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Hackney.

Green Party of England and Wales-controlled london_borough. £391m net revenue. 21 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.

Typelondon_borough
Seats60 councillors · 21 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Websitehackney.gov.uk
Net revenue · 2025-26
£391m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£1,967
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
43/60
Green Party of England and Wales 72%
Westminster
4
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
29 Jun 2026

Green Party of England and Wales chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Hackney is a london_borough controlled by Green Party of England and Wales (43 of 60 seats). Net revenue is £391m for 2025-26. It covers 21 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.60 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Green 43Lab 11Con 6

Green Party of England and Wales 72% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Florence SchechterGrnBrownswood2026
Soraya AdejareGrnBrownswood2026
Soraya AdejareLabBrownswood2022
Charlie LawrieGrnCazenove2026
Emma NeathGrnCazenove2026
Ian David SharerConCazenove2026
George Sheldon GrünGrnClissold2026
Rachel MaguireLabClissold2026
Sam MathysGrnClissold2026
Rachel Nkiessu-GuifoGrnDalston2026
Zoë GarbettGrnDalston2026
Zoë GarbettGrnDalston2022
Showing 12 of 60·All 60 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

30%
Council tax
£116.1m · median 47%
49%
Central grants
£191.4m · median 38%
21%
Business rates
£83.1m · median 16%

This is a grant-heavy councils (london_borough): 30% 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£1,476
County / upper-tier£490
Police£0
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Total Band-D£1,967

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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

How does Hackney 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.

Education41.5% of net spend · cohort median 42%
18 of 330% vs median
Adult Social Care21.2% of net spend · cohort median 22%
20 of 33-1% vs median
Children's Services12.3% of net spend · cohort median 13%
22 of 33-6% vs median
Housing & Homelessness6.9% of net spend · cohort median 6%
11 of 33+21% vs median
Public Health5.3% of net spend · cohort median 3%
6 of 33+52% vs median
Waste & Recycling5.0% of net spend · cohort median 4%
13 of 33+17% vs median
Corporate & Central3.7% of net spend · cohort median 3%
15 of 33+10% vs median
Culture & Leisure2.1% of net spend · cohort median 2%
12 of 33+22% vs median
Planning & Economic Development1.3% of net spend · cohort median 1%
13 of 33+28% vs median
Highways & Transport0.7% of net spend · cohort median 1%
16 of 33+6% 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.24,271 payments · £369.9m gross · 3 Dec 202531 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
ARDMORE CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED£25.78m7.0%4
HACKNEY AND KENT COMMERCIAL SERVICES LLP£15.79m4.3%4
HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST£12.36m3.3%32
REDACTED - PERSONAL£10.64m2.9%8,022
GREATER LONDON AUT£9.48m2.6%9
MARLBOROUGH SURFACING LIMITED£7.77m2.1%115
S&P CONVEYANCING£6.99m1.9%5
GREENWICH LEISURE LIMITED£5.80m1.6%20
TOTAL ENERGIES£5.59m1.5%9
HOLY TRINITY PRIMARY SCHOOL£4.87m1.3%64

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Adult Social CareREDACTED - PERSONAL£3.45m
EducationBEIS ROCHEL D'SATMAR GIRLS' SCHOOL£2.95m
Childrens ServicesREDACTED - PERSONAL£2.74m
Corporate And CentralFOSTER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LTD£0.79m
Highways And TransportJIMAC RADIO CARS LTD£0.51m
Housing And HomelessnessASM TRUCK DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED£0.18m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.21 wards split across 4 parliamentary seats

Hackney’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
Hackney North and Stoke Newington943% Diane AbbottInd
Hackney South and Shoreditch943% Meg HillierInd
Tottenham210% David LammyLab
Islington South and Finsbury15% Emily ThornberryLab
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 2 Lab and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Green Party of England and Wales-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
24,271 payments · 3 Dec 202531 Mar 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level