Borough BookAlphaRedbridge, 2026/27
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Where your council tax goes in Redbridge

A Band D home pays £2,294.58 this year, up 4.8%. Council tax covers about 23% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 65%, including the money passed straight to schools, and business rates 12%.

Band D bill£2,295up 4.8% on last year
Council budget£731mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax23%of the budget
Council controlLabour43 of 63 seats

Your bill

Pick your band. The council keeps 78% of it; the rest goes to the Mayor of London.

Band D, 2026/27
£2,294.58
£229.46 a month over 10 instalments, or £191.22 over 12
Redbridge Council£1,784.07Mayor 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 £1,784.07 to the council pays for

Care for older and disabled adults£670
Children's services£388
Running the council£343
Schools and education£208
Streets, waste and transport£110
Housing and homelessness£99
Parks, libraries and leisure£67
Community safety and regulation£32
Planning and the local economy£25
Show your bill as a table
Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Care for older and disabled adults£669.6329.2%
Children's services£388.3716.9%
Running the council£343.0314.9%
Schools and education£208.369.1%
Streets, waste and transport£110.364.8%
Housing and homelessness£98.924.3%
Parks, libraries and leisure£67.062.9%
Community safety and regulation£32.351.4%
Planning and the local economy£24.951.1%
Redbridge Council, all services£1,784.0777.8%
Mayor of London: police£334.1314.6%
Mayor of London: the fire brigade£76.853.3%
Mayor of London: transport£77.093.4%
Mayor of London: City Hall and the London Assembly£22.441.0%
Mayor of London, all£510.5122.2%
Your bill£2,294.58100%

Split in proportion to the £337m the council pays for itself, after schools and public health, which have their own ring-fenced grants. Council tax pays about 50p 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 Streets, waste and transportNet budget to Housing and homelessnessNet budget to Public healthNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureNet budget to Community safety and regulationNet budget to Planning and the local economyNet budget to Debt costs and leviesSourced from a published documentCouncil tax£168.0m, 23%Sourced from a published documentRevenue Support Grant£55.4m, 8%Sourced from a published documentBusiness rates kept locally£89.7m, 12%Sourced from a published documentSchools grants (ring-fenced)£362.6m, 50%Sourced from a published documentPublic health grant (ring-fenced)£18.2mSourced from a published documentOther government grants£41.3mSourced from a published documentCouncil tax surplus and other£1.8mSourced from a published documentDrawn from schools reserves£13.2mSourced from a published documentDrawn from council reserves−£18.8mSourced from a published documentSchools and education£415.1m, 57%Sourced from a published documentCare for older and disabled adults£126.6m, 17%Sourced from a published documentChildren's services£73.4m, 10%Sourced from a published documentRunning the council£64.9m, 9%Sourced from a published documentStreets, waste and transport£20.9mSourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£18.7mSourced from a published documentPublic health£18.2mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£12.7mSourced from a published documentCommunity safety and regulation£6.1mSourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£4.7mSourced from a published documentDebt costs and levies−£30.1m£731m
Show the budget as a table
Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£168.0m23.0%
Revenue Support Grant£55.4m7.6%
Business rates kept locally£89.7m12.3%
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£362.6m49.6%
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£18.2m2.5%
Other government grants£41.3m5.7%
Council tax surplus and other£1.8m0.2%
Drawn from schools reserves (one-off)£13.2m1.8%
Drawn from council reserves (one-off)−£18.8m−2.6%
Net budget£731.3m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£415.1m56.8%
Care for older and disabled adults£126.6m17.3%
Children's services£73.4m10.0%
Running the council£64.9m8.9%
Streets, waste and transport£20.9m2.9%
Housing and homelessness£18.7m2.6%
Public health£18.2m2.5%
Parks, libraries and leisure£12.7m1.7%
Community safety and regulation£6.1m0.8%
Planning and the local economy£4.7m0.6%
Debt costs and levies−£30.1m−4.1%
Net budget£731.3m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£168.0m
Revenue Support Grant£55.4m
Business rates kept locally£89.7m
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£362.6m
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£18.2m
Other government grants£41.3m
Council tax surplus and other£1.8m
Drawn from schools reserves£13.2m
Drawn from council reserves−£18.8m
Net budget£731.3m

What it pays for

Schools and education£415.1m
Care for older and disabled adults£126.6m
Children's services£73.4m
Running the council£64.9m
Streets, waste and transport£20.9m
Housing and homelessness£18.7m
Public health£18.2m
Parks, libraries and leisure£12.7m
Community safety and regulation£6.1m
Planning and the local economy£4.7m
Debt costs and levies−£30.1m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £1,468.35 in 2022/23 to £1,784.07 in 2026/27, up 22%.

Band D council tax in Redbridge each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with the Mayor of London
2022/23£1,468.35£1,863.94
2023/24£1,541.61£1,975.75
2024/25£1,618.47£2,089.87
2025/26£1,699.29£2,189.67
2026/27£1,784.07£2,294.58

Councillors and how each ward voted

Labour 43, Redbridge Independents 9, Conservative 5, Green 5 and Reform UK 1 of the 63 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.

Aldborough

How Aldborough voted: turnout 43.2%
Votes for each candidate in Aldborough ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,874Kam Rai
Labour Party1,729Jyotsna Rahman Islam
Labour Party1,646Lebo Phakoe
Conservative and Unionist Party809
Green Party790
Conservative and Unionist Party751
Conservative and Unionist Party732
Green Party715
Redbridge Independents631
Reform UK564
Reform UK562
Reform UK458
Independent432
Redbridge Independents393
Redbridge Independents362
Independent259
Liberal Democrats160
Liberal Democrats154
Liberal Democrats138

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

Barkingside

How Barkingside voted: turnout 45.2%
Votes for each candidate in Barkingside ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,785Harminder Singh Bal
Labour Party1,649Martin Sachs
Labour Party1,630Syeda Ferdause Pasha
Redbridge Independents1,472
Redbridge Independents1,382
Redbridge Independents1,328
Conservative and Unionist Party1,145
Conservative and Unionist Party1,003
Conservative and Unionist Party716
Reform UK680
Reform UK674
Reform UK603
Liberal Democrats313

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

Bridge

How Bridge voted: turnout 45.5%
Votes for each candidate in Bridge ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,475Stephen Adams
Conservative and Unionist Party1,302Adam Joiner
Conservative and Unionist Party1,182Josiah Moseley
Reform UK1,068
Reform UK1,053
Green Party951
Labour Party942
Labour Party941
Labour Party937
Reform UK915
Green Party861
Green Party805
Liberal Democrats191

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

Chadwell

How Chadwell voted: turnout 38.8%
Votes for each candidate in Chadwell ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,171Bert Jones
Redbridge Independents1,060Muhammad Touseef Afzal
Green Party946Niamh Victoria Atkins
Labour Party916
Labour Party900
Redbridge Independents885
Green Party800
Green Party792
Redbridge Independents729
Conservative and Unionist Party723
Conservative and Unionist Party601
Reform UK586
Reform UK546
Conservative and Unionist Party486
Liberal Democrats369
Redbridge Matters301
Redbridge Matters267
Liberal Democrats135

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

Churchfields

How Churchfields voted: turnout 48.8%
Votes for each candidate in Churchfields ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,808Lloyd Jacob Duddridge
Labour Party1,664Judith Garfield
Labour Party1,597Guy Mansfield Williams
Independent1,143
Independent1,141
Independent1,086
Conservative and Unionist Party1,072
Reform UK1,004
Reform UK939
Conservative and Unionist Party938
Reform UK908
Conservative and Unionist Party905
Liberal Democrats426
Liberal Democrats379
Liberal Democrats304

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

Clayhall

How Clayhall voted: turnout 44.0%
Votes for each candidate in Clayhall ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,529Kalpana Bose
Labour Party1,359Jamal Uddin
Labour Party1,284Kamal Hussain Qureshi
Conservative and Unionist Party923
Green Party864
Redbridge Independents850
Redbridge Independents807
Conservative and Unionist Party743
Redbridge Independents686
Redbridge Matters596
Conservative and Unionist Party573
Redbridge Matters465
Reform UK457
Reform UK429
Reform UK396
Liberal Democrats155
Liberal Democrats153
Liberal Democrats140

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

Clementswood

How Clementswood voted: turnout 27.0%
Votes for each candidate in Clementswood ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,065Muhammed Javed
Labour Party1,037Zulfiqar Hussain
Redbridge Independents915Fazlul Haque
Labour Party884
Redbridge Independents787
Redbridge Independents719
Green Party640
Green Party531
Conservative and Unionist Party527
Conservative and Unionist Party522
Conservative and Unionist Party510
Green Party475
Redbridge Matters435
Reform UK219
Liberal Democrats148

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

Cranbrook

How Cranbrook voted: turnout 38.5%
Votes for each candidate in Cranbrook ward
PartyVotesElected
Redbridge Independents1,200Feza Haque
Labour Party1,143Mushtaq Ahmed
Redbridge Independents1,088Mohamed Shukry Haleemdeen
Labour Party935
Redbridge Independents911
Labour Party898
Independent718
Green Party651
Conservative and Unionist Party626
Conservative and Unionist Party619
Conservative and Unionist Party610
Independent280
Reform UK273
Reform UK264
Liberal Democrats239

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

Fairlop

How Fairlop voted: turnout 42.0%
Votes for each candidate in Fairlop ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,387Bob Chattaway
Labour Party1,260Erza Doda
Labour Party1,236Yogesh Saini
Reform UK1,082
Reform UK1,058
Reform UK1,050
Conservative and Unionist Party1,034
Conservative and Unionist Party967
Conservative and Unionist Party788
Green Party772
Green Party670
Liberal Democrats263
Liberal Democrats198
Liberal Democrats181

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

Fullwell

How Fullwell voted: turnout 42.3%
Votes for each candidate in Fullwell ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,868Matthew Goddin
Labour Party1,773Vibhu Taneja
Labour Party1,771Linda Anne Mullis
Reform UK946
Green Party901
Reform UK885
Reform UK838
Green Party795
Green Party777
Conservative and Unionist Party746
Conservative and Unionist Party717
Conservative and Unionist Party662
Redbridge Independents490
Redbridge Independents485
Redbridge Independents473

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

Goodmayes

How Goodmayes voted: turnout 34.6%
Votes for each candidate in Goodmayes ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,140Ben Oliver Alan Cornish
Labour Party1,120Shorif Hossain Akhonda
Labour Party1,098Prabjit Kaur Gurm
Redbridge Independents951
Redbridge Independents895
Redbridge Independents891
Green Party677
Green Party632
Green Party593
Conservative and Unionist Party519
Conservative and Unionist Party515
Reform UK382
Reform UK379
Conservative and Unionist Party359
Reform UK309

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

Hainault

How Hainault voted: turnout 38.9%
Votes for each candidate in Hainault ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,573Helen Mullis
Labour Party1,523Shah Ali
Reform UK1,378Neil Philip Anderson
Labour Party1,368
Reform UK1,311
Reform UK1,234
Green Party846
Redbridge Independents613
Conservative and Unionist Party516
Conservative and Unionist Party492
Conservative and Unionist Party487
Liberal Democrats261

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

Ilford Town

How Ilford Town voted: turnout 34.5%
Votes for each candidate in Ilford Town ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party910Saima Ahmed
Redbridge Independents905Hossain Mohammed Enamul
Redbridge Independents806
Labour Party744
Green Party462
Conservative and Unionist Party428
Reform UK302
Reform UK257
Conservative and Unionist Party250
Liberal Democrats113

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

Loxford

How Loxford voted: turnout 31.0%
Votes for each candidate in Loxford ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,173Foyzur Rahman
Labour Party1,020Sahdia E Warraich
Labour Party997Mazhar Saleem
Green Party884
Green Party713
Green Party683
Redbridge Independents558
Redbridge Independents500
Conservative and Unionist Party366
Redbridge Independents364
Redbridge Matters299
Independent278
Redbridge Matters258
Conservative and Unionist Party248
Reform UK241
Conservative and Unionist Party221
Reform UK215

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

Mayfield

How Mayfield voted: turnout 37.1%
Votes for each candidate in Mayfield ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,306Harneek Kaur
Labour Party1,291Rishi Sharma Bhagi
Redbridge Independents1,286Noor Jahan Begum
Labour Party1,279
Redbridge Independents1,064
Redbridge Independents920
Green Party725
Green Party686
Green Party531
Conservative and Unionist Party442
Reform UK380
Conservative and Unionist Party367
Reform UK355
Conservative and Unionist Party348
Reform UK324

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

Monkhams

How Monkhams voted: turnout 52.5%
Votes for each candidate in Monkhams ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party2,055Joel Anthony Herga
Conservative and Unionist Party1,972Clark Edward Vasey
Reform UK568
Labour Party545
Green Party518
Green Party477
Labour Party474
Reform UK455
Liberal Democrats260
Liberal Democrats187

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

Newbury

How Newbury voted: turnout 42.3%
Votes for each candidate in Newbury ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,683Sunny Brar
Labour Party1,586Thavathuray Jeyaranjan
Labour Party1,583Syeda Lovely Choudhury
Redbridge Independents1,215
Redbridge Independents1,077
Redbridge Independents1,027
Green Party694
Green Party605
Green Party526
Conservative and Unionist Party444
Reform UK370
Conservative and Unionist Party367
Conservative and Unionist Party347
Reform UK341

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

Seven Kings

How Seven Kings voted: turnout 39.4%
Votes for each candidate in Seven Kings ward
PartyVotesElected
Redbridge Independents1,322Imran Ahmed
Labour Party1,156Vanisha Solanki
Labour Party1,066Nav Kaur Johal
Redbridge Independents1,049
Labour Party1,031
Redbridge Independents938
Redbridge Trade Union Party784
Green Party627
Green Party566
Conservative and Unionist Party519
Redbridge Matters500
Redbridge Matters467
Reform UK355
Reform UK336
Conservative and Unionist Party272
Conservative and Unionist Party232

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

South Woodford

How South Woodford voted: turnout 49.7%
Votes for each candidate in South Woodford ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,464Beverley L. Brewer
Green Party1,309Monika Patel
Green Party1,299Kallan Greybe
Labour Party1,296
Green Party1,247
Labour Party1,214
Conservative and Unionist Party978
Conservative and Unionist Party962
Conservative and Unionist Party871
Reform UK633
Reform UK557
Reform UK540
Liberal Democrats324
Liberal Democrats297

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

Valentines

How Valentines voted: turnout 38.9%
Votes for each candidate in Valentines ward
PartyVotesElected
Redbridge Independents1,576Rashida Khanam Choudhery
Labour Party1,501Alex Charlton-Holmes
Redbridge Independents1,435Marwan Elfallah
Redbridge Independents1,417
Labour Party1,362
Labour Party1,228
Green Party624
Green Party565
Conservative and Unionist Party408
Conservative and Unionist Party399
Conservative and Unionist Party300
Reform UK294
Reform UK266
Reform UK234
Independent164
Liberal Democrats138

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

Wanstead Park

How Wanstead Park voted: turnout 53.1%
Votes for each candidate in Wanstead Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,183Emma Shepherd-Mallinson
Green Party1,156Milli Richards Clack
Green Party1,102
Labour Party1,047
Reform UK384
Reform UK353
Conservative and Unionist Party349
Conservative and Unionist Party324
Liberal Democrats175
Liberal Democrats161

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

Wanstead Village

How Wanstead Village voted: turnout 51.1%
Votes for each candidate in Wanstead Village ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,715Jo Blackman
Green Party1,478Susan Imelda Whitehead
Labour Party1,415Daniel H. Morgan-Thomas
Green Party1,306
Labour Party1,254
Green Party1,230
Liberal Democrats782
Conservative and Unionist Party726
Conservative and Unionist Party716
Conservative and Unionist Party683
Reform UK649
Reform UK621
Reform UK577
Liberal Democrats568
Liberal Democrats455

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

Still to come for Redbridge

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