Merton.
Labour Party-controlled london_borough. £208m net revenue. 20 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Merton is a london_borough controlled by Labour Party (32 of 59 seats). Net revenue is £208m for 2025-26. It covers 20 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 54% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry John Smith | LD | Abbey | 2026 |
| John Matthew Braithwaite | LD | Abbey | 2026 |
| Klaar Dresselaers | LD | Abbey | 2026 |
| Asif Ashraf | LD | Cannon Hill | 2026 |
| Richard David Poole | LD | Cannon Hill | 2026 |
| Robert James Mitchell | LD | Cannon Hill | 2026 |
| Caroline Masue Cooper-Marbiah | Lab | Colliers Wood | 2026 |
| Joanna Sieradzinska | Lab | Colliers Wood | 2026 |
| Stuart Neaverson | Lab | Colliers Wood | 2026 |
| Gill Manly | Lab | Cricket Green | 2026 |
| Michael Kevin Butcher | Lab | Cricket Green | 2026 |
| Usaama Kaweesa | Lab | Cricket Green | 2026 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (london_borough): 61% 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 | £1,604 |
| County / upper-tier | £490 |
| Police | £0 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,094 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Merton 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.
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.
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
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY | £25.81m | 11.5% | 13 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £8.16m | 3.6% | 2,810 |
| COMENSURA | £7.05m | 3.1% | 30 |
| NEWSCHOOLS (MERTON) LIMITED | £5.71m | 2.5% | 4 |
| VEOLIA ES (UK) LTD | £5.29m | 2.4% | 13 |
| CROYDON COUNCIL | £4.21m | 1.9% | 13 |
| FM CONWAY LTD | £4.13m | 1.8% | 77 |
| TRANSPORT TRADING LIMITED [SE1 0AL] | £3.71m | 1.7% | 2 |
| RICARDS LODGE SECONDARY SCHOOL | £3.25m | 1.4% | 6 |
| RUTLISH SCHOOL | £3.20m | 1.4% | 5 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY | £25.76m |
| Education | NEWSCHOOLS (MERTON) LIMITED | £5.71m |
| Waste And Recycling | VEOLIA ES (UK) LTD | £4.00m |
| Housing And Homelessness | TRANSPORT TRADING LIMITED [SE1 0AL] | £3.71m |
Merton’s territory crosses 2 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitcham and Morden | 11 | 55% | Siobhain McDonagh | Lab |
| Wimbledon | 9 | 45% | Paul Kohler | LD |
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
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 32 other councils (london_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
15,953 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level