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Where your council tax goes in Wandsworth

A Band D home pays £1,028.21 this year, up 3.1%. Council tax covers about 13% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 68%, including the money passed straight to schools, and business rates 11%.

Band D bill£1,028up 3.1% on last year
Council budget£609mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax13%of the budget
Council controlNo overall controlno party has more than half the seats

Your bill

Pick your band. The council keeps 50% of it; the rest goes to the Mayor of London.

Band D, 2026/27
£1,028.21
£102.82 a month over 10 instalments, or £85.68 over 12
Wandsworth Council£517.70Mayor 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 £517.70 to the council pays for

Care for older and disabled adults£210
Children's services£104
Housing and homelessness£62
Schools and education£51
Running the council£33
Streets, waste and transport£15
Parks, libraries and leisure£14
Public health£9
Debt costs and levies£8
Planning and the local economy£7
Community safety and regulation£6
Show your bill as a table
Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Care for older and disabled adults£209.5020.4%
Children's services£104.3110.1%
Housing and homelessness£61.566.0%
Schools and education£50.544.9%
Running the council£33.003.2%
Streets, waste and transport£15.271.5%
Parks, libraries and leisure£14.131.4%
Public health£8.650.8%
Debt costs and levies£7.560.7%
Planning and the local economy£6.970.7%
Community safety and regulation£6.210.6%
Wandsworth Council, all services£517.7050.3%
Mayor of London: police£334.1332.5%
Mayor of London: the fire brigade£76.857.5%
Mayor of London: transport£77.097.5%
Mayor of London: City Hall and the London Assembly£22.442.2%
Mayor of London (GLA), all£510.5149.7%
Your bill£1,028.21100%

Split in proportion to the £361m the council pays for itself, after schools and public health, which have their own ring-fenced grants. Council tax pays about 21p 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 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 Housing and homelessnessNet budget to Public healthNet budget to Running the councilNet budget to Streets, waste and transportNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureNet budget to Debt costs and leviesNet budget to Planning and the local economyNet budget to Community safety and regulationSourced from a published documentCouncil tax£76.6m, 13%Sourced from a published documentRevenue Support Grant£113.3m, 19%Sourced from a published documentBusiness rates kept locally£65.1m, 11%Sourced from a published documentSchools grants (ring-fenced)£212.0m, 35%Sourced from a published documentPublic health grant (ring-fenced)£36.1mSourced from a published documentOther government grants£51.5m, 8%Sourced from a published documentDrawn from council reserves£55.8m, 9%Sourced from a published documentSchools and education£247.3m, 41%Sourced from a published documentCare for older and disabled adults£146.2m, 24%Sourced from a published documentChildren's services£72.8m, 12%Sourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£43.0m, 7%Sourced from a published documentPublic health£42.1mSourced from a published documentRunning the council£23.0mSourced from a published documentStreets, waste and transport£10.7mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£9.9mSourced from a published documentDebt costs and levies£5.3mSourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£4.9mSourced from a published documentCommunity safety and regulation£4.3m£609m

Not drawn in the flow, because they are below zero: Council tax surplus and other (−£1.0m). They are in the tables.

Show the budget as a table
Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£76.6m12.6%
Revenue Support Grant£113.3m18.6%
Business rates kept locally£65.1m10.7%
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£212.0m34.8%
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£36.1m5.9%
Other government grants£51.5m8.5%
Council tax surplus and other−£1.0m−0.2%
Drawn from council reserves (one-off)£55.8m9.2%
Net budget£609.4m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£247.3m40.6%
Care for older and disabled adults£146.2m24.0%
Children's services£72.8m11.9%
Housing and homelessness£43.0m7.1%
Public health£42.1m6.9%
Running the council£23.0m3.8%
Streets, waste and transport£10.7m1.7%
Parks, libraries and leisure£9.9m1.6%
Debt costs and levies£5.3m0.9%
Planning and the local economy£4.9m0.8%
Community safety and regulation£4.3m0.7%
Net budget£609.4m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£76.6m
Revenue Support Grant£113.3m
Business rates kept locally£65.1m
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£212.0m
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£36.1m
Other government grants£51.5m
Council tax surplus and other−£1.0m
Drawn from council reserves£55.8m
Net budget£609.4m

What it pays for

Schools and education£247.3m
Care for older and disabled adults£146.2m
Children's services£72.8m
Housing and homelessness£43.0m
Public health£42.1m
Running the council£23.0m
Streets, waste and transport£10.7m
Parks, libraries and leisure£9.9m
Debt costs and levies£5.3m
Planning and the local economy£4.9m
Community safety and regulation£4.3m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £476.96 in 2022/23 to £517.70 in 2026/27, up 9%.

Band D council tax in Wandsworth each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with the Mayor of London
2022/23£476.96£872.55
2023/24£487.17£921.31
2024/25£497.36£968.76
2025/26£507.37£997.75
2026/27£517.70£1,028.21

Councillors and how each ward voted

Conservative 29, Labour 28 and Independent 1 of the 58 councillors on the council’s list. No party has more than half the seats. Only the councillors elected are named here; everyone else stood as their party’s candidate.

Balham

How Balham voted
Votes for each candidate in Balham ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party2,678Lynsey Hedges
Labour Party2,543Jo Rigby
Conservative and Unionist Party2,458Jonathan Iliff
Conservative and Unionist Party2,422
Labour Party2,364
Labour Party2,246
Green Party1,027
Green Party959
Green Party833
Liberal Democrats373
Liberal Democrats373
Liberal Democrats328
Reform UK318
Reform UK273
Reform UK250

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

Battersea Park

How Battersea Park voted
Votes for each candidate in Battersea Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,766Victoria Asante
Labour Party1,680Tony Belton
Conservative and Unionist Party1,673Claire Davies
Conservative and Unionist Party1,601
Labour Party1,528
Conservative and Unionist Party1,423
Green Party986
Green Party930
Green Party794
Reform UK508
Reform UK456
Reform UK433
Liberal Democrats288
Liberal Democrats279
Liberal Democrats255

The declaration gave no turnout. 18 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

East Putney

How East Putney voted
Votes for each candidate in East Putney ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party2,348Jasmin Glynne
Conservative and Unionist Party2,299George Crivelli
Conservative and Unionist Party2,257Ravi Govindia
Conservative and Unionist Party2,237
Labour Party2,076
Labour Party1,961
Green Party1,030
Green Party933
Green Party927
Reform UK565
Liberal Democrats529
Liberal Democrats514
Liberal Democrats487
Reform UK453
Reform UK427

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

Falconbrook

How Falconbrook voted
Votes for each candidate in Falconbrook ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,257Simon Hogg
Labour Party1,133Kate Stock
Green Party692
Green Party536
Conservative and Unionist Party425
Conservative and Unionist Party393
Reform UK276
Reform UK264
Liberal Democrats157
Liberal Democrats124
Independent64

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

Furzedown

How Furzedown voted
Votes for each candidate in Furzedown ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party3,005Leonie Cooper
Labour Party2,743Judi Gasser
Labour Party2,467Samantha Lewis
Green Party1,628
Green Party1,525
Green Party1,431
Conservative and Unionist Party891
Conservative and Unionist Party723
Conservative and Unionist Party706
Reform UK397
Reform UK389
Reform UK379
Liberal Democrats371
Liberal Democrats278
Liberal Democrats243
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition61

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

Lavender

How Lavender voted
Votes for each candidate in Lavender ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,747Daniel Hamilton
Conservative and Unionist Party1,720Tom Pridham
Labour Party1,137
Labour Party944
Green Party738
Green Party553
Liberal Democrats302
Liberal Democrats271
Reform UK192
Reform UK192

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

Nine Elms

How Nine Elms voted
Votes for each candidate in Nine Elms ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party702Matthew Corner
Conservative and Unionist Party587Will Sweet
Labour Party392
Green Party335
Green Party325
Labour Party274
Reform UK150
Reform UK144
Liberal Democrats143
Liberal Democrats110

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

Northcote

How Northcote voted
Votes for each candidate in Northcote ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party2,583Aled Richards-Jones
Conservative and Unionist Party2,551James Craig
Labour Party1,006
Labour Party853
Liberal Democrats684
Liberal Democrats652
Green Party577
Green Party574
Reform UK235
Reform UK204

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

Roehampton

How Roehampton voted
Votes for each candidate in Roehampton ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour and Co-operative Party1,881Graeme Henderson
Labour and Co-operative Party1,838Jenny Yates
Labour and Co-operative Party1,768Matthew Tiller
Conservative and Unionist Party1,064
Conservative and Unionist Party1,006
Conservative and Unionist Party924
Green Party918
Green Party864
Reform UK716
Reform UK685
Reform UK619
Liberal Democrats411
Liberal Democrats364
Liberal Democrats323
Independent117

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

Shaftesbury & Queenstown

How Shaftesbury & Queenstown voted
Votes for each candidate in Shaftesbury & Queenstown ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,927Sara Apps
Labour Party1,708Aydin Dikerdem
Labour Party1,417Stephen Worrall
Green Party1,129
Conservative and Unionist Party913
Conservative and Unionist Party845
Conservative and Unionist Party799
Reform UK446
Reform UK404
Reform UK395
Liberal Democrats363
Liberal Democrats357
Liberal Democrats270

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

South Balham

How South Balham voted
Votes for each candidate in South Balham ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,634Toby Hopkins
Labour Party1,617Elizabeth Simos
Conservative and Unionist Party1,285
Conservative and Unionist Party1,249
Green Party741
Green Party647
Liberal Democrats256
Liberal Democrats205
Reform UK188
Reform UK176

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

Southfields

How Southfields voted
Votes for each candidate in Southfields ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,933Guy Humphries
Conservative and Unionist Party1,763Emmeline Owens
Liberal Democrats1,435
Liberal Democrats1,372
Labour Party1,096
Labour Party931
Green Party628
Green Party567
Reform UK237
Reform UK211

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

St Mary's

How St Mary's voted
Votes for each candidate in St Mary's ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,827Charlie Fisher
Conservative and Unionist Party1,809Caroline de La Soujeole
Conservative and Unionist Party1,681Zarah Wiles
Labour Party1,666
Labour Party1,663
Labour Party1,589
Green Party926
Green Party852
Green Party779
Reform UK448
Reform UK422
Reform UK403
Liberal Democrats312
Liberal Democrats272
Liberal Democrats257
Independent57

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

Thamesfield

How Thamesfield voted
Votes for each candidate in Thamesfield ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party2,349Ethan Brooks
Conservative and Unionist Party2,185Robert Morritt
Conservative and Unionist Party2,083Salvatore Murtas
Liberal Democrats2,033
Liberal Democrats1,919
Liberal Democrats1,890
Labour Party1,260
Labour Party1,202
Labour Party1,099
Green Party906
Green Party826
Green Party697
Reform UK354
Reform UK351
Reform UK345

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

Tooting Bec

How Tooting Bec voted
Votes for each candidate in Tooting Bec ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party2,495Sheila Boswell
Labour Party2,342Annamarie Critchard
Labour Party2,015Paul White
Green Party1,773
Green Party1,549
Green Party1,548
Conservative and Unionist Party979
Conservative and Unionist Party869
Conservative and Unionist Party810
Liberal Democrats405
Reform UK399
Reform UK378
Reform UK341
Liberal Democrats282
Liberal Democrats255
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition36

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

Tooting Broadway

How Tooting Broadway voted
Votes for each candidate in Tooting Broadway ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party2,385Kemi Akinola
Labour Party2,121Sean Lawless
Labour Party1,956Rex Osborn
Green Party1,905
Green Party1,860
Green Party1,608
Conservative and Unionist Party613
Conservative and Unionist Party607
Conservative and Unionist Party557
Reform UK332
Reform UK329
Reform UK327
Liberal Democrats315
Liberal Democrats217
Liberal Democrats185
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition37

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

Trinity

How Trinity voted
Votes for each candidate in Trinity ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,842No longer on the council’s list
Conservative and Unionist Party1,647Kirsten Botting
Labour Party1,583
Conservative and Unionist Party1,518
Green Party759
Green Party508
Liberal Democrats250
Liberal Democrats221
Reform UK199
Reform UK198
Independent56
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition11

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

Wandle

How Wandle voted
Votes for each candidate in Wandle ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,453Denise Paul
Conservative and Unionist Party1,432Chris Baron
Labour Party1,310
Conservative and Unionist Party1,307
Green Party696
Green Party541
Reform UK232
Liberal Democrats203
Liberal Democrats189
Reform UK183
Wandle Independent Group126

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

Wandsworth Common

How Wandsworth Common voted
Votes for each candidate in Wandsworth Common ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party2,655Mrs. Angela Graham
Conservative and Unionist Party2,426Peter Graham
Conservative and Unionist Party2,313Tom Mytton
Labour Party1,644
Labour Party1,609
Labour Party1,581
Green Party1,141
Green Party937
Green Party833
Liberal Democrats477
Reform UK469
Reform UK425
Reform UK350
Liberal Democrats300
Liberal Democrats296

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

Wandsworth Town

How Wandsworth Town voted
Votes for each candidate in Wandsworth Town ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party2,455Michelle Cook
Labour Party2,374Sarah Davies
Conservative and Unionist Party2,194Noel Dube
Conservative and Unionist Party2,178
Labour Party2,095
Conservative and Unionist Party2,058
Green Party1,013
Green Party917
Green Party862
Liberal Democrats522
Reform UK423
Reform UK412
Reform UK405
Liberal Democrats341
Liberal Democrats264

The declaration gave no turnout. 24 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

West Hill

How West Hill voted
Votes for each candidate in West Hill ward
PartyVotesElected
Independent4,081Malcolm Grimston
Labour Party1,679Angela Ireland
Conservative and Unionist Party1,314Daniel Ghossain
Labour Party1,265
Conservative and Unionist Party1,238
Green Party1,140
Green Party1,033
Labour Party898
Conservative and Unionist Party835
Liberal Democrats484
Reform UK434
Reform UK389
Reform UK386
Liberal Democrats292
Liberal Democrats266

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

West Putney

How West Putney voted
Votes for each candidate in West Putney ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party2,745Nick Austin
Conservative and Unionist Party2,397Mrs. Melanie Hampton
Conservative and Unionist Party2,351Shakeel Ahmad
Labour Party1,699
Labour Party1,671
Labour Party1,506
Green Party971
Green Party903
Liberal Democrats812
Reform UK629
Reform UK571
Liberal Democrats555
Liberal Democrats542
Reform UK490

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

Still to come for Wandsworth

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