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Where your council tax goes in Lambeth

A Band D home pays £2,047.11 this year, up 4.8%. Council tax covers about 21% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 66%, including the money passed straight to schools, and business rates 11%.

Band D bill£2,047up 4.8% on last year
Council budget£855mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax21%of the budget
Council controlNo overall controlno party has more than half the seats

Your bill

Pick your band. The council keeps 75% of it; the rest goes to the Mayor of London.

Band D, 2026/27
£2,047.11
£204.71 a month over 10 instalments, or £170.59 over 12
Lambeth Council£1,536.60Mayor 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 £1,536.60 to the council pays for

Care for older and disabled adults£504
Children's services£372
Housing and homelessness£182
Debt costs and levies£146
Running the council£146
Schools and education£145
Planning and the local economy£56
Parks, libraries and leisure£23
Public health£4
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Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Care for older and disabled adults£504.4724.6%
Children's services£371.7318.2%
Housing and homelessness£181.598.9%
Debt costs and levies£145.927.1%
Running the council£145.867.1%
Schools and education£145.307.1%
Planning and the local economy£55.662.7%
Parks, libraries and leisure£22.821.1%
Public health£4.200.2%
Lambeth Council, all services£1,536.6075.1%
Mayor of London: police£334.1316.3%
Mayor of London: the fire brigade£76.853.8%
Mayor of London: transport£77.093.8%
Mayor of London: City Hall and the London Assembly£22.441.1%
Mayor of London (GLA), all£510.5124.9%
Your bill£2,047.11100%

Split in proportion to the £514m the council pays for itself, after schools and public health, which have their own ring-fenced grants. Council tax pays about 35p 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 budgetDrawn from schools 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 Debt costs and leviesNet budget to Running the councilNet budget to Public healthNet budget to Planning and the local economyNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureSourced from a published documentCouncil tax£179.2m, 21%Sourced from a published documentRevenue Support Grant£143.4m, 17%Sourced from a published documentBusiness rates kept locally£97.3m, 11%Sourced from a published documentSchools grants (ring-fenced)£284.6m, 33%Sourced from a published documentPublic health grant (ring-fenced)£43.9mSourced from a published documentOther government grants£96.7m, 11%Sourced from a published documentDrawn from schools reserves£12.5mSourced from a published documentSchools and education£345.7m, 40%Sourced from a published documentCare for older and disabled adults£168.9m, 20%Sourced from a published documentChildren's services£124.4m, 15%Sourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£60.8m, 7%Sourced from a published documentDebt costs and levies£48.8mSourced from a published documentRunning the council£48.8mSourced from a published documentPublic health£45.3mSourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£18.6mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£7.6m£855m

Not drawn in the flow, because they are below zero: Council tax surplus and other (−£2.1m), Community safety and regulation (−£4.7m), Streets, waste and transport (−£9.0m). They are in the tables.

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Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£179.2m20.9%
Revenue Support Grant£143.4m16.8%
Business rates kept locally£97.3m11.4%
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£284.6m33.3%
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£43.9m5.1%
Other government grants£96.7m11.3%
Council tax surplus and other−£2.1m−0.2%
Drawn from schools reserves (one-off)£12.5m1.5%
Net budget£855.4m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£345.7m40.4%
Care for older and disabled adults£168.9m19.7%
Children's services£124.4m14.5%
Housing and homelessness£60.8m7.1%
Debt costs and levies£48.8m5.7%
Running the council£48.8m5.7%
Public health£45.3m5.3%
Planning and the local economy£18.6m2.2%
Parks, libraries and leisure£7.6m0.9%
Community safety and regulation−£4.7m−0.5%
Streets, waste and transport−£9.0m−1.1%
Net budget£855.4m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£179.2m
Revenue Support Grant£143.4m
Business rates kept locally£97.3m
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£284.6m
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£43.9m
Other government grants£96.7m
Council tax surplus and other−£2.1m
Drawn from schools reserves£12.5m
Net budget£855.4m

What it pays for

Schools and education£345.7m
Care for older and disabled adults£168.9m
Children's services£124.4m
Housing and homelessness£60.8m
Debt costs and levies£48.8m
Running the council£48.8m
Public health£45.3m
Planning and the local economy£18.6m
Parks, libraries and leisure£7.6m
Community safety and regulation−£4.7m
Streets, waste and transport−£9.0m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £1,264.65 in 2022/23 to £1,536.60 in 2026/27, up 22%.

Band D council tax in Lambeth each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with the Mayor of London
2022/23£1,264.65£1,660.24
2023/24£1,327.76£1,761.90
2024/25£1,394.01£1,865.41
2025/26£1,463.57£1,953.95
2026/27£1,536.60£2,047.11

Councillors and how each ward voted

Green 28, Labour 25 and Liberal Democrats 9 of the 62 councillors on the council’s list, with 1 seat empty. No party has more than half the seats. Only the councillors elected are named here; everyone else stood as their party’s candidate.

Brixton Acre Lane

How Brixton Acre Lane voted
Votes for each candidate in Brixton Acre Lane ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,835Natalie Kane
Green Party1,792Michael Chessum
Labour Party1,684David Bridson
Labour Party1,669
Green Party1,667
Labour Party1,587
Liberal Democrats410
Liberal Democrats387
Conservative and Unionist Party361
Independent347
Liberal Democrats290
Conservative and Unionist Party269
Conservative and Unionist Party267
Reform UK261
Reform UK243

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

Brixton North

How Brixton North voted
Votes for each candidate in Brixton North ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party1,415Nanda Manley-Browne
Green Party1,388Samantha Dorney-Smith
Labour and Co-operative Party1,365John-Paul Ennis
Green Party1,304
Labour and Co-operative Party1,189
Green Party1,169
Independent372
Conservative and Unionist Party261
Conservative and Unionist Party252
Liberal Democrats215
Liberal Democrats200
Reform UK189
Liberal Democrats186
Conservative and Unionist Party167
The Socialist Party of Great Britain77
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition53

The declaration gave no turnout. 23 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Brixton Rush Common

How Brixton Rush Common voted
Votes for each candidate in Brixton Rush Common ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party2,132Zvikomborero Chihoro
Green Party2,106Sacha Takyi-Berko
Green Party1,982Viktor Westerdahl
Labour Party1,810
Labour Party1,676
Labour Party1,572
Liberal Democrats359
Liberal Democrats317
Liberal Democrats239
Conservative and Unionist Party216
Conservative and Unionist Party207
Reform UK207
Conservative and Unionist Party197
Christian Peoples Alliance100

The declaration gave no turnout. 22 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Brixton Windrush

How Brixton Windrush voted
Votes for each candidate in Brixton Windrush ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,297Carlotta Allum
Green Party1,217Serafina Spicer
Labour and Co-operative Party975
Labour and Co-operative Party965
Independent321
Liberal Democrats139
Liberal Democrats138
Conservative and Unionist Party98
Reform UK83
Conservative and Unionist Party78

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

Clapham Common and Abbeville

How Clapham Common and Abbeville voted
Votes for each candidate in Clapham Common and Abbeville ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats1,331Chris Nicholson
Liberal Democrats1,195Simon Cordon
Labour Party1,116
Labour Party789
Green Party441
Green Party423
Conservative and Unionist Party347
Conservative and Unionist Party331
Reform UK194
Reform UK173
The Socialist Party of Great Britain14

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

Clapham East

How Clapham East voted
Votes for each candidate in Clapham East ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party928Erica Abu
Green Party803Cat Thomson
Labour and Co-operative Party706
Green Party697
Liberal Democrats240
Liberal Democrats217
Conservative and Unionist Party213
Conservative and Unionist Party204
Reform UK190
Reform UK160

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

Clapham Park

How Clapham Park voted
Votes for each candidate in Clapham Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party1,285Verity McGivern
Labour and Co-operative Party1,158Martin Tiedemann
Green Party1,154No longer on the council’s list
Labour and Co-operative Party1,117
Green Party1,033
Green Party938
Liberal Democrats364
Liberal Democrats312
Conservative and Unionist Party308
Liberal Democrats262
Conservative and Unionist Party259
Reform UK235
Conservative and Unionist Party205
Independent202
Social Democratic Party38

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

Clapham Town

How Clapham Town voted
Votes for each candidate in Clapham Town ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,631Linda Bray
Labour Party1,523Patrick O'Donnell
Green Party1,451Jonathan Bartley
Labour Party1,430
Green Party1,313
Green Party1,159
Conservative and Unionist Party833
Conservative and Unionist Party785
Conservative and Unionist Party784
Liberal Democrats420
Liberal Democrats355
Reform UK323
Liberal Democrats304
Reform UK299
Reform UK298

The declaration gave no turnout. 22 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Gipsy Hill

How Gipsy Hill voted
Votes for each candidate in Gipsy Hill ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,666Pete Elliott
Green Party1,593Chloe Hawryluk
Labour Party1,243
Labour Party964
Reform UK238
Conservative and Unionist Party233
Liberal Democrats167
Liberal Democrats148
Conservative and Unionist Party126
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition40

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

Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction

How Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction voted
Votes for each candidate in Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party2,931Ciara Alleyne
Green Party2,705Paul Valentine
Green Party2,681Alan Andrews
Labour and Co-operative Party1,873
Labour and Co-operative Party1,694
Labour and Co-operative Party1,649
Liberal Democrats403
Conservative and Unionist Party329
Conservative and Unionist Party309
Liberal Democrats294
Liberal Democrats279
Conservative and Unionist Party277
Reform UK230

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

Kennington

How Kennington voted
Votes for each candidate in Kennington ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,891David Amos
Labour Party1,678Dominic Lynch
Labour Party1,667Joanne Simpson
Green Party1,471
Green Party1,298
Green Party1,267
Liberal Democrats919
Liberal Democrats803
Liberal Democrats771
Conservative and Unionist Party367
Conservative and Unionist Party366
Reform UK340
Conservative and Unionist Party327
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition62
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition42

The declaration gave no turnout. 22 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Knight's Hill

How Knight's Hill voted
Votes for each candidate in Knight's Hill ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party2,181Elizabeth Fraser
Green Party2,118Lisa Schulkind
Green Party2,020Matt Wilcock
Labour Party1,923
Labour Party1,882
Labour Party1,779
Liberal Democrats349
Conservative and Unionist Party342
Reform UK320
Liberal Democrats314
Conservative and Unionist Party311
Reform UK287
Liberal Democrats283
Conservative and Unionist Party275

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

Myatt's Fields

How Myatt's Fields voted
Votes for each candidate in Myatt's Fields ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,267Patience Clague
Labour and Co-operative Party1,179No longer on the council’s list
Green Party1,162
Labour and Co-operative Party1,108
Liberal Democrats230
Liberal Democrats220
Independent198
Reform UK173
Conservative and Unionist Party169
Conservative and Unionist Party132
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition27

The declaration gave no turnout. 39 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Oval

How Oval voted
Votes for each candidate in Oval ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party1,424Claire Holland
Labour and Co-operative Party1,413Diogo Costa
Labour and Co-operative Party1,220Bryn Scott
Green Party1,120
Green Party1,083
Green Party1,002
Liberal Democrats709
Liberal Democrats656
Liberal Democrats648
Conservative and Unionist Party290
Conservative and Unionist Party272
Conservative and Unionist Party248
Reform UK232
Reform UK229
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition32

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

St Martin's

How St Martin's voted
Votes for each candidate in St Martin's ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,268Jeremy Isaacs
Labour Party1,213Georgina Berriman
Labour Party987
Independent470
Liberal Democrats269
Liberal Democrats264
Reform UK205
Conservative and Unionist Party190
Conservative and Unionist Party169
Reform UK141

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

Stockwell East

How Stockwell East voted
Votes for each candidate in Stockwell East ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party875Kevin Brown
Liberal Democrats850Tam Langley
Labour Party832
Liberal Democrats779
Green Party724
Labour Party712
Reform UK156
Conservative and Unionist Party144
Conservative and Unionist Party140
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition19

The declaration gave no turnout. 17 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Stockwell West and Larkhall

How Stockwell West and Larkhall voted
Votes for each candidate in Stockwell West and Larkhall ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,438Nadia Burrell
Labour Party1,301David Oxley
Labour Party1,244Joe Dharampal-Hornby
Green Party1,234
Green Party1,211
Green Party1,098
Conservative and Unionist Party420
Liberal Democrats377
Reform UK374
Conservative and Unionist Party358
Independent351
Liberal Democrats348
Liberal Democrats273
Conservative and Unionist Party265
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition72
The Socialist Party of Great Britain68

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

Streatham Common and Vale

How Streatham Common and Vale voted
Votes for each candidate in Streatham Common and Vale ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party1,469Danial Adilypour
Labour and Co-operative Party1,362Sarah Cole
Labour and Co-operative Party1,319Dominic Armstrong
Liberal Democrats1,311
Liberal Democrats1,266
Green Party1,245
Green Party1,191
Liberal Democrats1,183
Green Party1,161
Conservative and Unionist Party376
Reform UK333
Conservative and Unionist Party303
Reform UK290
Conservative and Unionist Party278
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition60

The declaration gave no turnout. 26 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Streatham Hill East

How Streatham Hill East voted
Votes for each candidate in Streatham Hill East ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,333Martin Abrams
Green Party1,270Amelia Shoebridge
Labour and Co-operative Party855
Liberal Democrats760
Labour and Co-operative Party759
Liberal Democrats687
Reform UK172
Conservative and Unionist Party144
Conservative and Unionist Party125

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

Streatham Hill West and Thornton

How Streatham Hill West and Thornton voted
Votes for each candidate in Streatham Hill West and Thornton ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats1,661Matthew Bryant
Liberal Democrats1,404Kita Ogden
Labour Party828
Green Party747
Green Party715
Labour Party648
Conservative and Unionist Party287
Conservative and Unionist Party248
Reform UK234

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

Streatham St Leonard's

How Streatham St Leonard's voted
Votes for each candidate in Streatham St Leonard's ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party2,242Scott Ainslie
Green Party2,037Alice Weavers
Green Party1,437No longer on the council’s list
Labour Party1,084
Labour Party953
Labour Party833
Liberal Democrats726
Liberal Democrats492
Liberal Democrats458
Conservative and Unionist Party349
Conservative and Unionist Party338
Reform UK320
Conservative and Unionist Party295
Reform UK287
Reform UK263

The declaration gave no turnout. 23 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Streatham Wells

How Streatham Wells voted
Votes for each candidate in Streatham Wells ward
PartyVotesElected
Liberal Democrats1,091Judy Best
Liberal Democrats1,081Simon Bucknall
Green Party898
Green Party852
Labour Party780
Labour Party735
Reform UK167
Conservative and Unionist Party152
Conservative and Unionist Party136

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

Vauxhall

How Vauxhall voted
Votes for each candidate in Vauxhall ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party653Jacqueline Bond
Labour Party580David Ford
Labour Party572Liam Daley
Green Party536
Labour Party530
Green Party516
Liberal Democrats445
Liberal Democrats434
Liberal Democrats382
Reform UK216
Conservative and Unionist Party200
Conservative and Unionist Party195
Conservative and Unionist Party166

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

Waterloo and South Bank

How Waterloo and South Bank voted
Votes for each candidate in Waterloo and South Bank ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party678Ibrahim Dogus
Liberal Democrats626Doug Buist
Labour Party596
Liberal Democrats594
Green Party538
Green Party507
Reform UK207
Reform UK195
Conservative and Unionist Party128
Conservative and Unionist Party122

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

West Dulwich

How West Dulwich voted
Votes for each candidate in West Dulwich ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,565Tom Palmer
Labour and Co-operative Party1,474Judith Cavanagh
Green Party1,422
Labour and Co-operative Party1,177
Conservative and Unionist Party589
Conservative and Unionist Party565
Liberal Democrats447
Liberal Democrats360
Reform UK327

The declaration gave no turnout. 26 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Still to come for Lambeth

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