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Brent.

Labour Party-controlled london_borough. £389m net revenue. 22 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.

Typelondon_borough
Seats63 councillors · 22 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Websitebrent.gov.uk ↗
Net revenue · 2025-26
£389m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,133
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
31/63
Labour Party 49%
Westminster
4
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Brent is a london_borough controlled by Labour Party (31 of 63 seats). Net revenue is £389m for 2025-26. It covers 22 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.63 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 31LD 12Con 11Green 9

Labour Party 49% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Anton GeorgiouLDAlperton2026
Charlie ClintonLDAlperton2026
Krishna ChauhanLDAlperton2026
Rhoda Mohamoud IbrahimLabBarnhill2026
Robert Orville JohnsonLabBarnhill2026
Kathleen FraserLabBarnhill2022
Ryan Aaron HackLabBrondesbury Park2026
Tashi ThomasLabBrondesbury Park2026
Erica GbajumoLabBrondesbury Park2022
Gwen GrahlLabCricklewood Mapesbury2026
Tariq DarLabCricklewood Mapesbury2026
Arshad MahmoodLabDollis Hill2026
Showing 12 of 63·All 63 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

44%
Council tax
£172.7m · median 47%
39%
Central grants
£152.1m · median 38%
17%
Business rates
£64.2m · median 16%

Revenue mix is close to the councils (london_borough) median: 44% council tax, 39% central grants.

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

Band-D bill.

Council slice£1,643
County / upper-tier£490
Police£0
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Total Band-D£2,133

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 Brent 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.

Education40.9% of net spend · cohort median 42%
22 of 33-2% vs median
Adult Social Care21.8% of net spend · cohort median 22%
16 of 33+1% vs median
Children's Services12.7% of net spend · cohort median 13%
19 of 33-3% vs median
Housing & Homelessness8.3% of net spend · cohort median 6%
5 of 33+46% vs median
Waste & Recycling5.2% of net spend · cohort median 4%
11 of 33+23% vs median
Corporate & Central4.5% of net spend · cohort median 3%
9 of 33+33% vs median
Public Health3.5% of net spend · cohort median 3%
17 of 330% vs median
Culture & Leisure1.5% of net spend · cohort median 2%
23 of 33-15% vs median
Planning & Economic Development1.0% of net spend · cohort median 1%
17 of 330% vs median
Highways & Transport0.6% of net spend · cohort median 1%
17 of 330% 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.

§ 04Top suppliers.19,611 payments · £287.8m gross · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026

Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).

Top by total — last 180 days

SupplierPaidSharePmts
WATES CONSTRUCTION LTD£24.50m8.5%16
GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY£16.60m5.8%8
VEOLIA ES (UK) LTD£9.47m3.3%34
LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW£7.14m2.5%10
COMENSURA LTD£6.65m2.3%22
WATES RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED£6.04m2.1%8
PREPAID FINANCIAL SERVICES£6.00m2.1%2,985
REDACTED PERSONAL DATA£5.97m2.1%1,607
O'HARA BROS SURFACING LTD£5.59m1.9%44
BRENT CO-EFFICIENT LTD£4.70m1.6%8

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Adult Social CarePREPAID FINANCIAL SERVICES£3.78m
Corporate And CentralREDACTED PERSONAL DATA£1.59m
Childrens ServicesSENAD GROUP LTD T/A BLADON HOUSE SCHOOL£0.34m
EducationREDACTED PERSONAL DATA£0.34m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.22 wards split across 4 parliamentary seats

Brent’s territory crosses 4 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Brent West1045% Barry GardinerLab
Brent East836% Dawn ButlerLab
Queen's Park and Maida Vale314%vacant
Harrow East15% Bob BlackmanCon
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Labour Party-controlled london_borough — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

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
19,611 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level