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Where your council tax goes in Havering

A Band D home pays £2,424.66 this year, up 4.8%. Council tax covers about 33% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 57%, including the money passed straight to schools, and business rates 11%.

Band D bill£2,425up 4.8% on last year
Council budget£528mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax33%of the budget
Council controlReform UK39 of 55 seats

Your bill

Pick your band. The council keeps 79% of it; the rest goes to the Mayor of London.

Band D, 2026/27
£2,424.66
£242.47 a month over 10 instalments, or £202.05 over 12
Havering Council£1,914.15Mayor 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 £1,914.15 to the council pays for

Care for older and disabled adults£914
Children's services£558
Streets, waste and transport£164
Schools and education£164
Housing and homelessness£156
Running the council£118
Parks, libraries and leisure£27
Planning and the local economy£23
Community safety and regulation£19
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Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Care for older and disabled adults£913.6437.7%
Children's services£558.1823.0%
Streets, waste and transport£164.226.8%
Schools and education£163.966.8%
Housing and homelessness£156.106.4%
Running the council£117.804.9%
Parks, libraries and leisure£27.481.1%
Planning and the local economy£22.710.9%
Community safety and regulation£18.900.8%
Havering Council, all services£1,914.1578.9%
Mayor of London: police£334.1313.8%
Mayor of London: the fire brigade£76.853.2%
Mayor of London: transport£77.093.2%
Mayor of London: City Hall and the London Assembly£22.440.9%
Mayor of London, all£510.5121.1%
Your bill£2,424.66100%

Split in proportion to the £291m the council pays for itself, after schools and public health, which have their own ring-fenced grants. Council tax pays about 60p 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 Streets, waste and transportNet budget to Housing and homelessnessNet budget to Running the councilNet budget to Public healthNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureNet budget to Planning and the local economyNet budget to Community safety and regulationNet budget to Debt costs and leviesSourced from a published documentCouncil tax£174.4m, 33%Sourced from a published documentRevenue Support Grant£38.8mSourced from a published documentBusiness rates kept locally£58.2m, 11%Sourced from a published documentSchools grants (ring-fenced)£219.7m, 42%Sourced from a published documentPublic health grant (ring-fenced)£14.6mSourced from a published documentOther government grants£30.4mSourced from a published documentCouncil tax surplus and other−£1.9mSourced from a published documentDrawn from schools reserves£2.5mSourced from a published documentDrawn from council reserves−£8.4mSourced from a published documentSchools and education£247.2m, 47%Sourced from a published documentCare for older and disabled adults£139.1m, 26%Sourced from a published documentChildren's services£85.0m, 16%Sourced from a published documentStreets, waste and transport£25.0mSourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£23.8mSourced from a published documentRunning the council£17.9mSourced from a published documentPublic health£14.6mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£4.2mSourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£3.5mSourced from a published documentCommunity safety and regulation£2.9mSourced from a published documentDebt costs and levies−£34.9m£528m
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Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£174.4m33.0%
Revenue Support Grant£38.8m7.3%
Business rates kept locally£58.2m11.0%
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£219.7m41.6%
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£14.6m2.8%
Other government grants£30.4m5.7%
Council tax surplus and other−£1.9m−0.4%
Drawn from schools reserves (one-off)£2.5m0.5%
Drawn from council reserves (one-off)−£8.4m−1.6%
Net budget£528.3m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£247.2m46.8%
Care for older and disabled adults£139.1m26.3%
Children's services£85.0m16.1%
Streets, waste and transport£25.0m4.7%
Housing and homelessness£23.8m4.5%
Running the council£17.9m3.4%
Public health£14.6m2.8%
Parks, libraries and leisure£4.2m0.8%
Planning and the local economy£3.5m0.7%
Community safety and regulation£2.9m0.5%
Debt costs and levies−£34.9m−6.6%
Net budget£528.3m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£174.4m
Revenue Support Grant£38.8m
Business rates kept locally£58.2m
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£219.7m
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£14.6m
Other government grants£30.4m
Council tax surplus and other−£1.9m
Drawn from schools reserves£2.5m
Drawn from council reserves−£8.4m
Net budget£528.3m

What it pays for

Schools and education£247.2m
Care for older and disabled adults£139.1m
Children's services£85.0m
Streets, waste and transport£25.0m
Housing and homelessness£23.8m
Running the council£17.9m
Public health£14.6m
Parks, libraries and leisure£4.2m
Planning and the local economy£3.5m
Community safety and regulation£2.9m
Debt costs and levies−£34.9m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £1,575.38 in 2022/23 to £1,914.15 in 2026/27, up 22%.

Band D council tax in Havering each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with the Mayor of London
2022/23£1,575.38£1,970.97
2023/24£1,653.99£2,088.13
2024/25£1,736.52£2,207.92
2025/26£1,823.17£2,313.55
2026/27£1,914.15£2,424.66

Councillors and how each ward voted

Reform UK 39, Havering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Upminster & Cranham Residents Association) 6, Havering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Hornchurch Residents Association) 4, East Havering Residents' Group 3, Labour 2 and Havering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Havering Residents Association) 1 of the 55 councillors on the council’s list. Reform UK 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.

Beam Park

How Beam Park voted: turnout 32.6%
Votes for each candidate in Beam Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party488Trevor McKeever
Labour Party473Matthew Stanton
Reform UK449
Reform UK367
Havering Residents Association330
Havering Residents Association284
Green Party230
Green Party189
Conservative and Unionist Party178
Conservative and Unionist Party144
Liberal Democrats40

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

Cranham

  • Gillian FordHavering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Upminster & Cranham Residents Association)Leader of the Opposition
  • John TylerHavering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Upminster & Cranham Residents Association)
  • Lesley TylerHavering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Upminster & Cranham Residents Association)
How Cranham voted: turnout 54.5%
Votes for each candidate in Cranham ward
PartyVotesElected
Upminster and Cranham Residents Association2,844Gillian Ford
Upminster and Cranham Residents Association2,407John Tyler
Upminster and Cranham Residents Association2,184Lesley Tyler
Reform UK1,914
Reform UK1,758
Reform UK1,563
Conservative and Unionist Party476
Green Party411
Green Party400
Conservative and Unionist Party345
Green Party295
Conservative and Unionist Party275
Labour Party270
Labour Party255
Labour Party213
Liberal Democrats115

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

Elm Park

  • Kimberley GouldHavering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Hornchurch Residents Association)
  • Barry MugglestoneHavering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Hornchurch Residents Association)
  • Stephanie NunnHavering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Hornchurch Residents Association)
How Elm Park voted: turnout 47.6%
Votes for each candidate in Elm Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Hornchurch Residents Association2,367Barry Mugglestone
Hornchurch Residents Association2,244Stephanie Nunn
Hornchurch Residents Association2,080Kimberley Gould
Reform UK2,067
Reform UK1,868
Reform UK1,841
Green Party704
Green Party563
Labour Party503
Labour Party469
Labour Party456
Green Party454
Conservative and Unionist Party405
Conservative and Unionist Party355
Conservative and Unionist Party314
Liberal Democrats110

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

Emerson Park

How Emerson Park voted: turnout 52.8%
Votes for each candidate in Emerson Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK1,306David Johnson
Reform UK1,255Alex Sibley
Havering Residents Association1,098
Havering Residents Association1,098
Conservative and Unionist Party866
Conservative and Unionist Party795
Labour Party272
Green Party226
Labour Party222
Green Party210
Liberal Democrats47

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

Gooshays

How Gooshays voted: turnout 35.3%
Votes for each candidate in Gooshays ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK1,738Keith Prince
Reform UK1,711Liz Tyler
Reform UK1,542Robert Whitton
Havering Residents Association661
Labour and Co-operative Party622
Havering Residents Association606
Havering Residents Association606
Labour and Co-operative Party508
Green Party477
Green Party472
Labour and Co-operative Party471
Green Party447
Conservative and Unionist Party446
Conservative and Unionist Party362
Conservative and Unionist Party322
Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association234
Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association210
Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association130
Independent100
Liberal Democrats86

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

Hacton

How Hacton voted: turnout 51.2%
Votes for each candidate in Hacton ward
PartyVotesElected
Hornchurch Residents Association1,574Julie Wilkes
Reform UK1,533Geoff Burgess
Hornchurch Residents Association1,447
Reform UK1,433
Conservative and Unionist Party310
Conservative and Unionist Party287
Green Party238
Labour Party210
Green Party201
Labour Party176
Liberal Democrats60

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

Harold Wood

How Harold Wood voted: turnout 48.2%
Votes for each candidate in Harold Wood ward
PartyVotesElected
Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association2,425Brian Eagling
Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association2,269Martin Goode
Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association2,209Darren Wise
Reform UK1,481
Reform UK1,402
Reform UK1,375
Green Party415
Green Party396
Green Party364
Labour Party353
Conservative and Unionist Party342
Conservative and Unionist Party316
Conservative and Unionist Party278
Labour Party267
Labour Party240
Liberal Democrats135
Independent134
Liberal Democrats118

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

Havering-atte-Bower

How Havering-atte-Bower voted: turnout 42.1%
Votes for each candidate in Havering-atte-Bower ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK2,419Graham Edwards
Reform UK2,329Della Morton
Reform UK2,297Paul Sullivan
Conservative and Unionist Party704
Havering Residents Association686
Havering Residents Association664
Havering Residents Association631
Conservative and Unionist Party602
Conservative and Unionist Party593
Green Party564
Green Party557
Labour Party551
Green Party505
Labour Party501
Labour Party428
Liberal Democrats143

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

Heaton

How Heaton voted: turnout 32.2%
Votes for each candidate in Heaton ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK1,829Kevin Ayres
Reform UK1,621Iurie Bivol
Reform UK1,588Khuram Amin
Labour and Co-operative Party752
Labour and Co-operative Party682
Labour and Co-operative Party634
Havering Residents Association587
Green Party583
Havering Residents Association471
Green Party470
Green Party461
Havering Residents Association447
Conservative and Unionist Party444
Conservative and Unionist Party333
Conservative and Unionist Party303
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).

Hylands & Harrow Lodge

How Hylands & Harrow Lodge voted: turnout 50.3%
Votes for each candidate in Hylands & Harrow Lodge ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK2,271Kevin Gill
Reform UK2,212Sean McMahon
Reform UK2,173Maggie Themistocli
Hornchurch Residents Association1,824
Hornchurch Residents Association1,818
Hornchurch Residents Association1,728
Conservative and Unionist Party530
Conservative and Unionist Party511
Conservative and Unionist Party498
Green Party497
Labour Party456
Green Party432
Green Party403
Labour Party377
Labour Party333
Liberal Democrats90

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

Marshalls & Rise Park

How Marshalls & Rise Park voted: turnout 51.8%
Votes for each candidate in Marshalls & Rise Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK2,241Robert Benham
Reform UK2,135Gary Payne
Reform UK2,111Bailey Nash-Gardner
Havering Residents Association1,103
Conservative and Unionist Party1,086
Conservative and Unionist Party984
Havering Residents Association975
Conservative and Unionist Party949
Havering Residents Association873
Green Party442
Labour Party420
Green Party380
Green Party379
Labour Party376
Labour Party359
Liberal Democrats131

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

Mawneys

How Mawneys voted: turnout 45.0%
Votes for each candidate in Mawneys ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK1,863Graham Day
Reform UK1,848Sue Benjamins
Reform UK1,716Geoff Starns
Conservative and Unionist Party1,581
Conservative and Unionist Party1,495
Conservative and Unionist Party1,308
Green Party497
Green Party479
Labour Party450
Labour Party438
Green Party428
Havering Residents Association360
Labour Party344
Havering Residents Association324
Havering Residents Association297
Liberal Democrats134

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

Rainham & Wennington

How Rainham & Wennington voted: turnout 45.0%
Votes for each candidate in Rainham & Wennington ward
PartyVotesElected
Havering Residents Association1,780Sue Ospreay
Reform UK1,741George Harwin
Reform UK1,675Joe Lock
Havering Residents Association1,484
Reform UK1,443
Havering Residents Association1,344
Labour Party596
Labour Party592
Labour Party534
Green Party323
Conservative and Unionist Party290
Green Party257
Green Party229
Conservative and Unionist Party208
Conservative and Unionist Party179
Liberal Democrats95

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

Rush Green & Crowlands

How Rush Green & Crowlands voted: turnout 40.0%
Votes for each candidate in Rush Green & Crowlands ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK1,347Alex Donald
Reform UK1,293Henry Williams
Reform UK1,277Petru Eugen Dinsorean
Conservative and Unionist Party1,103
Conservative and Unionist Party1,057
Conservative and Unionist Party1,038
Labour Party810
Green Party750
Labour Party712
Labour Party697
Green Party675
Green Party635
Havering Residents Association269
Havering Residents Association237
Havering Residents Association228
Liberal Democrats128

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

South Hornchurch

How South Hornchurch voted: turnout 42.6%
Votes for each candidate in South Hornchurch ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK1,307Luke Barry
Reform UK1,151Angelica Ola
Havering Residents Association851
Havering Residents Association806
Labour Party433
Green Party316
Labour Party310
Independent261
Green Party243
Conservative and Unionist Party230
Conservative and Unionist Party161
Liberal Democrats66

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

Squirrels Heath

How Squirrels Heath voted: turnout 49.8%
Votes for each candidate in Squirrels Heath ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK2,330Christine Vickery
Reform UK2,255Tom Vickery
Reform UK2,159Martynas Cekavicius
Conservative and Unionist Party1,432
Conservative and Unionist Party1,357
Conservative and Unionist Party1,306
Green Party851
Green Party847
Green Party815
Havering Residents Association620
Havering Residents Association609
Havering Residents Association552
Labour Party550
Labour Party509
Labour Party432
Liberal Democrats226
Liberal Democrats166

The declaration gave no turnout. 21 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

St Albans

How St Albans voted: turnout 44.0%
Votes for each candidate in St Albans ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK764Russell Smith
Reform UK748Diane Smith
Labour Party681
Labour Party578
Conservative and Unionist Party532
Conservative and Unionist Party427
Green Party308
Havering Residents Association235
Green Party230
Havering Residents Association207
Liberal Democrats61

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

St Andrews

How St Andrews voted: turnout 50.5%
Votes for each candidate in St Andrews ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK2,274Robert Attree
Reform UK2,209Malvin Brown
Reform UK2,098Duncan Cowie
Hornchurch Residents Association1,995
Hornchurch Residents Association1,957
Hornchurch Residents Association1,906
Conservative and Unionist Party585
Green Party514
Green Party467
Conservative and Unionist Party446
Green Party441
Conservative and Unionist Party397
Labour Party343
Labour Party341
Labour Party334
Liberal Democrats120

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

St Edwards

How St Edwards voted: turnout 42.3%
Votes for each candidate in St Edwards ward
PartyVotesElected
Reform UK1,108Terry Brown
Reform UK1,075Martin Lardner
Reform UK965Sathya Maddasani
Conservative and Unionist Party732
Conservative and Unionist Party680
Conservative and Unionist Party568
Green Party552
Labour Party547
Green Party494
Labour Party453
Labour Party452
Green Party424
Havering Residents Association411
Havering Residents Association359
Havering Residents Association319
Liberal Democrats120

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

Upminster

  • Michael FisherHavering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Upminster & Cranham Residents Association)
  • Oscar FordHavering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Upminster & Cranham Residents Association)
  • Christopher WilkinsHavering Aligned Residents' Associations, (Upminster & Cranham Residents Association)
How Upminster voted: turnout 56.4%
Votes for each candidate in Upminster ward
PartyVotesElected
Upminster and Cranham Residents Association2,770Oscar Ford
Upminster and Cranham Residents Association2,633Michael Fisher
Upminster and Cranham Residents Association2,541Christopher Wilkins
Reform UK1,950
Reform UK1,824
Reform UK1,697
Conservative and Unionist Party647
Conservative and Unionist Party627
Conservative and Unionist Party592
Green Party394
Green Party342
Labour Party334
Labour Party308
Green Party288
Labour Party240
Liberal Democrats112

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

Still to come for Havering

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