Borough BookAlphaCamden, 2026/27
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Where your council tax goes in Camden

A Band D home pays £2,207.55 this year, up 4.8%. Council tax covers about 23% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 62%, including the money passed straight to schools, and business rates 8%.

Band D bill£2,208up 4.8% on last year
Council budget£713mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax23%of the budget
Council controlLabour31 of 55 seats

Your bill

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

Band D, 2026/27
£2,207.55
£220.76 a month over 10 instalments, or £183.96 over 12
Camden Council£1,697.04Mayor 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 £1,697.04 to the council pays for

Care for older and disabled adults£589
Children's services£356
Running the council£267
Housing and homelessness£205
Schools and education£101
Parks, libraries and leisure£48
Streets, waste and transport£43
Planning and the local economy£32
Community safety and regulation£29
Debt costs and levies£28
Show your bill as a table
Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Care for older and disabled adults£588.5626.7%
Children's services£356.3516.1%
Running the council£266.6512.1%
Housing and homelessness£204.789.3%
Schools and education£100.974.6%
Parks, libraries and leisure£47.852.2%
Streets, waste and transport£43.192.0%
Planning and the local economy£32.431.5%
Community safety and regulation£28.571.3%
Debt costs and levies£27.701.3%
Camden Council, all services£1,697.0476.9%
Mayor of London: police£334.1315.1%
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£510.5123.1%
Your bill£2,207.55100%

Split in proportion to the £441m 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 Running the councilNet budget to Housing and homelessnessNet budget to Public healthNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureNet budget to Streets, waste and transportNet budget to Planning and the local economyNet budget to Community safety and regulationNet budget to Debt costs and leviesSourced from a published documentCouncil tax£165.4m, 23%Sourced from a published documentRevenue Support Grant£115.4m, 16%Sourced from a published documentBusiness rates kept locally£59.5m, 8%Sourced from a published documentSchools grants (ring-fenced)£226.7m, 32%Sourced from a published documentPublic health grant (ring-fenced)£37.1mSourced from a published documentOther government grants£66.0m, 9%Sourced from a published documentCouncil tax surplus and other−£18.8mSourced from a published documentDrawn from schools reserves£8.5mSourced from a published documentDrawn from council reserves£53.2m, 7%Sourced from a published documentSchools and education£261.4m, 37%Sourced from a published documentCare for older and disabled adults£152.9m, 21%Sourced from a published documentChildren's services£92.6m, 13%Sourced from a published documentRunning the council£69.3m, 10%Sourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£53.2m, 7%Sourced from a published documentPublic health£37.1mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£12.4mSourced from a published documentStreets, waste and transport£11.2mSourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£8.4mSourced from a published documentCommunity safety and regulation£7.4mSourced from a published documentDebt costs and levies£7.2m£713m
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Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£165.4m23.2%
Revenue Support Grant£115.4m16.2%
Business rates kept locally£59.5m8.4%
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£226.7m31.8%
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£37.1m5.2%
Other government grants£66.0m9.3%
Council tax surplus and other−£18.8m−2.6%
Drawn from schools reserves (one-off)£8.5m1.2%
Drawn from council reserves (one-off)£53.2m7.5%
Net budget£713.1m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£261.4m36.7%
Care for older and disabled adults£152.9m21.4%
Children's services£92.6m13.0%
Running the council£69.3m9.7%
Housing and homelessness£53.2m7.5%
Public health£37.1m5.2%
Parks, libraries and leisure£12.4m1.7%
Streets, waste and transport£11.2m1.6%
Planning and the local economy£8.4m1.2%
Community safety and regulation£7.4m1.0%
Debt costs and levies£7.2m1.0%
Net budget£713.1m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£165.4m
Revenue Support Grant£115.4m
Business rates kept locally£59.5m
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£226.7m
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£37.1m
Other government grants£66.0m
Council tax surplus and other−£18.8m
Drawn from schools reserves£8.5m
Drawn from council reserves£53.2m
Net budget£713.1m

What it pays for

Schools and education£261.4m
Care for older and disabled adults£152.9m
Children's services£92.6m
Running the council£69.3m
Housing and homelessness£53.2m
Public health£37.1m
Parks, libraries and leisure£12.4m
Streets, waste and transport£11.2m
Planning and the local economy£8.4m
Community safety and regulation£7.4m
Debt costs and levies£7.2m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £1,396.63 in 2022/23 to £1,697.04 in 2026/27, up 22%.

Band D council tax in Camden each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with the Mayor of London
2022/23£1,396.63£1,792.22
2023/24£1,466.32£1,900.46
2024/25£1,539.47£2,010.87
2025/26£1,616.31£2,106.69
2026/27£1,697.04£2,207.55

Councillors and how each ward voted

Labour 31, Liberal Democrats 10, Green 10, Conservative 3 and Camden People's Alliance 1 of the 55 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.

Belsize

How Belsize voted: turnout 39.2%
Votes for each candidate in Belsize ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats1,191Judy Dixey
Liberal Democrats1,162Tom Simon
Liberal Democrats1,132Matthew Kirk
Conservative and Unionist Party1,028
Conservative and Unionist Party949
Conservative and Unionist Party949
Green Party548
Labour Party488
Labour Party488
Green Party468
Labour Party464
Green Party393
Reform UK261
Reform UK261
Reform UK236

The declaration gave no turnout. 3 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bloomsbury

How Bloomsbury voted: turnout 33.8%
Votes for each candidate in Bloomsbury ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party910Sabrina Francis
Labour Party886Adam Harrison
Green Party846Lilac Carr
Labour Party827
Green Party817
Green Party763
Conservative and Unionist Party266
Reform UK251
Reform UK241
Conservative and Unionist Party236
Liberal Democrats198
Liberal Democrats198
Conservative and Unionist Party181
Liberal Democrats172

The declaration gave no turnout. 11 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Camden Square

How Camden Square voted: turnout 36.9%
Votes for each candidate in Camden Square ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party890Sagal Abdi-Wali
Labour Party848Patricia Leman
Green Party830
Green Party687
Liberal Democrats164
Independent162
Reform UK162
Reform UK151
Conservative and Unionist Party119
Liberal Democrats106
Conservative and Unionist Party93

The declaration gave no turnout. 8 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Camden Town

How Camden Town voted: turnout 32.4%
Votes for each candidate in Camden Town ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party746Patricia Callaghan
Labour Party620Matt Cooper
Green Party583
Green Party544
Reform UK142
Conservative and Unionist Party113
Liberal Democrats111
Conservative and Unionist Party109
Reform UK96
Liberal Democrats84

The declaration gave no turnout. 5 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Fortune Green

How Fortune Green voted: turnout 37.5%
Votes for each candidate in Fortune Green ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats1,376Nancy Jirira
Liberal Democrats1,199William Coles
Liberal Democrats1,151Farrell Monk
Green Party847
Labour Party746
Labour Party646
Green Party632
Labour Party623
Green Party564
Conservative and Unionist Party481
Conservative and Unionist Party405
Conservative and Unionist Party328
Reform UK266
Reform UK248

The declaration gave no turnout. 10 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Frognal

How Frognal voted: turnout 39.1%
Votes for each candidate in Frognal ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,034Steve Adams
Conservative and Unionist Party933Juliette Graham
Green Party361
Labour Party355
Labour Party342
Green Party339
Reform UK253
Liberal Democrats243
Liberal Democrats236
Reform UK233

The declaration gave no turnout. 6 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Gospel Oak

How Gospel Oak voted: turnout 39.2%
Votes for each candidate in Gospel Oak ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,240Richard Atkins
Labour Party1,208Marcus Boyland
Labour Party1,192Larraine Revah
Green Party1,165
Green Party1,137
Labour Party1,100
Reform UK444
Reform UK425
Reform UK420
Liberal Democrats360
Liberal Democrats350
Conservative and Unionist Party343
Conservative and Unionist Party319
Conservative and Unionist Party279
Liberal Democrats247

The declaration gave no turnout. 12 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Hampstead Town

How Hampstead Town voted: turnout 48.1%
Votes for each candidate in Hampstead Town ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats1,221Linda Chung
Conservative and Unionist Party1,069Stephen Stark
Liberal Democrats960
Conservative and Unionist Party814
Labour Party492
Green Party388
Green Party333
Labour Party320
Reform UK190

The declaration gave no turnout. 9 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Haverstock

  • Kemi AtolagbeLabourCabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care
  • Nasrine DjemaiLabourCabinet Member for New Homes and Community Investment
  • Rebecca FilerLabourChair of the Standards Committee
How Haverstock voted: turnout 38.0%
Votes for each candidate in Haverstock ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,366Kemi Atolagbe
Labour Party1,322Rebecca Filer
Labour Party1,255Nasrine Djemai
Green Party1,209
Green Party1,117
Green Party1,034
Liberal Democrats351
Conservative and Unionist Party320
Conservative and Unionist Party319
Reform UK313
Reform UK300
Conservative and Unionist Party298
Liberal Democrats259
Liberal Democrats220

The declaration gave no turnout. 11 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Highgate

How Highgate voted: turnout 52.6%
Votes for each candidate in Highgate ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,908Lorna Jane Russell
Labour Party1,815Camron Aref-Adib
Labour Party1,810Anna Wright
Green Party1,612
Green Party1,352
Labour Party1,253
Conservative and Unionist Party522
Conservative and Unionist Party494
Conservative and Unionist Party425
Reform UK342
Liberal Democrats250
Liberal Democrats205
Liberal Democrats184

The declaration gave no turnout. 11 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Holborn and Covent Garden

How Holborn and Covent Garden voted: turnout 37.4%
Votes for each candidate in Holborn and Covent Garden ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,271Hamza Chowdhury
Green Party1,176Jim Monahan
Green Party1,144James White
Labour Party1,035
Labour Party848
Labour Party749
Reform UK309
Reform UK302
Reform UK263
Conservative and Unionist Party248
Conservative and Unionist Party220
National Housing Party United Kingdom217
Conservative and Unionist Party189
Liberal Democrats185
Liberal Democrats182
National Housing Party United Kingdom166
Liberal Democrats132

The declaration gave no turnout. 19 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kentish Town North

  • Sylvia McNamaraLabourDeputy Mayor and Chair of the Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee
  • James SlaterLabourCabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable Camden
How Kentish Town North voted: turnout 49.6%
Votes for each candidate in Kentish Town North ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party1,367Sylvia McNamara
Labour and Co-operative Party1,351James Slater
Green Party1,163
Green Party1,129
Reform UK141
Reform UK137
Conservative and Unionist Party124
Conservative and Unionist Party109
Liberal Democrats84
Liberal Democrats72

The declaration gave no turnout. 7 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kentish Town South

How Kentish Town South voted: turnout 41.3%
Votes for each candidate in Kentish Town South ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,441Meric Apak
Labour Party1,425Joseph Ball
Labour Party1,320Annabelle Williams
Green Party1,278
Green Party1,209
Green Party1,198
Reform UK272
Reform UK268
Conservative and Unionist Party219
Liberal Democrats171
Conservative and Unionist Party161
Liberal Democrats155
Conservative and Unionist Party147
Liberal Democrats124

The declaration gave no turnout. 12 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kilburn

How Kilburn voted: turnout 30.4%
Votes for each candidate in Kilburn ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party970Eddie Hanson
Green Party954Ash Atkinson
Green Party880Andre Lopez-Turner
Labour Party828
Green Party795
Labour Party732
Conservative and Unionist Party307
Conservative and Unionist Party293
Reform UK292
Conservative and Unionist Party278
Reform UK269
Liberal Democrats261
Liberal Democrats220
Liberal Democrats208

The declaration gave no turnout. 16 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

King's Cross

How King's Cross voted: turnout 31.9%
Votes for each candidate in King's Cross ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,048Lotis Bautista
Labour Party995Jonathan Simpson MBE
Labour Party979Liam Martin-Lane
Camden People's Alliance778
Camden People's Alliance694
Camden People's Alliance687
Liberal Democrats236
Conservative and Unionist Party224
Reform UK224
Liberal Democrats218
Reform UK212
Liberal Democrats204
Conservative and Unionist Party194
Conservative and Unionist Party186
National Housing Party United Kingdom60

The declaration gave no turnout. 15 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Primrose Hill

How Primrose Hill voted: turnout 39.1%
Votes for each candidate in Primrose Hill ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,209Dan Corby
Labour Party1,196Lauren Keiles
Labour Party1,013Suleiman Osman
Conservative and Unionist Party977
Conservative and Unionist Party956
Conservative and Unionist Party794
Green Party785
Green Party749
Green Party621
Reform UK340
Liberal Democrats328
Reform UK292
Reform UK290
Liberal Democrats289
Liberal Democrats251

The declaration gave no turnout. 16 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Regent's Park

How Regent's Park voted: turnout 35.1%
Votes for each candidate in Regent's Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,138Victoria Mery
Green Party1,054No longer on the council’s list
Green Party1,010Ruman Jaigirdar
Labour Party973
Labour Party929
Labour Party905
Reform UK354
Reform UK331
Reform UK321
Conservative and Unionist Party274
Conservative and Unionist Party262
Conservative and Unionist Party240
Liberal Democrats189
Liberal Democrats170
Liberal Democrats113
National Housing Party United Kingdom46

The declaration gave no turnout. 13 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

South Hampstead

How South Hampstead voted: turnout 39.5%
Votes for each candidate in South Hampstead ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,006Izzy Lenga
Labour Party930Francesca Reynolds
Labour Party925Arun Kumar
Conservative and Unionist Party816
Liberal Democrats795
Green Party758
Green Party711
Liberal Democrats706
Liberal Democrats693
Conservative and Unionist Party679
Conservative and Unionist Party637
Green Party618
Reform UK261
Reform UK247

The declaration gave no turnout. 11 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

St Pancras and Somers Town

How St Pancras and Somers Town voted: turnout 32.8%
Votes for each candidate in St Pancras and Somers Town ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,092Samata Khatoon
Labour Party1,018Shah Miah
Camden People's Alliance999Shah Bakth
Labour Party978
Camden People's Alliance943
Camden People's Alliance906
Reform UK432
Reform UK367
Reform UK366
Liberal Democrats265
Liberal Democrats192
Liberal Democrats191
Conservative and Unionist Party188
Conservative and Unionist Party162
Conservative and Unionist Party161
National Housing Party United Kingdom65

The declaration gave no turnout. 10 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

West Hampstead

How West Hampstead voted: turnout 36.5%
Votes for each candidate in West Hampstead ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats1,421Janet Grauberg
Liberal Democrats1,164Patrick Stillman
Liberal Democrats1,068Aarti Wadhwani
Labour Party782
Green Party661
Labour Party629
Green Party601
Labour Party596
Green Party586
Conservative and Unionist Party376
Conservative and Unionist Party298
Conservative and Unionist Party268
Reform UK224
Reform UK201

The declaration gave no turnout. 7 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Still to come for Camden

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