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Barnet.

Labour Party-controlled london_borough. £385m net revenue. 24 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.

Typelondon_borough
Seats68 councillors · 24 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Websitebarnet.gov.uk ↗
Net revenue · 2025-26
£385m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,036
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
34/68
Labour Party 50%
Westminster
4
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.

Barnet is a london_borough controlled by Labour Party (34 of 68 seats). Net revenue is £385m for 2025-26. It covers 24 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.68 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 34Con 33Green 1

Labour Party 50% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
David LongstaffConBarnet Vale2026
Richard Jeronym BarnesLabBarnet Vale2026
Sue BakerLabBarnet Vale2026
Lewis Preston-KyrionymouConBrunswick Park2026
Paul Anthony RobertsConBrunswick Park2026
Suren RamanakumarConBrunswick Park2026
Charlotte Elizabeth DausLabBurnt Oak2026
Kamal Bahadur GurungLabBurnt Oak2026
Sara ConwayLabBurnt Oak2026
Adam GheasuddinConChilds Hill2026
Cory TurnerConChilds Hill2026
Jeremy Charles ConwayConChilds Hill2026
Showing 12 of 68·All 68 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

63%
Council tax
£244.0m · median 47%
27%
Central grants
£104.9m · median 38%
9%
Business rates
£36.3m · median 16%

This is a high-council-tax councils (london_borough): 63% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (47%).

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£1,545
County / upper-tier£490
Police£0
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Total Band-D£2,036

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

Use the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings.

§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.10 buckets · vs 32 other councils (london_borough)

How does Barnet split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (london_borough)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.

Education44.5% of net spend · cohort median 42%
14 of 33+7% vs median
Adult Social Care26.4% of net spend · cohort median 22%
6 of 33+23% vs median
Children's Services13.1% of net spend · cohort median 13%
17 of 330% vs median
Corporate & Central4.0% of net spend · cohort median 3%
12 of 33+19% vs median
Public Health2.8% of net spend · cohort median 3%
27 of 33-19% vs median
Waste & Recycling2.8% of net spend · cohort median 4%
31 of 33-35% vs median
Housing & Homelessness2.6% of net spend · cohort median 6%
33 of 33-54% vs median
Highways & Transport1.4% of net spend · cohort median 1%
9 of 33+117% vs median
Planning & Economic Development1.2% of net spend · cohort median 1%
14 of 33+22% vs median
Culture & Leisure1.2% of net spend · cohort median 2%
29 of 33-33% vs median
How to read these bars

The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.

Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.24 wards split across 4 parliamentary seats
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Chipping Barnet833% Dan TomlinsonLab
Finchley and Golders Green833% Sarah SackmanLab
Hendon729% David Pinto-DuschinskyLab
Hornsey and Friern Barnet14% Catherine WestLab
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 32 other councils (london_borough)
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
Not yet ingested for Barnet
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level