Borough BookAlphaNewham, 2026/27

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Where your council tax goes in Newham

A Band D home pays £1,944.23 this year, up 4.8%. Council tax covers about 16% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 61%, including the money passed straight to schools, and business rates 22%.

Band D bill£1,944up 4.8% on last year
Council budget£880mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax16%of the budget
Run by an elected mayorLabourForhad Hussain

Your bill

Pick your band. The council keeps 74% of it; the rest goes to the Mayor of London.

Band D, 2026/27
£1,944.23
£194.42 a month over 10 instalments, or £162.02 over 12
Newham Council£1,433.72Mayor 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 £1,433.72 to the council pays for

Care for older and disabled adults£379
Housing and homelessness£332
Children's services£329
Debt costs and levies£139
Running the council£89
Streets, waste and transport£52
Schools and education£51
Parks, libraries and leisure£30
Community safety and regulation£20
Planning and the local economy£13
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Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Care for older and disabled adults£379.0419.5%
Housing and homelessness£332.3117.1%
Children's services£328.7516.9%
Debt costs and levies£139.197.2%
Running the council£88.874.6%
Streets, waste and transport£51.982.7%
Schools and education£51.112.6%
Parks, libraries and leisure£29.951.5%
Community safety and regulation£19.621.0%
Planning and the local economy£12.910.7%
Newham Council, all services£1,433.7273.7%
Mayor of London: police£334.1317.2%
Mayor of London: the fire brigade£76.854.0%
Mayor of London: transport£77.094.0%
Mayor of London: City Hall and the London Assembly£22.441.2%
Mayor of London (GLA), all£510.5126.3%
Your bill£1,944.23100%

Split in proportion to the £550m the council pays for itself, after schools and public health, which have their own ring-fenced grants. Council tax pays about 25p 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 budgetDrawn from council reserves to Net budgetNet budget to Schools and educationNet budget to Care for older and disabled adultsNet budget to Housing and homelessnessNet budget to Children's servicesNet budget to Debt costs and leviesNet budget to Public healthNet budget to Running the councilNet budget to Streets, waste and transportNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureNet budget to Community safety and regulationNet budget to Planning and the local economySourced from a published documentCouncil tax£137.5m, 16%Sourced from a published documentRevenue Support Grant£133.6m, 15%Sourced from a published documentBusiness rates kept locally£195.3m, 22%Sourced from a published documentSchools grants (ring-fenced)£286.3m, 33%Sourced from a published documentPublic health grant (ring-fenced)£41.3mSourced from a published documentOther government grants£79.6m, 9%Sourced from a published documentDrawn from schools reserves£2.1mSourced from a published documentDrawn from council reserves£3.8mSourced from a published documentSchools and education£308.0m, 35%Sourced from a published documentCare for older and disabled adults£145.4m, 17%Sourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£127.4m, 14%Sourced from a published documentChildren's services£126.1m, 14%Sourced from a published documentDebt costs and levies£53.4mSourced from a published documentPublic health£41.3mSourced from a published documentRunning the council£34.1mSourced from a published documentStreets, waste and transport£19.9mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£11.5mSourced from a published documentCommunity safety and regulation£7.5mSourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£4.9m£880m
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Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£137.5m15.6%
Revenue Support Grant£133.6m15.2%
Business rates kept locally£195.3m22.2%
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£286.3m32.5%
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£41.3m4.7%
Other government grants£79.6m9.1%
Drawn from schools reserves (one-off)£2.1m0.2%
Drawn from council reserves (one-off)£3.8m0.4%
Net budget£879.5m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£308.0m35.0%
Care for older and disabled adults£145.4m16.5%
Housing and homelessness£127.4m14.5%
Children's services£126.1m14.3%
Debt costs and levies£53.4m6.1%
Public health£41.3m4.7%
Running the council£34.1m3.9%
Streets, waste and transport£19.9m2.3%
Parks, libraries and leisure£11.5m1.3%
Community safety and regulation£7.5m0.9%
Planning and the local economy£4.9m0.6%
Net budget£879.5m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£137.5m
Revenue Support Grant£133.6m
Business rates kept locally£195.3m
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£286.3m
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£41.3m
Other government grants£79.6m
Drawn from schools reserves£2.1m
Drawn from council reserves£3.8m
Net budget£879.5m

What it pays for

Schools and education£308.0m
Care for older and disabled adults£145.4m
Housing and homelessness£127.4m
Children's services£126.1m
Debt costs and levies£53.4m
Public health£41.3m
Running the council£34.1m
Streets, waste and transport£19.9m
Parks, libraries and leisure£11.5m
Community safety and regulation£7.5m
Planning and the local economy£4.9m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £1,136.67 in 2022/23 to £1,433.72 in 2026/27, up 26%.

Band D council tax in Newham each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with the Mayor of London
2022/23£1,136.67£1,532.26
2023/24£1,193.39£1,627.53
2024/25£1,252.94£1,724.34
2025/26£1,365.58£1,855.96
2026/27£1,433.72£1,944.23

Councillors and how each ward voted

Labour 25, Newham Independents 24, Green 16 and Independent 1 of the 66 councillors on the council’s list. The council is run by its elected mayor, Forhad Hussain (Labour), elected on 7 May 2026 with 25,538 votes (result). No party has more than half the seats. Only the councillors elected are named here; everyone else stood as their party’s candidate.

Beckton

How Beckton voted: turnout 30.3%
Votes for each candidate in Beckton ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,033Syed Hussain Ahmed
Labour Party900Tonii Wilson
Labour Party831Blossom Young
Newham Independents Party739
Green Party687
Newham Independents Party683
Green Party628
Green Party623
Newham Independents Party618
Reform UK601
Conservative and Unionist Party299
Liberal Democrats270
Christian Peoples Alliance235
Conservative and Unionist Party221
Conservative and Unionist Party213
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition62
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition32

3,382 people voted. 26 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Boleyn

How Boleyn voted: turnout 43.0%
Votes for each candidate in Boleyn ward
PartyVotesElected
Newham Independents Party1,856Mehmood Mirza
Newham Independents Party1,677Muhammad Tarek Aziz
Newham Independents Party1,555Moniba Khan
Labour Party1,452
Labour Party1,155
Labour Party902
Green Party847
Green Party805
Green Party794
Conservative and Unionist Party437
Conservative and Unionist Party354
Conservative and Unionist Party336
Reform UK261
Liberal Democrats175
Christian Peoples Alliance133
Christian Peoples Alliance78
Christian Peoples Alliance66

4,632 people voted. 23 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Canning Town North

How Canning Town North voted: turnout 31.3%
Votes for each candidate in Canning Town North ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party706Aleya Hussain
Green Party651Imogen Anderson
Labour Party632Shaban Mohammed
Labour Party524
Green Party484
Newham Independents Party481
Newham Independents Party409
Newham Independents Party384
Green Party372
Reform UK364
Conservative and Unionist Party272
Liberal Democrats213
Conservative and Unionist Party142
Christian Peoples Alliance129
Christian Peoples Alliance120
Conservative and Unionist Party112

2,282 people voted. 18 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Canning Town South

How Canning Town South voted: turnout 31.1%
Votes for each candidate in Canning Town South ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party507Aderonke Benson
Labour and Co-operative Party474Dr Rohit Kumar Dasgupta
Labour and Co-operative Party457John Morris
Green Party454
Green Party414
Green Party341
Newham Independents Party301
Reform UK283
Independent279
Newham Independents Party274
Conservative and Unionist Party263
Newham Independents Party244
Conservative and Unionist Party188
Conservative and Unionist Party140
Independent137
Liberal Democrats119
Independent111
Christian Peoples Alliance94
Christian Peoples Alliance60

1,916 people voted. 15 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Custom House

How Custom House voted: turnout 31.3%
Votes for each candidate in Custom House ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party1,047Heather Lafferty
Labour and Co-operative Party946Thelma Odoi
Labour and Co-operative Party848Simon Rush
Green Party771
Green Party693
Green Party672
Newham Independents Party646
Reform UK643
Newham Independents Party512
Newham Independents Party426
Independent343
Conservative and Unionist Party341
Conservative and Unionist Party303
Conservative and Unionist Party262
Independent258
Liberal Democrats244
Christian Peoples Alliance201
Independent189
Christian Peoples Alliance187

3,591 people voted. 31 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

East Ham

How East Ham voted: turnout 37.8%
Votes for each candidate in East Ham ward
PartyVotesElected
Newham Independents Party1,674Abdul Halim
Newham Independents Party1,561Begum Sahera
Newham Independents Party1,376Syed Taqi Jawad Naqvi
Labour Party1,064
Labour Party1,035
Labour Party1,024
Green Party963
Green Party816
Green Party813
Conservative and Unionist Party456
Reform UK352
Conservative and Unionist Party345
Conservative and Unionist Party298
Workers Party of Britain95

4,211 people voted. 29 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

East Ham South

How East Ham South voted: turnout 39.3%
Votes for each candidate in East Ham South ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,322Shah Sanawar Hussain
Labour Party1,143Susan Masters
Labour Party1,103Lakmini Shah
Newham Independents Party1,067
Newham Independents Party1,040
Newham Independents Party1,030
Independent960
Independent908
Green Party841
Green Party815
Green Party691
Reform UK492
Reform UK425
Reform UK422
Conservative and Unionist Party254
Conservative and Unionist Party252
Liberal Democrats198
Conservative and Unionist Party193

4,690 people voted. 30 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forest Gate North

How Forest Gate North voted: turnout 41.5%
Votes for each candidate in Forest Gate North ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,145Dr Matthew Carlile
Labour and Co-operative Party1,092Rachel Tripp
Labour and Co-operative Party1,051
Green Party981
Newham Independents Party659
Newham Independents Party386
Reform UK209
Reform UK174
Conservative and Unionist Party168
Liberal Democrats146
Conservative and Unionist Party116

3,189 people voted. 10 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forest Gate South

How Forest Gate South voted: turnout 36.8%
Votes for each candidate in Forest Gate South ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,522Arshan Baskaran
Green Party1,447Zahra Kheyre
Green Party1,429Dr Jack Pickard
Labour Party1,311
Labour Party1,185
Labour Party1,185
Newham Independents Party913
Newham Independents Party860
Newham Independents Party849
Conservative and Unionist Party281
Reform UK277
Conservative and Unionist Party271
Liberal Democrats246
Independent198
Conservative and Unionist Party188
Independent163
Liberal Democrats131
Independent110

4,490 people voted. 38 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Green Street East

How Green Street East voted: turnout 38.2%
Votes for each candidate in Green Street East ward
PartyVotesElected
Newham Independents Party1,541MD Zakir Hossain
Newham Independents Party1,454Sunny Chowdhury
Labour Party1,409Rohima Rahman
Newham Independents Party1,313
Labour Party1,308
Labour Party1,168
Green Party799
Green Party727
Green Party587
Conservative and Unionist Party483
Reform UK335
Conservative and Unionist Party330
Conservative and Unionist Party325

4,307 people voted. 30 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Green Street West

How Green Street West voted: turnout 37.1%
Votes for each candidate in Green Street West ward
PartyVotesElected
Newham Independents Party1,647Idris Ibrahim
Newham Independents Party1,446Rumana Liza
Newham Independents Party1,377Qasim Yaseen
Labour Party1,169
Labour Party1,056
Labour Party901
Green Party706
Green Party605
Green Party521
Conservative and Unionist Party259
Conservative and Unionist Party250
Conservative and Unionist Party247
Reform UK222
Reform UK215
Reform UK200

3,834 people voted. 26 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Little Ilford

How Little Ilford voted: turnout 36.9%
Votes for each candidate in Little Ilford ward
PartyVotesElected
Newham Independents Party1,762Tahir Mirza
Newham Independents Party1,641Oli Rahman
Newham Independents Party1,589Nasreen Shamima
Labour Party1,497
Labour Party1,358
Labour Party1,343
Green Party734
Green Party639
Green Party603
Conservative and Unionist Party251
Reform UK235
Reform UK229
Conservative and Unionist Party194
Conservative and Unionist Party187
Christian Peoples Alliance135
Liberal Democrats109
Christian Peoples Alliance93
Christian Peoples Alliance90

4,452 people voted. 35 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Manor Park

  • Imam HaqueLabourCabinet Member for Community Safety and Deputy Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Communities
  • Salema KhatunLabour
  • Salim PatelLabourCabinet Member for Resident Experience and Deputy Cabinet Member for Environment
How Manor Park voted: turnout 38.1%
Votes for each candidate in Manor Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,448Imam Haque
Labour Party1,418Salema Khatun
Labour Party1,324Salim Patel
Newham Independents Party1,174
Newham Independents Party1,067
Green Party991
Newham Independents Party979
Green Party779
Green Party763
Conservative and Unionist Party457
Conservative and Unionist Party360
Conservative and Unionist Party262
Reform UK222
Reform UK201
Reform UK200
Liberal Democrats184

4,145 people voted. 33 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Maryland

How Maryland voted: turnout 33.5%
Votes for each candidate in Maryland ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,101Kelly Drake
Green Party797Ren Tilbury
Labour Party785
Labour Party785
Newham Independents Party563
Newham Independents Party436
Reform UK244
Reform UK225
Liberal Democrats144
Conservative and Unionist Party138
Conservative and Unionist Party135

2,860 people voted. 18 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plaistow North

  • Nizam AliNewham Independents
  • Zulfiqar AliLabourCabinet Member for Finance, Resources and Transformation
  • Sophia NaqviNewham IndependentsChair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee
How Plaistow North voted: turnout 33.7%
Votes for each candidate in Plaistow North ward
PartyVotesElected
Newham Independents Party1,484Sophia Naqvi
Newham Independents Party1,245Nizam Ali
Labour Party1,158Zulfiqar Ali
Labour Party1,151
Newham Independents Party1,094
Labour Party999
Green Party765
Green Party719
Green Party656
Conservative and Unionist Party349
Reform UK228
Reform UK219
Conservative and Unionist Party199
Conservative and Unionist Party192
Christian Peoples Alliance156
Liberal Democrats136
Communities United Party40

3,894 people voted. 23 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plaistow South

How Plaistow South voted: turnout 35.5%
Votes for each candidate in Plaistow South ward
PartyVotesElected
Newham Independents Party1,063MD Nazrul Islam
Newham Independents Party925Tamzied Khan
Newham Independents Party923Obaid Khan
Labour Party797
Green Party671
Labour Party640
Green Party578
Green Party510
Labour Party449
Reform UK432
Conservative and Unionist Party403
Reform UK334
Conservative and Unionist Party249
Conservative and Unionist Party202
Christian Peoples Alliance191
Liberal Democrats145
Independent102

3,176 people voted. 32 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plaistow West and Canning Town East

How Plaistow West and Canning Town East voted: turnout 31.7%
Votes for each candidate in Plaistow West and Canning Town East ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party1,112Shantu Ferdous
Labour and Co-operative Party1,062Robert Gordon
Labour and Co-operative Party942Madeleine Sarley Pontin
Newham Independents Party925
Green Party900
Green Party852
Newham Independents Party768
Newham Independents Party768
Green Party705
Reform UK596
Conservative and Unionist Party351
Conservative and Unionist Party259
Conservative and Unionist Party200
Independent159

3,622 people voted. 36 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plashet

How Plashet voted: turnout 40.2%
Votes for each candidate in Plashet ward
PartyVotesElected
Newham Independents Party1,547Zuber Gulamussen
Newham Independents Party1,454Ilyas Sharif
Labour Party677
Labour Party662
Green Party475
Green Party429
Conservative and Unionist Party348
Conservative and Unionist Party182
Reform UK172
Liberal Democrats96

3,189 people voted. 21 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Royal Albert

How Royal Albert voted: turnout 28.7%
Votes for each candidate in Royal Albert ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party602Reverend Canon Ann Easter
Green Party531Poojitha Konkati
Labour and Co-operative Party529
Green Party492
Reform UK408
Newham Independents Party216
Newham Independents Party204
Liberal Democrats203
Conservative and Unionist Party195
Liberal Democrats165
Conservative and Unionist Party149

2,080 people voted. 17 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Royal Victoria

How Royal Victoria voted: turnout 26.7%
Votes for each candidate in Royal Victoria ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,384Rob Callender
Green Party1,056Shabd Pyari
Labour Party715
Labour Party572
Reform UK405
Conservative and Unionist Party394
Conservative and Unionist Party340
Liberal Democrats295
Newham Independents Party171
Newham Independents Party156

2,968 people voted. 15 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Stratford

How Stratford voted: turnout 29.7%
Votes for each candidate in Stratford ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,428Dr Chae Ho Hwang
Green Party1,381Danny Keeling
Green Party1,357Sonia Quintero
Labour and Co-operative Party889
Labour and Co-operative Party773
Labour and Co-operative Party765
Newham Independents Party343
Newham Independents Party315
Conservative and Unionist Party280
Liberal Democrats279
Reform UK274
Newham Independents Party261
Conservative and Unionist Party247
Conservative and Unionist Party205
Independent53

3,161 people voted. 23 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Stratford Olympic Park

  • Nate HigginsGreenChair of Council
  • Joe Hudson-SmallGreenCo-Deputy Leader - Green Group and Chair of Housing and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee
How Stratford Olympic Park voted: turnout 31.4%
Votes for each candidate in Stratford Olympic Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Green Party1,696Joe Hudson-Small
Green Party1,483Nate Higgins
Labour Party450
Labour Party410
Liberal Democrats166
Reform UK156
Newham Independents Party138
Conservative and Unionist Party123
Liberal Democrats121
Newham Independents Party110
Conservative and Unionist Party102
Reform UK96

2,639 people voted. 13 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Wall End

How Wall End voted: turnout 39.6%
Votes for each candidate in Wall End ward
PartyVotesElected
Newham Independents Party1,392Kumar Anand
Newham Independents Party1,368Muhammad Majeed
Newham Independents Party1,268Noman Md Abu
Labour Party1,144
Labour Party977
Labour Party922
Conservative and Unionist Party876
Conservative and Unionist Party836
Conservative and Unionist Party821
Green Party757
Green Party722
Reform UK606
Liberal Democrats209
Christian Peoples Alliance165
Christian Peoples Alliance153
Christian Peoples Alliance152
Green Party152

4,735 people voted. 38 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

West Ham

How West Ham voted: turnout 30.9%
Votes for each candidate in West Ham ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party1,114John Gray
Green Party1,037Ibrahim Alom
Labour and Co-operative Party996Adjoa Kwarteng
Green Party991
Labour and Co-operative Party894
Green Party790
Newham Independents Party469
Newham Independents Party463
Newham Independents Party448
Reform UK411
Reform UK403
Conservative and Unionist Party327
Liberal Democrats323
Conservative and Unionist Party296
Conservative and Unionist Party187

3,297 people voted. 19 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Still to come for Newham

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