ThamesLondon borough684 award notices | £881m LambethLondon borough89 award notices | £183m LewishamLondon borough712 award notices | £412m MertonLondon borough739 award notices | £752m NewhamLondon borough303 award notices | £380m RedbridgeLondon borough221 award notices | £362m Richmond upon ThamesLondon borough51 award notices | £77.6m SouthwarkLondon borough173 award notices | £301m SuttonLondon borough351 award notices | £492m Tower HamletsLondon borough159 award notices | £39.2m Waltham ForestLondon borough1,012 award notices | £330m WandsworthLondon borough89 award notices | £177m WestminsterLondon borough306 award notices | £105m

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South East

42 councils

Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

AshfordDistrict169 award notices | £144m Basingstoke and DeaneDistrict317 award notices | £306m Bracknell ForestUnitary94 award notices | £105m Brighton and HoveUnitary587 award notices | £509m BuckinghamshireUnitary2,741 award notices | £1.1bn CanterburyDistrict278 award notices | £105m CherwellDistrict50 award notices | £10.3m CrawleyDistrict77 award notices | £31.4m DartfordDistrict95 award notices | £266m DoverDistrict88 award notices | £37.8m East HampshireDistrict271 award notices | £20.9m East Sussex County CouncilCounty1,104 award notices | £720m FarehamDistrict44 award notices | £6.8m Folkestone and HytheDistrict297 award notices | £171m GosportDistrict106 award notices | £18.2m GuildfordDistrict166 award notices | £96.0m Hampshire County CouncilCounty4,047 award notices | £3.1bn HastingsDistrict70 award notices | £57.9m HorshamDistrict90 award notices | £88.5m Isle of WightUnitary491 award notices | £103m Kent County CouncilCounty3,167 award notices | £3.1bn MaidstoneDistrict46 award notices | £2.0m MedwayUnitary160 award notices | £84.8m Milton Keynes City CouncilUnitary3,526 award notices | £474m New ForestDistrict52 award notices | £5.2m OxfordDistrict392 award notices | £127m Oxfordshire County CouncilCounty658 award notices | £731m PortsmouthUnitary171 award notices | £19.0m ReadingUnitary106 award notices | £96.6m Reigate and BansteadDistrict47 award notices | £7.4m RotherDistrict98 award notices | £47.5m RunnymedeDistrict156 award notices | £203m SloughUnitary32 award notices | £4.1m Surrey HeathDistrict61 award notices | £10.7m Test ValleyDistrict59 award notices | £4.3m WaverleyDistrict36 award notices | £179m West BerkshireUnitary345 award notices | £105m West OxfordshireDistrict30 award notices | £2.6m West Sussex County CouncilCounty1,047 award notices | £817m WinchesterDistrict122 award notices | £199m Windsor and MaidenheadUnitary38 award notices | £256m WokinghamUnitary673 award notices | £189m

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Every council, A to Z

The same 215 profiles in one alphabetical list, for when you know the name you want.

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Not the council you were after?

These are the authorities whose published record is deep enough to fill a page: enough committee papers to show what is coming, and enough award notices to show who already supplies them. We read papers from more councils than we profile, and a council joins this list as its record thickens. A page with nothing on it helps nobody, so we do not publish one.

Want one prioritised? Tell us which, and we will look at what it would take.

Where this comes from

Award, supplier and expiry figures come from award notices published to Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Committee papers and meeting dates come from each council's own published papers. Nothing is modelled or estimated.

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