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Where your council tax goes in Brent

A Band D home pays £2,235.27 this year, up 4.8%. Council tax covers about 24% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 60%, including the money passed straight to schools, and business rates 16%.

Band D bill£2,235up 4.8% on last year
Council budget£808mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax24%of the budget
Council controlNo overall controlno party has more than half the seats

Your bill

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

Band D, 2026/27
£2,235.27
£223.53 a month over 10 instalments, or £186.27 over 12
Brent Council£1,724.76Mayor 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 £1,724.76 to the council pays for

Care for older and disabled adults£537
Children's services£372
Housing and homelessness£194
Streets, waste and transport£167
Debt costs and levies£159
Schools and education£110
Running the council£101
Parks, libraries and leisure£33
Community safety and regulation£29
Planning and the local economy£24
Show your bill as a table
Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Care for older and disabled adults£536.5924.0%
Children's services£372.4316.7%
Housing and homelessness£194.118.7%
Streets, waste and transport£166.967.5%
Debt costs and levies£158.557.1%
Schools and education£109.514.9%
Running the council£100.594.5%
Parks, libraries and leisure£32.901.5%
Community safety and regulation£28.691.3%
Planning and the local economy£24.441.1%
Brent Council, all services£1,724.7677.2%
Mayor of London: police£334.1314.9%
Mayor of London: the fire brigade£76.853.4%
Mayor of London: transport£77.093.4%
Mayor of London: City Hall and the London Assembly£22.441.0%
Mayor of London, all£510.5122.8%
Your bill£2,235.27100%

Split in proportion to the £506m the council pays for itself, after schools and public health, which have their own ring-fenced grants. Council tax pays about 38p 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 budgetDrawn from schools reserves to Net budgetDrawn from council reserves to Net budgetNet budget to Schools and educationNet budget to Care for older and disabled adultsNet budget to Children's servicesNet budget to Housing and homelessnessNet budget to Streets, waste and transportNet budget to Debt costs and leviesNet budget to Running the councilNet budget to Public healthNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureNet budget to Community safety and regulationNet budget to Planning and the local economySourced from a published documentCouncil tax£190.5m, 24%Sourced from a published documentRevenue Support Grant£103.2m, 13%Sourced from a published documentBusiness rates kept locally£131.1m, 16%Sourced from a published documentSchools grants (ring-fenced)£272.2m, 34%Sourced from a published documentPublic health grant (ring-fenced)£28.5mSourced from a published documentOther government grants£81.9m, 10%Sourced from a published documentCouncil tax surplus and other−£0.4mSourced from a published documentDrawn from schools reserves£2.0mSourced from a published documentDrawn from council reserves−£0.8mSourced from a published documentSchools and education£306.3m, 38%Sourced from a published documentCare for older and disabled adults£157.3m, 19%Sourced from a published documentChildren's services£109.2m, 14%Sourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£56.9mSourced from a published documentStreets, waste and transport£48.9mSourced from a published documentDebt costs and levies£46.5mSourced from a published documentRunning the council£29.5mSourced from a published documentPublic health£28.5mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£9.6mSourced from a published documentCommunity safety and regulation£8.4mSourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£7.2m£808m
Show the budget as a table
Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£190.5m23.6%
Revenue Support Grant£103.2m12.8%
Business rates kept locally£131.1m16.2%
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£272.2m33.7%
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£28.5m3.5%
Other government grants£81.9m10.1%
Council tax surplus and other−£0.4m−0.1%
Drawn from schools reserves (one-off)£2.0m0.2%
Drawn from council reserves (one-off)−£0.8m−0.1%
Net budget£808.4m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£306.3m37.9%
Care for older and disabled adults£157.3m19.5%
Children's services£109.2m13.5%
Housing and homelessness£56.9m7.0%
Streets, waste and transport£48.9m6.1%
Debt costs and levies£46.5m5.7%
Running the council£29.5m3.6%
Public health£28.5m3.5%
Parks, libraries and leisure£9.6m1.2%
Community safety and regulation£8.4m1.0%
Planning and the local economy£7.2m0.9%
Net budget£808.4m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£190.5m
Revenue Support Grant£103.2m
Business rates kept locally£131.1m
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£272.2m
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£28.5m
Other government grants£81.9m
Council tax surplus and other−£0.4m
Drawn from schools reserves£2.0m
Drawn from council reserves−£0.8m
Net budget£808.4m

What it pays for

Schools and education£306.3m
Care for older and disabled adults£157.3m
Children's services£109.2m
Housing and homelessness£56.9m
Streets, waste and transport£48.9m
Debt costs and levies£46.5m
Running the council£29.5m
Public health£28.5m
Parks, libraries and leisure£9.6m
Community safety and regulation£8.4m
Planning and the local economy£7.2m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £1,419.48 in 2022/23 to £1,724.76 in 2026/27, up 22%.

Band D council tax in Brent each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with the Mayor of London
2022/23£1,419.48£1,815.07
2023/24£1,490.31£1,924.45
2024/25£1,564.65£2,036.05
2025/26£1,642.77£2,133.15
2026/27£1,724.76£2,235.27

Councillors and how each ward voted

Labour 26, Liberal Democrats 11, Conservative 11 and Green 9 of the 57 councillors on the council’s list. No party has more than half the seats. Only the councillors elected are named here; everyone else stood as their party’s candidate.

Alperton

How Alperton voted
Votes for each candidate in Alperton ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats2,042Krishna Chauhan
Liberal Democrats2,029Anton Georgiou
Liberal Democrats2,006Charlie Clinton
Labour Party849
Labour Party785
Labour Party711
Conservative and Unionist Party655
Conservative and Unionist Party620
Conservative and Unionist Party577
Reform UK475
Green Party471
Green Party453
Reform UK439
Reform UK428
Green Party371

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Barnhill

How Barnhill voted
Votes for each candidate in Barnhill ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party664Rhoda Ibrahim
Labour Party637Robert Johnson
Green Party560
Conservative and Unionist Party527
Conservative and Unionist Party520
Green Party477
Independent413
Reform UK252
Reform UK218
Liberal Democrats121
Liberal Democrats117

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Brondesbury Park

How Brondesbury Park voted
Votes for each candidate in Brondesbury Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party2,066Ryan Hack
Labour Party1,356Tashi Thomas
Green Party1,112
Green Party762
Conservative and Unionist Party392
Conservative and Unionist Party353
Reform UK263
Reform UK261
Liberal Democrats239
Liberal Democrats198

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Cricklewood & Mapesbury

How Cricklewood & Mapesbury voted
Votes for each candidate in Cricklewood & Mapesbury ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,295Tariq Dar MBE
Labour Party1,160Gwen Grahl
Green Party879
Green Party722
Conservative and Unionist Party370
Reform UK331
Conservative and Unionist Party318
Liberal Democrats295
Reform UK269
Liberal Democrats255

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Dollis Hill

How Dollis Hill voted
Votes for each candidate in Dollis Hill ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,593Parvez Ahmed
Labour Party1,541Liz Dixon
Labour Party1,425Arshad Mahmood
Green Party880
Green Party811
Green Party806
Liberal Democrats570
Reform UK544
Conservative and Unionist Party480
Liberal Democrats455
Conservative and Unionist Party447
Reform UK434
Conservative and Unionist Party402
Reform UK393
Liberal Democrats369

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Harlesden & Kensal Green

How Harlesden & Kensal Green voted
Votes for each candidate in Harlesden & Kensal Green ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,714Tina Amadi
Green Party1,684Amandine Alexandre
Labour Party1,622Matt Kelcher
Labour Party1,502
Green Party1,483
Green Party1,315
Conservative and Unionist Party390
Conservative and Unionist Party371
Liberal Democrats340
Liberal Democrats339
Reform UK300
Reform UK292
Conservative and Unionist Party284
Liberal Democrats263
Reform UK241
Independent140

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kenton

How Kenton voted
Votes for each candidate in Kenton ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party2,136Suresh Kansagra
Conservative and Unionist Party1,960Anup Patel
Conservative and Unionist Party1,679Sai Karthik Madabhushi
Independent1,273
Green Party801
Green Party749
Labour and Co-operative Party746
Labour and Co-operative Party720
Labour and Co-operative Party678
Green Party662
Reform UK647
Reform UK597
Reform UK570
Liberal Democrats270
Liberal Democrats257
Liberal Democrats141

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kilburn

How Kilburn voted
Votes for each candidate in Kilburn ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,578Suzanne Gallagher
Green Party1,411Stephen Malonga
Green Party1,347Paul Ryan
Labour Party1,290
Labour Party1,134
Labour Party1,112
Reform UK351
Conservative and Unionist Party337
Liberal Democrats332
Reform UK329
Liberal Democrats326
Reform UK284
Conservative and Unionist Party278
Conservative and Unionist Party271
Liberal Democrats226

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kingsbury

How Kingsbury voted
Votes for each candidate in Kingsbury ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party870Saqib Butt
Labour Party856Jasbinder Bajwa
Conservative and Unionist Party659
Conservative and Unionist Party599
Green Party550
Green Party516
Reform UK392
Reform UK367
Liberal Democrats159
Liberal Democrats151

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Northwick Park

How Northwick Park voted
Votes for each candidate in Northwick Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,255Keith Perrin
Green Party912Nisha Vakani
Labour Party883
Conservative and Unionist Party822
Conservative and Unionist Party681
Labour Party648
Reform UK408
Reform UK397
Liberal Democrats233
Liberal Democrats200

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Preston

How Preston voted
Votes for each candidate in Preston ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,010Harshadbhai Patel
Conservative and Unionist Party894Michael Maurice
Green Party807
Labour and Co-operative Party729
Labour and Co-operative Party656
Green Party590
Reform UK230
Reform UK223
Independent183
Liberal Democrats154
Liberal Democrats109

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Queens Park

How Queens Park voted
Votes for each candidate in Queens Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats1,992Deborah Unger
Liberal Democrats1,973Fiona Mulaisho
Liberal Democrats1,910Barbara Want
Labour Party1,346
Labour Party1,308
Labour Party1,266
Green Party1,115
Green Party986
Green Party901
Conservative and Unionist Party417
Conservative and Unionist Party339
Reform UK303
Reform UK296
Conservative and Unionist Party290
Reform UK268

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Queensbury

How Queensbury voted
Votes for each candidate in Queensbury ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party2,325Kanta Mistry
Conservative and Unionist Party2,252Jayanti Patel
Conservative and Unionist Party2,162Manoj Mishra
Labour Party924
Labour Party872
Labour Party768
Green Party633
Green Party587
Green Party517
Reform UK371
Reform UK346
Reform UK337
Liberal Democrats231
Liberal Democrats207
Liberal Democrats206

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Roundwood

How Roundwood voted
Votes for each candidate in Roundwood ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,414Samiah Anderson
Labour Party1,377Fleur Donnelly-Jackson
Labour Party1,363Jake Rubin
Green Party1,013
Green Party941
Green Party918
Reform UK285
Reform UK275
Conservative and Unionist Party261
Liberal Democrats251
Conservative and Unionist Party250
Reform UK240
Conservative and Unionist Party230
Liberal Democrats225
Liberal Democrats191

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Stonebridge

How Stonebridge voted
Votes for each candidate in Stonebridge ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,399Abdi Aden
Labour Party1,243Promise Knight
Labour Party1,238Trevor Blackman
Green Party825
Green Party819
Green Party762
Independent669
Independent494
Conservative and Unionist Party421
Independent407
Conservative and Unionist Party336
Conservative and Unionist Party332
Reform UK292
Reform UK282
Reform UK237
Liberal Democrats209
Liberal Democrats151
Liberal Democrats147
Workers Party of Britain107

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Sudbury

How Sudbury voted
Votes for each candidate in Sudbury ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats1,776Paul Lorber
Liberal Democrats1,523Nirmala Patel
Labour Party784
Labour Party650
Conservative and Unionist Party601
Green Party441
Conservative and Unionist Party418
Reform UK344
Green Party338
Reform UK317

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Tokyngton

How Tokyngton voted
Votes for each candidate in Tokyngton ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party939Muhammed Butt
Conservative and Unionist Party864Shamim Chowdhury
Conservative and Unionist Party835
Labour and Co-operative Party819
Green Party486
Green Party385
Reform UK279
Reform UK253
Liberal Democrats175
Liberal Democrats134

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Welsh Harp

How Welsh Harp voted
Votes for each candidate in Welsh Harp ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,075Amer Agha MB BS, MSc, PHCM
Conservative and Unionist Party1,052Sapna Chadha
Labour Party1,002Iftekhar Ahmed
Conservative and Unionist Party996
Conservative and Unionist Party946
Labour Party909
Green Party770
Reform UK767
Green Party759
Green Party703
Reform UK669
Reform UK647
Liberal Democrats305
Liberal Democrats216
Liberal Democrats187
UK Independence Party (UKIP)69
Independent65

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Wembley Central

How Wembley Central voted
Votes for each candidate in Wembley Central ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats1,918Daniel Brown
Liberal Democrats1,824Hetal Jansali
Liberal Democrats1,742Jigar Shah
Conservative and Unionist Party1,603
Conservative and Unionist Party1,568
Conservative and Unionist Party1,503
Labour Party1,035
Labour Party971
Labour Party848
Green Party516
Reform UK495
Green Party444
Green Party441
Reform UK441
Reform UK411

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Wembley Hill

How Wembley Hill voted
Votes for each candidate in Wembley Hill ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,456Angela Joyce De Souza
Conservative and Unionist Party1,211Floyd Dias Do Rosario
Labour Party1,166Lloyd McLeish
Conservative and Unionist Party1,151
Labour Party1,139
Conservative and Unionist Party1,054
Green Party611
Green Party601
Green Party526
Reform UK408
Reform UK392
Reform UK364
Liberal Democrats231
Liberal Democrats182
Liberal Democrats135
Independent106

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Wembley Park

How Wembley Park voted
Votes for each candidate in Wembley Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party613Iman Ahmadi Moghaddam
Green Party504Najib Warsame
Labour Party476
Labour Party432
Liberal Democrats382
Liberal Democrats264
Reform UK188
Conservative and Unionist Party172
Reform UK172
Conservative and Unionist Party161

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Willesden Green

How Willesden Green voted
Votes for each candidate in Willesden Green ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,714Saqlain Choudry
Green Party1,654Mary Mitchell
Labour Party1,566George Burn
Green Party1,478
Green Party1,380
Labour Party1,338
Liberal Democrats524
Reform UK523
Liberal Democrats449
Conservative and Unionist Party442
Reform UK424
Reform UK386
Conservative and Unionist Party346
Conservative and Unionist Party328
Liberal Democrats316

The declaration gave no turnout. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Still to come for Brent

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