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Camden.

Labour Party-controlled london_borough. £356m net revenue. 20 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.

Typelondon_borough
Seats56 councillors · 20 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Websitecamden.gov.uk ↗
Net revenue · 2025-26
£356m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,107
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
30/56
Labour Party 54%
Westminster
2
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.

Camden is a london_borough controlled by Labour Party (30 of 56 seats). Net revenue is £356m for 2025-26. It covers 20 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.56 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 30Green 11LD 10Con 4Camden People's Alliance 1

Labour Party 54% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Judy DixeyLDBelsize2026
Matthew Jonathan KirkLDBelsize2026
Tom Henry SimonLDBelsize2026
Adam Douglas Keir HarrisonLabBloomsbury2026
Lilac CarrGrnBloomsbury2026
Sabrina FrancisLabBloomsbury2026
Sagal Abdi-WaliLabCamden Square2026
Tricia LemanLabCamden Square2026
Matt CooperLabCamden Town2026
Pat CallaghanLabCamden Town2026
Farrell MonkLDFortune Green2026
Nancy Stembile JiriraLDFortune Green2026
Showing 12 of 56·All 56 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

42%
Council tax
£147.8m · median 47%
40%
Central grants
£142.7m · median 38%
18%
Business rates
£65.3m · median 16%

This is a grant-heavy councils (london_borough): 42% from council tax vs the cohort median of 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£1,616
County / upper-tier£490
Police£0
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Total Band-D£2,107

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 Camden 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.

Education39.5% of net spend · cohort median 42%
24 of 33-5% vs median
Adult Social Care20.6% of net spend · cohort median 22%
23 of 33-4% vs median
Children's Services13.1% of net spend · cohort median 13%
17 of 330% vs median
Corporate & Central9.9% of net spend · cohort median 3%
5 of 33+195% vs median
Housing & Homelessness6.9% of net spend · cohort median 6%
9 of 33+23% vs median
Public Health5.1% of net spend · cohort median 3%
7 of 33+45% vs median
Waste & Recycling4.2% of net spend · cohort median 4%
17 of 330% vs median
Planning & Economic Development2.2% of net spend · cohort median 1%
6 of 33+115% vs median
Culture & Leisure1.8% of net spend · cohort median 2%
16 of 330% vs median
Highways & Transport-3.2% of net spend · cohort median 1%
30 of 33-606% 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.46,190 payments · £584.1m gross · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Apr 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
HMRC CENTRAL PAYROLL£43.61m7.5%5
VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (UK) PLC£28.53m4.9%134
REDACTED£21.13m3.6%4,624
MATRIX SCM LIMITED£19.98m3.4%284
NHS NORTH CENTRAL LONDON ICB£17.01m2.9%89
MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE LTD£15.72m2.7%16
CHANGE GROW LIVE SERVICES LTD£11.13m1.9%19
TOTAL GAS AND POWER LTD£10.52m1.8%11
F M CONWAY LTD£9.35m1.6%560
HILL PARTNERSHIP LTD£8.43m1.4%6

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Corporate And CentralHMRC CENTRAL PAYROLL£17.44m
Planning And EconomicVEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (UK) PLC£12.09m
Adult Social CareNHS NORTH CENTRAL LONDON ICB£7.61m
Housing And HomelessnessTOTAL GAS AND POWER LTD£4.89m
Waste And RecyclingF M CONWAY LTD£3.67m
Childrens ServicesCAMDEN LEARNING LIMITED£3.09m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.20 wards split across 2 parliamentary seats
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Holborn and St Pancras1155% Keir StarmerLab
Hampstead and Highgate945% Tulip SiddiqLab
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
46,190 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level