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Havering.

Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled london_borough. £253m net revenue. 19 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.

Typelondon_borough
Seats55 councillors · 19 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Websitehavering.gov.uk
Net revenue · 2025-26
£253m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,314
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
17/55
Conservative and Unionist Party 31%
Westminster
3
constituencies overlap · 3 MP parties
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 3-party MP geography.

Havering is a london_borough controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (17 of 55 seats). Net revenue is £253m for 2025-26. It covers 19 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.55 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Con 17Ref 11Hornchurch Residents Association 8Upminster and Cranham Residents Association 6Lab 5Rainham Independent Residents Association 3

Conservative and Unionist Party 31% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Matthew Christopher StantonLabBeam Park2026
Trevor Roland McKeeverLabBeam Park2026
Gillian FordIndCranham2026
John TylerIndCranham2026
Lesley Rosina TylerIndCranham2026
Barry MugglestoneIndElm Park2022
Julie Lilian WilkesIndElm Park2022
Stephanie Jane NunnIndElm Park2022
David GodwinIndEmerson Park2022
Laurance Robert GarrardIndEmerson Park2022
Roger RamseyConEmerson Park2018
Keith PrinceRefGooshays2026
Showing 12 of 55·All 55 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

66%
Council tax
£166.9m · median 47%
26%
Central grants
£65.9m · median 38%
8%
Business rates
£20.0m · median 16%

This is a high-council-tax councils (london_borough): 66% 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£1,823
County / upper-tier£490
Police£0
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Total Band-D£2,314

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 Havering 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.

Education45.4% of net spend · cohort median 42%
11 of 33+9% vs median
Adult Social Care24.2% of net spend · cohort median 22%
11 of 33+13% vs median
Children's Services13.8% of net spend · cohort median 13%
11 of 33+6% vs median
Housing & Homelessness4.3% of net spend · cohort median 6%
26 of 33-25% vs median
Corporate & Central4.2% of net spend · cohort median 3%
11 of 33+24% vs median
Waste & Recycling2.8% of net spend · cohort median 4%
30 of 33-34% vs median
Public Health2.7% of net spend · cohort median 3%
30 of 33-22% vs median
Highways & Transport1.3% of net spend · cohort median 1%
13 of 33+97% vs median
Planning & Economic Development0.9% of net spend · cohort median 1%
23 of 33-8% vs median
Culture & Leisure0.4% of net spend · cohort median 2%
33 of 33-77% 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.9,244 payments · £49.2m gross · 3 Dec 202531 Jan 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
GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY£5.14m10.5%2
FCC WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD£2.29m4.7%11
ADECCO UK LTD£1.82m3.7%1,499
EAST LONDON WASTE AUTHORITY£1.71m3.5%2
TRANSPORT TRADING LTD£1.68m3.4%1
PERSONAL INFORMATION - REDACTED£0.71m1.4%387
MARLBOROUGH SURFACING LTD£0.57m1.2%24
LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE£0.52m1.1%3
MATRIX SCM LTD£0.50m1.0%16
MEARS LIMITED£0.49m1.0%29

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Waste And RecyclingFCC WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD£2.29m
Corporate And CentralADECCO UK LTD£1.03m
Housing And HomelessnessMEARS LIMITED£0.46m
Planning And EconomicMATRIX SCM LTD£0.32m
EducationSFAET LTD T/A REDDEN COURT SCHOOL ACADEMY£0.21m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.19 wards split across 3 parliamentary seats

Havering’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Hornchurch and Upminster842% Julia LopezCon
Romford842% Andrew RosindellRef
Dagenham and Rainham421% Margaret MullaneLab
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 1 Ind, 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist 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
9,244 payments · 3 Dec 202531 Jan 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level