Southwark.
Labour Party-controlled london_borough. £439m net revenue. 23 wards across 5 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Southwark is a london_borough controlled by Labour Party (30 of 64 seats). Net revenue is £439m for 2025-26. It covers 23 wards spanning 5 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 47% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Watson | LD | Borough Bankside | 2026 |
| Hellen Benavides | LD | Borough Bankside | 2026 |
| Victor Max Mark Chamberlain | LD | Borough Bankside | 2026 |
| Dora Dixon-Fyle | Lab | Camberwell Green | 2026 |
| James Moyse | Lab | Camberwell Green | 2026 |
| Jen Thornton | Lab | Camberwell Green | 2026 |
| Bill Williams | Lab | Champion Hill | 2026 |
| Sarah King | Lab | Champion Hill | 2026 |
| Felix George Hamer | Grn | Chaucer | 2026 |
| Pascale Mitchell | Grn | Chaucer | 2026 |
| Suzanne Elizabeth Wise | Grn | Chaucer | 2026 |
| Janice Gail White | Grn | Dulwich Hill | 2026 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy councils (london_borough): 36% 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 | £1,388 |
| County / upper-tier | £490 |
| Police | £0 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £1,878 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Southwark 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 | £33.15m | 13.5% | 10 |
| HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS | £13.82m | 5.6% | 6 |
| MATRIX SCM LIMITED | £9.57m | 3.9% | 44 |
| KENT COUNTY COUNCIL - LASER | £6.32m | 2.6% | 304 |
| VEOLIA ES SOUTHWARK LTD | £5.94m | 2.4% | 11 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £4.81m | 2.0% | 3,739 |
| TEACHERS' PENSIONS | £3.60m | 1.5% | 3 |
| ALLPAY LTD (0-25) | £3.50m | 1.4% | 1 |
| LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH | £3.44m | 1.4% | 13 |
| ATALIAN SERVEST LTD | £3.22m | 1.3% | 23 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS | £13.82m |
| Housing And Homelessness | KENT COUNTY COUNCIL - LASER | £5.51m |
| Waste And Recycling | VEOLIA ES SOUTHWARK LTD | £5.46m |
| Adult Social Care | TEACHERS' PENSIONS | £3.60m |
| Public Health | ALEXANDRA ROSE CHARITY | £0.08m |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermondsey and Old Southwark | 8 | 35% | Neil Coyle | Lab |
| Peckham | 7 | 30% | Miatta Fahnbulleh | Ind |
| Dulwich and West Norwood | 3 | 13% | Helen Hayes | Lab |
| Lewisham West and East Dulwich | 3 | 13% | Ellie Reeves | Lab |
| Vauxhall and Camberwell Green | 2 | 9% | Florence Eshalomi | Ind |
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
21,349 payments · 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level