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Where your council tax goes in Westminster

A Band D home pays £1,048.25 this year, up 2.9%. Council tax covers about 16% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 67%, including the money passed straight to schools, and business rates 10%.

Band D bill£1,048up 2.9% on last year
Council budget£525mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax16%of the budget
Council controlConservative32 of 54 seats

Your bill

Pick your band. The council keeps 51% of it; the rest goes to the Mayor of London.

Band D, 2026/27
£1,048.25
£104.83 a month over 10 instalments, or £87.35 over 12
Westminster City Council£537.74Mayor 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 £537.74 to the council pays for

Care for older and disabled adults£171
Housing and homelessness£163
Children's services£83
Schools and education£36
Planning and the local economy£36
Running the council£32
Parks, libraries and leisure£21
Community safety and regulation£15
Streets, waste and transport£8
Show your bill as a table
Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Care for older and disabled adults£170.7816.3%
Housing and homelessness£162.8115.5%
Children's services£83.187.9%
Schools and education£36.233.5%
Planning and the local economy£35.803.4%
Running the council£32.433.1%
Parks, libraries and leisure£20.832.0%
Community safety and regulation£14.751.4%
Streets, waste and transport£8.300.8%
Westminster City Council, all services£537.7451.3%
Mayor of London: police£334.1331.9%
Mayor of London: the fire brigade£76.857.3%
Mayor of London: transport£77.097.4%
Mayor of London: City Hall and the London Assembly£22.442.1%
Mayor of London (GLA), all£510.5148.7%
Your bill£1,048.25100%

Homes in Westminster’s parish (Queen's Park Community Council) also pay their parish or town council: on average £52.31 at Band D, on top of the bill above.

Split in proportion to the £358m the council pays for itself, after schools and public health, which have their own ring-fenced grants. Council tax pays about 23p 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 public health 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 Public healthNet budget to Planning and the local economyNet budget to Running the councilNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureNet budget to Community safety and regulationNet budget to Streets, waste and transportSourced from a published documentCouncil tax£83.5m, 16%Sourced from a published documentRevenue Support Grant£113.1m, 22%Sourced from a published documentBusiness rates kept locally£53.0m, 10%Sourced from a published documentSchools grants (ring-fenced)£123.2m, 23%Sourced from a published documentPublic health grant (ring-fenced)£42.1m, 8%Sourced from a published documentOther government grants£76.3m, 15%Sourced from a published documentCouncil tax surplus and other£2.8mSourced from a published documentDrawn from public health reserves£1.7mSourced from a published documentDrawn from council reserves£29.8mSourced from a published documentSchools and education£147.3m, 28%Sourced from a published documentCare for older and disabled adults£113.8m, 22%Sourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£108.5m, 21%Sourced from a published documentChildren's services£55.4m, 11%Sourced from a published documentPublic health£43.8m, 8%Sourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£23.9mSourced from a published documentRunning the council£21.6mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£13.9mSourced from a published documentCommunity safety and regulation£9.8mSourced from a published documentStreets, waste and transport£5.5m£525m

Not drawn in the flow, because they are below zero: Debt costs and levies (−£18.2m). They are in the tables.

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Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£83.5m15.9%
Revenue Support Grant£113.1m21.5%
Business rates kept locally£53.0m10.1%
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£123.2m23.4%
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£42.1m8.0%
Other government grants£76.3m14.5%
Council tax surplus and other£2.8m0.5%
Drawn from public health reserves (one-off)£1.7m0.3%
Drawn from council reserves (one-off)£29.8m5.7%
Net budget£525.4m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£147.3m28.0%
Care for older and disabled adults£113.8m21.7%
Housing and homelessness£108.5m20.7%
Children's services£55.4m10.6%
Public health£43.8m8.3%
Planning and the local economy£23.9m4.5%
Running the council£21.6m4.1%
Parks, libraries and leisure£13.9m2.6%
Community safety and regulation£9.8m1.9%
Streets, waste and transport£5.5m1.1%
Debt costs and levies−£18.2m−3.5%
Net budget£525.4m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£83.5m
Revenue Support Grant£113.1m
Business rates kept locally£53.0m
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£123.2m
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£42.1m
Other government grants£76.3m
Council tax surplus and other£2.8m
Drawn from public health reserves£1.7m
Drawn from council reserves£29.8m
Net budget£525.4m

What it pays for

Schools and education£147.3m
Care for older and disabled adults£113.8m
Housing and homelessness£108.5m
Children's services£55.4m
Public health£43.8m
Planning and the local economy£23.9m
Running the council£21.6m
Parks, libraries and leisure£13.9m
Community safety and regulation£9.8m
Streets, waste and transport£5.5m
Debt costs and levies−£18.2m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £468.96 in 2022/23 to £537.74 in 2026/27, up 15%.

Band D council tax in Westminster each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with the Mayor of London
2022/23£468.96£865.78
2023/24£478.37£913.78
2024/25£502.21£975.02
2025/26£527.24£1,019.00
2026/27£537.74£1,049.55

Councillors and how each ward voted

Conservative 32 and Labour 22 of the 54 councillors on the council’s list. Conservative 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.

Abbey Road

How Abbey Road voted: turnout 38.1%
Votes for each candidate in Abbey Road ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,297Hannah Galley
Conservative and Unionist Party1,284Festus Akinbusoye
Conservative and Unionist Party1,282Caroline Sargent
Reform UK567
Labour Party510
Labour Party494
Reform UK462
Labour Party456
Reform UK413
Green Party411
Green Party358
Green Party351
Liberal Democrats266
Liberal Democrats220
Liberal Democrats184

2,932 people voted. 5 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bayswater

How Bayswater voted: turnout 35.7%
Votes for each candidate in Bayswater ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,016Christabel Flight
Labour Party1,009Maggie Carman
Conservative and Unionist Party942Mark Tozer
Conservative and Unionist Party921
Labour Party870
Labour Party859
Green Party373
Green Party360
Green Party348
Reform UK238
Reform UK215
Reform UK184
Liberal Democrats179
Liberal Democrats139
Liberal Democrats136

2,662 people voted. 14 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Church Street

How Church Street voted: turnout 29.8%
Votes for each candidate in Church Street ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party891Aicha Less
Labour Party842Fiona Parker
Labour Party829Aziz Toki
Green Party614
Green Party595
Green Party529
Conservative and Unionist Party274
Conservative and Unionist Party273
Conservative and Unionist Party245
Reform UK232
Reform UK224
Reform UK218
Liberal Democrats142
Liberal Democrats100

2,138 people voted. 21 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Harrow Road

How Harrow Road voted: turnout 33.9%
Votes for each candidate in Harrow Road ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,038Concia Albert
Labour Party944Regan Hook
Labour Party909Rhys Thomas
Green Party893
Green Party884
Green Party862
Conservative and Unionist Party310
Conservative and Unionist Party272
Conservative and Unionist Party267
Reform UK223
Reform UK212
Reform UK200
Liberal Democrats129
Liberal Democrats125
Workers Party of Britain54

2,544 people voted. 20 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Hyde Park

How Hyde Park voted: turnout 36.5%
Votes for each candidate in Hyde Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party856Elliot Keck
Conservative and Unionist Party816Greg Ero
Labour Party800Md Shamsed Chowdhury
Conservative and Unionist Party760
Labour Party719
Labour Party654
Green Party313
Green Party253
Green Party246
Reform UK138
Reform UK133
Reform UK124
Liberal Democrats108
Liberal Democrats100

2,104 people voted. 4 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Knightsbridge and Belgravia

How Knightsbridge and Belgravia voted: turnout 33.3%
Votes for each candidate in Knightsbridge and Belgravia ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,097Anthony Devenish
Conservative and Unionist Party1,091Elizabeth Hitchcock
Conservative and Unionist Party1,091Rachael Robathan
Reform UK355
Reform UK352
Reform UK333
Labour Party325
Labour Party299
Green Party286
Labour Party261
Green Party257
Green Party252
Liberal Democrats163
Liberal Democrats157

2,173 people voted. 8 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Lancaster Gate

How Lancaster Gate voted: turnout 37.6%
Votes for each candidate in Lancaster Gate ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party989Ellie Ormsby
Labour Party936Connor Jones
Conservative and Unionist Party862Philip Stephenson-Oliver
Labour Party844
Conservative and Unionist Party843
Conservative and Unionist Party825
Green Party381
Green Party367
Green Party326
Reform UK271
Reform UK239
Reform UK229
Liberal Democrats141
Liberal Democrats141

2,540 people voted. 10 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Little Venice

How Little Venice voted: turnout 41.7%
Votes for each candidate in Little Venice ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,215Melvyn Caplan
Conservative and Unionist Party1,170Lorraine Dean
Conservative and Unionist Party1,071Louise Shaw
Labour Party935
Labour Party844
Labour Party838
Green Party368
Green Party366
Green Party355
Reform UK187
Reform UK174
Reform UK171
Liberal Democrats127
Liberal Democrats120
Liberal Democrats120

2,770 people voted. 12 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Maida Vale

How Maida Vale voted: turnout 32.9%
Votes for each candidate in Maida Vale ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,008Geoff Barraclough
Labour Party957Nafsika Butler-Thalassis
Labour Party885Iman Less
Conservative and Unionist Party578
Conservative and Unionist Party577
Conservative and Unionist Party514
Green Party514
Green Party491
Green Party424
Reform UK316
Reform UK285
Reform UK272
Liberal Democrats184
Liberal Democrats154
Liberal Democrats88

2,487 people voted. 13 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Marylebone

How Marylebone voted: turnout 35.5%
Votes for each candidate in Marylebone ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,188Ian Rowley
Conservative and Unionist Party1,173Karen Scarborough
Conservative and Unionist Party1,171Barbara Arzymanow
Liberal Democrats722
Liberal Democrats627
Liberal Democrats616
Labour Party381
Labour Party351
Green Party305
Labour Party303
Reform UK303
Reform UK300
Reform UK266
Green Party227
Green Party194

2,775 people voted. 3 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Pimlico North

  • Mohamed ElmiConservativeDeputy Cabinet Member for City Management
  • Jim GlenConservativeChair of Planning and Cycling Champion
  • Ed Pitt FordConservativeLGBTQI Champion
How Pimlico North voted: turnout 38.8%
Votes for each candidate in Pimlico North ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,357Jim Glen
Conservative and Unionist Party1,350Ed Pitt Ford
Conservative and Unionist Party1,193Mohamed Elmi
Labour Party713
Labour Party622
Labour Party553
Green Party459
Green Party394
Reform UK359
Green Party351
Reform UK349
Reform UK343
Liberal Democrats270
Liberal Democrats174
Liberal Democrats173

2,968 people voted. 19 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Pimlico South

How Pimlico South voted: turnout 45.2%
Votes for each candidate in Pimlico South ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,273Liza Begum
Labour Party1,169Robert Eagleton
Labour Party1,075Jason Williams
Conservative and Unionist Party1,033
Conservative and Unionist Party1,030
Conservative and Unionist Party1,025
Green Party459
Reform UK396
Green Party371
Reform UK371
Reform UK363
Green Party346
Liberal Democrats145
Liberal Democrats120

3,211 people voted. 14 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Queen's Park

How Queen's Park voted: turnout 33.4%
Votes for each candidate in Queen's Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,218Patricia McAllister
Labour Party1,074Cara Sanquest
Labour Party1,034Hamza Taouzzale
Green Party892
Green Party772
Green Party716
Conservative and Unionist Party319
Reform UK317
Conservative and Unionist Party303
Reform UK296
Reform UK274
Conservative and Unionist Party243
Liberal Democrats206
Liberal Democrats147
Liberal Democrats135

2,834 people voted. 25 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Regent's Park

How Regent's Park voted: turnout 35.4%
Votes for each candidate in Regent's Park ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,322Robert Rigby
Conservative and Unionist Party1,256Paul Swaddle OBE
Conservative and Unionist Party1,208Ralu Oteh-Osoka
Labour Party500
Labour Party499
Labour Party461
Green Party420
Green Party364
Green Party361
Reform UK301
Reform UK300
Reform UK286
Liberal Democrats223
Liberal Democrats147

2,654 people voted. 9 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

St James's

  • San AbishevConservativeDeputy Cabinet Member for Growth and Planning
  • Tim MitchellConservativeCabinet Member for City Management
  • Mark ShearerConservativeCabinet Member for Innovation
How St James's voted: turnout 33.8%
Votes for each candidate in St James's ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,035Tim Mitchell
Conservative and Unionist Party997Mark Shearer
Conservative and Unionist Party974San Abishev
Labour Party495
Labour Party484
Labour Party406
Green Party387
Green Party354
Green Party324
Reform UK285
Reform UK266
Reform UK248
Liberal Democrats177
Liberal Democrats144
Liberal Democrats134

2,303 people voted. 7 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Vincent Square

  • David HarveyConservativeCabinet Member for Housing and Regeneration
  • Ben SewellConservativeDeputy Cabinet Member for Resident Services and Civic Pride
  • Selina ShortConservative
How Vincent Square voted: turnout 40.2%
Votes for each candidate in Vincent Square ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party1,405David Harvey
Conservative and Unionist Party1,377Selina Short
Conservative and Unionist Party1,326Ben Sewell
Labour Party759
Labour Party747
Labour Party670
Green Party386
Green Party366
Green Party345
Reform UK265
Reform UK244
Reform UK241
Liberal Democrats173
Liberal Democrats166
Liberal Democrats158
Independent57

2,981 people voted. 10 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

West End

  • Elizabeth AmosConservativeDeputy Cabinet Member for Adults and Health
  • Tim BarnesConservativeDeputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Growth and Planning
  • Paul FisherConservativeCabinet Member for Value for Money and Finance
How West End voted: turnout 33.3%
Votes for each candidate in West End ward
PartyVotesElected
Conservative and Unionist Party954Tim Barnes
Conservative and Unionist Party916Elizabeth Amos
Conservative and Unionist Party857Paul Fisher
Labour Party722
Labour Party681
Labour Party681
Green Party365
Green Party356
Green Party354
Reform UK245
Reform UK241
Reform UK227
Liberal Democrats166
Liberal Democrats103

2,370 people voted. 12 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Westbourne

How Westbourne voted: turnout 33.0%
Votes for each candidate in Westbourne ward
PartyVotesElected
Labour Party1,072Adam Hug
Labour Party1,066David Boothroyd
Labour Party1,032Angela Piddock
Green Party854
Green Party803
Green Party803
Conservative and Unionist Party309
Conservative and Unionist Party277
Conservative and Unionist Party272
Reform UK204
Reform UK179
Reform UK174
Liberal Democrats143
Liberal Democrats97

2,516 people voted. 18 ballot papers were rejected. From the council’s declaration, via Democracy Club (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Still to come for Westminster

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