Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0The Conservatives hold a majority on Wyre Council
Cleveleys is run by Wyre Council and Lancashire County Council. The Conservatives have a majority on Wyre Council. Reform UK has a majority on Lancashire County Council. Its MP is Lorraine Beavers (Labour), member for Blackpool North and Fleetwood.
£2,431
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Cleveleys’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Wyre Council
The Conservatives hold a majority on Wyre Council: 29 of its 50 seats as elected. Labour holds 16, independents 3 and Reform UK 2. Who’s in charge ↓
Lancashire changed hands in 2025
Lancashire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (47 of 84 seats in 2021) to a Reform UK majority at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 53 of 84 seats. Lancashire ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Cleveleys is £2,429 for 2026–27; Wyre Council keeps 10% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 53% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Cleveleys’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 26 of Wyre’s 50 or 43 of Lancashire’s 84 seats to run the council alone.
- Conservative29
- Labour16
- Independent3
- Reform UK2
Latest election: May 2023.
- Reform UK53+53
- Conservative8−39
- Independent7+7
- Labour5−28
- Liberal Democrat5+3
- Green4+2
- Our West Lancashire2+2
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, no parish tier
Cleveleys has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
98% of Cleveleys’s residents
Website ↗Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Who runs Cleveleys: same source as Who runs Cleveleys, above.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas.
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
All of Cleveleys is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Cleveleys, from the most recent elections.
- 1Council wards4 wards · 8 councillorsIan John AmosRichard Anthony RendellRob FailWayne MartinCallum Ian BaxterMichael John VincentPaul David Stuart GalleyAnita Cooper
- 2Lancashire County Council3 divisions · 3 councillorsJames CrawfordAlice JonesJan Schofield
- 3Police and crime commissionerLancashire Constabulary · elected May 2024Clive Grunshaw
- 4House of CommonsBlackpool North and Fleetwood
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
8 councillors for 4 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Ian John AmosConservative · May 2023
- Richard Anthony RendellConservative · May 2023
- Rob FailLabour · May 2023
- Wayne MartinLabour · May 2023
- Callum Ian BaxterConservative · May 2023
- Michael John VincentConservative · May 2023
- Paul David Stuart GalleyConservative · May 2023
- Anita CooperConservative · May 2023
Show as a table, with Lancashire County Council’s 3 divisions (3 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveleys ParkWyre · all in Cleveleys · 4,528 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Ian John AmosRichard Anthony Rendell | May 2023 |
| JubileeWyre · mostly in Cleveleys · 3,854 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Rob FailWayne Martin | May 2023 |
| Victoria & NorcrossWyre · mostly in Cleveleys · 2,463 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Callum Ian BaxterMichael John Vincent | May 2023 |
| AnchorsholmeBlackpool · 4% in Cleveleys · 276 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Paul David Stuart GalleyAnita Cooper | May 2023 |
Lancashire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveleys East ED35% in Cleveleys · 4,528 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | James Crawford | May 2025 |
| Fleetwood West & Cleveleys West ED25% in Cleveleys · 3,854 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Alice Jones | May 2025 |
| Cleveleys South & Carleton ED28% in Cleveleys · 2,463 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Jan Schofield | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Wyre Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Wyre council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Cleveleys, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
4 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Cleveleys’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗2,657 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
2,165 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
2,296 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Every ward’s result (1 more)
3,221 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Cleveleys is in Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Cleveleys).
41,810 votes for candidates · majority 4,647
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 41,810 votes from 73,339 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 4,647 of 41,810 votes (11.1%): the 211th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Cleveleys’s Band D council tax is £2,429 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Wyre Council keeps £240.05 of a Band D bill (10%); the rest goes to Lancashire County Council, the Lancashire police and crime commissioner and the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,431 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
Wyre’s Band D bill has risen 53% in ten years, from £1,603.00 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £601.88 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Wyre, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Lancashire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included; the 11 nearest of 14. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Lancashire
| Wyre + Lancashire | Cleveleys’s councils | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £523 | £533 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £249 | £295 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £48 | £44 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £11 | £24 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £151 | £135 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £67 | £56 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £33 | £16 | £26 |
| Public health | £78 | £92 | £78 |
| Running the council | £79 | £73 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £13 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,238 | £1,281 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Wyre per its residents plus Lancashire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Lancashire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Cleveleys is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
wyre.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
wyre.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Cleveleys is run
Which council runs Cleveleys?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Cleveleys have a town council?
No. Cleveleys is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Cleveleys?
Lorraine Beavers (Labour) is the MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood, which covers Cleveleys.
How many councillors does Cleveleys have?
8 ward councillors represent Cleveleys’s 4 wards, and 3 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Cleveleys?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Cleveleys’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Cleveleys?
Band D council tax in Cleveleys is £2,431 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Wyre Council?
The Conservatives have a majority: 29 of 50 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Lancashire County Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 53 of 84 seats as elected.
Who won the 2023 council election in Cleveleys?
In Cleveleys’s wards on 4 May 2023, Conservative 6 · Labour 2 of the 8 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 56.3%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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