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Islington.

Labour Party-controlled london_borough. £335m net revenue. 17 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.

Typelondon_borough
Seats51 councillors · 17 wards
Last election7 May 2026
Websiteislington.gov.uk ↗
Net revenue · 2025-26
£335m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,012
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
32/51
Labour Party 63%
Westminster
2
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Islington is a london_borough controlled by Labour Party (32 of 51 seats). Net revenue is £335m for 2025-26. It covers 17 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.51 seats · last contested 7 May 2026

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 32Green 19

Labour Party 63% · last contested 7 May 2026

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Fin CraigLabArsenal2026
Nafisah BrownGrnArsenal2026
Patrick David BrightyGrnArsenal2026
Jilani ChowdhuryLabBarnsbury2026
Kane EmersonLabBarnsbury2026
Rowena Elizabeth ChampionLabBarnsbury2026
Kiran PrasadLabBunhill2026
Troy Martin GallagherLabBunhill2026
Valerie Bossman-QuarshieLabBunhill2026
Md Oliur RahmanLabCaledonian2026
Paul Edmond ConveryLabCaledonian2026
Una Mary O'HalloranLabCaledonian2026
Showing 12 of 51·All 51 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

37%
Council tax
£124.3m · median 47%
44%
Central grants
£148.1m · median 38%
19%
Business rates
£62.7m · median 16%

This is a grant-heavy councils (london_borough): 37% 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£1,522
County / upper-tier£490
Police£0
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Total Band-D£2,012

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 Islington 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.

Education33.3% of net spend · cohort median 42%
28 of 33-20% vs median
Adult Social Care20.2% of net spend · cohort median 22%
25 of 33-6% vs median
Children's Services14.9% of net spend · cohort median 13%
5 of 33+14% vs median
Corporate & Central13.2% of net spend · cohort median 3%
2 of 33+293% vs median
Public Health5.5% of net spend · cohort median 3%
5 of 33+58% vs median
Housing & Homelessness5.5% of net spend · cohort median 6%
19 of 33-4% vs median
Waste & Recycling5.4% of net spend · cohort median 4%
10 of 33+27% vs median
Planning & Economic Development2.1% of net spend · cohort median 1%
7 of 33+112% vs median
Culture & Leisure1.6% of net spend · cohort median 2%
20 of 33-8% vs median
Highways & Transport-1.7% of net spend · cohort median 1%
26 of 33-370% 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.18,564 payments · £159.3m gross · 1 Jan 2026 – 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
MATRIX SCM LTD£7.25m4.6%1,245
MEARS LTD£5.05m3.2%54
ARCHITECTURAL DECORATORS LTD£4.67m2.9%56
CARE UK COMMUNITY P'SHIPS LTD£4.48m2.8%64
TRANSFORM ISLINGTON (PHASE 1)LTD(PFI)£4.07m2.6%47
NHS NORTH CENTRAL LONDON ICB£3.66m2.3%34
REDACTED£3.52m2.2%1,661
THE BRIDGE MAT£3.49m2.2%45
MARLBOROUGH HIGHWAYS LTD£3.38m2.1%113
NORTH LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST£3.33m2.1%14

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Corporate And CentralMATRIX SCM LTD£7.25m
Childrens ServicesTHE BRIDGE MAT£3.49m
Housing And HomelessnessPARTNERS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN ISLINGTON£3.33m
Waste And RecyclingNSL LTD£3.11m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.17 wards split across 2 parliamentary seats

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

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Islington South and Finsbury953% Emily ThornberryLab
Islington North847% Jeremy CorbynInd
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 1 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
18,564 payments · 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level