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Where your council tax goes in Barking and Dagenham

A Band D home pays £2,198.51 this year, up 4.8%. Council tax covers about 15% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 71%, including the money passed straight to schools, and business rates 14%.

Band D bill£2,199up 4.8% on last year
Council budget£665mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax15%of the budget
Council controlLabour38 of 51 seats

Your bill

Pick your band. The council keeps 77% of it; the rest goes to the Mayor of London.

Band D, 2026/27
£2,198.51
£219.85 a month over 10 instalments, or £183.21 over 12
Barking and Dagenham Council£1,688.00Mayor of London (GLA)£510.51
Police£334.13
Fire brigade£76.85
Transport£77.09
City Hall and the London Assembly£22.44
At Band D the Mayor’s share went up £20.13 this year: £15.00 more for police and £5.13 more for the fire brigade.
sourcedBand D bill for 2026/27approxMayor's share by body (MD3472)

Your £1,688.00 to the council pays for

Care for older and disabled adults£486
Children's services£483
Schools and education£201
Running the council£194
Debt costs and levies£163
Streets, waste and transport£70
Planning and the local economy£33
Parks, libraries and leisure£28
Community safety and regulation£24
Public health£5
Housing and homelessness£1
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Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Care for older and disabled adults£486.4922.1%
Children's services£483.2722.0%
Schools and education£201.469.2%
Running the council£193.558.8%
Debt costs and levies£162.687.4%
Streets, waste and transport£70.303.2%
Planning and the local economy£32.951.5%
Parks, libraries and leisure£27.931.3%
Community safety and regulation£24.121.1%
Public health£4.660.2%
Housing and homelessness£0.580.0%
Barking and Dagenham Council, all services£1,688.0076.8%
Mayor of London: police£334.1315.2%
Mayor of London: the fire brigade£76.853.5%
Mayor of London: transport£77.093.5%
Mayor of London: City Hall and the London Assembly£22.441.0%
Mayor of London, all£510.5123.2%
Your bill£2,198.51100%

Split in proportion to the £307m the council pays for itself, after schools and public health, which have their own ring-fenced grants. Council tax pays about 32p of every £1 of that; government grants and business rates pay the rest.

sourcedSplit by service, 2026/27 budget return

The council’s budget

What the council spends on day-to-day services after fees and charges, and where the money comes from, including grants that can only be spent on schools or public health. It must balance by law.

FundingReserves (one-off)Services
Council tax to Net budgetRevenue Support Grant to Net budgetBusiness rates kept locally to Net budgetSchools grants (ring-fenced) to Net budgetPublic health grant (ring-fenced) to Net budgetOther government grants to Net budgetCouncil tax surplus and other to Net budgetNet budget to Schools and educationNet budget to Care for older and disabled adultsNet budget to Children's servicesNet budget to Running the councilNet budget to Debt costs and leviesNet budget to Public healthNet budget to Streets, waste and transportNet budget to Planning and the local economyNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureNet budget to Community safety and regulationNet budget to Housing and homelessnessSourced from a published documentCouncil tax£97.1m, 15%Sourced from a published documentRevenue Support Grant£65.6m, 10%Sourced from a published documentBusiness rates kept locally£95.9m, 14%Sourced from a published documentSchools grants (ring-fenced)£336.6m, 51%Sourced from a published documentPublic health grant (ring-fenced)£21.7mSourced from a published documentOther government grants£47.4m, 7%Sourced from a published documentCouncil tax surplus and other£1.1mSourced from a published documentSchools and education£373.2m, 56%Sourced from a published documentCare for older and disabled adults£88.5m, 13%Sourced from a published documentChildren's services£87.9m, 13%Sourced from a published documentRunning the council£35.2mSourced from a published documentDebt costs and levies£29.6mSourced from a published documentPublic health£22.6mSourced from a published documentStreets, waste and transport£12.8mSourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£6.0mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£5.1mSourced from a published documentCommunity safety and regulation£4.4mSourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£0.1m£665m
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Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£97.1m14.6%
Revenue Support Grant£65.6m9.9%
Business rates kept locally£95.9m14.4%
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£336.6m50.6%
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£21.7m3.3%
Other government grants£47.4m7.1%
Council tax surplus and other£1.1m0.2%
Net budget£665.4m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£373.2m56.1%
Care for older and disabled adults£88.5m13.3%
Children's services£87.9m13.2%
Running the council£35.2m5.3%
Debt costs and levies£29.6m4.4%
Public health£22.6m3.4%
Streets, waste and transport£12.8m1.9%
Planning and the local economy£6.0m0.9%
Parks, libraries and leisure£5.1m0.8%
Community safety and regulation£4.4m0.7%
Housing and homelessness£0.1m0.0%
Net budget£665.4m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£97.1m
Revenue Support Grant£65.6m
Business rates kept locally£95.9m
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£336.6m
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£21.7m
Other government grants£47.4m
Council tax surplus and other£1.1m
Net budget£665.4m

What it pays for

Schools and education£373.2m
Care for older and disabled adults£88.5m
Children's services£87.9m
Running the council£35.2m
Debt costs and levies£29.6m
Public health£22.6m
Streets, waste and transport£12.8m
Planning and the local economy£6.0m
Parks, libraries and leisure£5.1m
Community safety and regulation£4.4m
Housing and homelessness£0.1m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £1,389.24 in 2022/23 to £1,688.00 in 2026/27, up 22%.

Band D council tax in Barking and Dagenham each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with the Mayor of London
2022/23£1,389.24£1,784.83
2023/24£1,458.57£1,892.71
2024/25£1,531.35£2,002.75
2025/26£1,607.76£2,098.14
2026/27£1,688.00£2,198.51

Councillors and how each ward voted

Labour 38, Reform UK 9 and Green 4 of the 51 councillors on the council’s list. Labour has more than half the seats, so runs the council. Only the councillors elected are named here; everyone else stood as their party’s candidate.

Abbey

How Abbey voted: turnout 31.9%
Votes for each candidate in Abbey ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party478Manzoor Hussain
Labour Party457Regina Rahman
Green Party414
Green Party406
Reform UK166
Conservative and Unionist Party158
Reform UK141
Conservative and Unionist Party138
Liberal Democrats52

1,244 people voted. 9 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Alibon

How Alibon voted: turnout 33.2%
Votes for each candidate in Alibon ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party981Dorothy Akwaboah
Labour Party894Muazzam Sandhu
Reform UK883
Reform UK828
Conservative and Unionist Party284
Conservative and Unionist Party267
Liberal Democrats219

2,289 people voted. 20 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Barking Riverside

How Barking Riverside voted: turnout 28.4%
Votes for each candidate in Barking Riverside ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party930Josie Channer
Labour Party918Cameron Geddes
Labour Party823Marion Hull
Green Party801
Green Party789
Green Party668
Reform UK395
Reform UK329
Reform UK324
Conservative and Unionist Party179
Conservative and Unionist Party169
Conservative and Unionist Party146
Christian Peoples Alliance143
Liberal Democrats86

2,353 people voted. 8 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Beam

How Beam voted: turnout 29.7%
Votes for each candidate in Beam ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party826Muhib Chowdhury
Labour Party771Donna Lumsden
Labour Party690Glen Spoor
Reform UK429
Reform UK413
Green Party400
Reform UK400
Liberal Democrats226
Conservative and Unionist Party189
Conservative and Unionist Party186
Conservative and Unionist Party161

1,757 people voted. 13 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Becontree

How Becontree voted: turnout 34.6%
Votes for each candidate in Becontree ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party879Edna Fergus
Labour Party817Muhammad Saleem
Reform UK621
Reform UK600
Green Party496
Green Party404
Independent280
Conservative and Unionist Party161
Conservative and Unionist Party148
Liberal Democrats54

2,340 people voted. 14 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Chadwell Heath

How Chadwell Heath voted: turnout 31.6%
Votes for each candidate in Chadwell Heath ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,137Sade Bright
Labour Party1,135Simon Perry
Labour Party994Michel Pongo
Reform UK838
Green Party800
Green Party766
Reform UK730
Reform UK706
Conservative and Unionist Party364
Conservative and Unionist Party306
Liberal Democrats290
Conservative and Unionist Party281

3,037 people voted. 8 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Eastbrook & Rush Green

  • Ron EminReform UKReform UK Group Secretary
  • Ben SuterReform UKLeader of the Opposition / Reform UK Group
How Eastbrook & Rush Green voted: turnout 40.5%
Votes for each candidate in Eastbrook & Rush Green ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK973Ron Emin
Reform UK951Ben Suter
Labour Party782
Labour Party731
Green Party424
Green Party400
Conservative and Unionist Party224
Conservative and Unionist Party215
Independent143
Independent78
Liberal Democrats72

2,549 people voted. 5 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Eastbury

  • Mohammed KhanLabourDeputy Chair of Full Council
  • Dominic TwomeyLabourLeader of the Council / Majority Labour Group and Cabinet Member for People, Place & Partnerships
  • Maureen WorbyLabourCabinet Member for Housing, Adult Social Care & Health
How Eastbury voted: turnout 33.7%
Votes for each candidate in Eastbury ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,112Mohammed Khan
Labour Party1,067Dominic Twomey
Labour Party1,028Maureen Worby
Green Party994
Reform UK904
Reform UK887
Green Party877
Reform UK861
Green Party813
Conservative and Unionist Party411
Conservative and Unionist Party401
Conservative and Unionist Party325
Liberal Democrats227

3,517 people voted. 14 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Gascoigne

How Gascoigne voted: turnout 30.6%
Votes for each candidate in Gascoigne ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party964Moin Quadri
Green Party940Nazrul Kazi
Labour Party864Alison Cormack
Labour Party862
Labour Party791
Green Party769
Conservative and Unionist Party317
Reform UK255
Conservative and Unionist Party240
Reform UK236
Conservative and Unionist Party234
Reform UK225
Workers Party of Britain214
Liberal Democrats84

2,503 people voted. 13 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Goresbrook

How Goresbrook voted: turnout 35.1%
Votes for each candidate in Goresbrook ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK1,309George Miller
Reform UK1,170Caleb van Ryneveld
Reform UK1,149Manjeet Nandra
Labour Party874
Labour Party818
Labour Party772
Green Party664
Green Party560
Conservative and Unionist Party444
Conservative and Unionist Party370
Conservative and Unionist Party330
Liberal Democrats170

3,114 people voted. 17 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Heath

How Heath voted: turnout 32.9%
Votes for each candidate in Heath ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party959Ingrid Robinson
Labour Party883Harriet Spoor
Reform UK662
Reform UK603
Conservative and Unionist Party250
Liberal Democrats225
Conservative and Unionist Party167

1,994 people voted. 19 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Longbridge

How Longbridge voted: turnout 43.6%
Votes for each candidate in Longbridge ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,630Faruk Choudhury
Labour Party1,439Rocky Gill
Green Party1,250Mashkura Binta Mazid
Labour Party1,156
Green Party1,117
Labour Party936
Independent895
Conservative and Unionist Party849
Reform UK449
Reform UK416
Conservative and Unionist Party408
Reform UK359
Conservative and Unionist Party355
Liberal Democrats101

4,046 people voted. 8 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Mayesbrook

How Mayesbrook voted: turnout 33.2%
Votes for each candidate in Mayesbrook ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,182Shamsul Azam
Labour Party1,129Kashif Haroon
Labour Party1,105Faiza Noreen
Reform UK1,033
Reform UK1,023
Reform UK1,023
Green Party758
Green Party719
Green Party637
Conservative and Unionist Party247
Conservative and Unionist Party224
Conservative and Unionist Party195
Liberal Democrats128

3,283 people voted. 14 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Northbury

How Northbury voted: turnout 30.3%
Votes for each candidate in Northbury ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,146Saima Ashraf
Labour Party1,003Giasuddin Miah
Labour Party950Summya Sohaib
Green Party940
Green Party889
Green Party868
Conservative and Unionist Party342
Reform UK328
Conservative and Unionist Party326
Conservative and Unionist Party309
Reform UK289
Reform UK276
Liberal Democrats129

2,754 people voted. 16 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Parsloes

How Parsloes voted: turnout 36.5%
Votes for each candidate in Parsloes ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK1,308Billy Edmunds
Reform UK1,286Alexandra Arnautu
Reform UK1,149Ripon Sheikh
Labour Party1,015
Labour Party991
Green Party945
Labour Party945
Green Party924
Green Party821
Conservative and Unionist Party312
Conservative and Unionist Party287
Conservative and Unionist Party281
Liberal Democrats132

3,687 people voted. 14 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Thames View

How Thames View voted: turnout 34.8%
Votes for each candidate in Thames View ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party567Lucy Lee
Labour Party551Sabbir Zamee
Green Party392
Green Party336
Reform UK201
Reform UK195
Conservative and Unionist Party125
Conservative and Unionist Party114
Christian Peoples Alliance41
Liberal Democrats34

1,340 people voted. 5 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Valence

  • Kim BartiReform UK
  • Syed GhaniLabourCabinet Member for Community Safety & Enforcement
  • Jane JonesLabourCabinet Member for Children’s Social Care, Education & Schools
How Valence voted: turnout 32.8%
Votes for each candidate in Valence ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,270Syed Ghani
Labour Party1,189Jane Jones
Reform UK1,186Kim Barti
Reform UK1,160
Labour Party1,112
Reform UK1,075
Green Party880
Conservative and Unionist Party348
Liberal Democrats309
Conservative and Unionist Party277
Conservative and Unionist Party230

3,378 people voted. 12 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Village

How Village voted: turnout 36.8%
Votes for each candidate in Village ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,542Ajanta Deb Roy
Labour Party1,495Phil Waker
Labour Party1,493Julia Williams
Reform UK1,007
Reform UK1,007
Reform UK960
Conservative and Unionist Party407
Conservative and Unionist Party334
Conservative and Unionist Party320
Liberal Democrats309

3,144 people voted. 14 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Whalebone

How Whalebone voted: turnout 33.2%
Votes for each candidate in Whalebone ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,289Rubina Siddiqui
Labour Party1,254Andrew Achilleos
Labour Party1,124Mukhtar Yusuf
Conservative and Unionist Party817
Green Party817
Reform UK796
Reform UK788
Conservative and Unionist Party381
Conservative and Unionist Party378
Reform UK332
Liberal Democrats228

3,066 people voted. 8 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Still to come for Barking and Dagenham

For Hammersmith & Fulham, Borough Book also tracks every party’s manifesto pledges, every council payment over £500, Cabinet and Full Council decisions, how this year’s budget gap was closed and a tool to balance next year. Those need the council’s own papers, read by hand, and come here next. See Hammersmith & Fulham.

sourcedBill, budget and history: government returns, checked against their own totals (11 Jun 2026)
Where every figure on this page comes from