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Tower Hamlets.

Aspire-controlled london_borough. £421m net revenue. 20 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.

Typelondon_borough
Seats52 councillors · 20 wards
Last election5 May 2022
Websitetowerhamlets.gov.uk ↗
Net revenue · 2025-26
£421m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£1,755
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
24/52
Aspire 46%
Westminster
3
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Aspire chamber, opposed area.

Tower Hamlets is a london_borough controlled by Aspire (24 of 52 seats). Net revenue is £421m for 2025-26. It covers 20 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.52 seats · last contested 5 May 2022

Who sits in the chamber.

Aspire 24Lab 24Con 2Green 1People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets 1

Aspire 46% · last contested 5 May 2022

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Ahmodul KabirIndBethnal Green2022
Rebaka SultanaLabBethnal Green2022
Sirajul IslamLabBethnal Green2022
Abdul MalikIndBlackwall Cubitt Town2022
Ahmodur Rahman KhanIndBlackwall Cubitt Town2022
Muhammad Bellal UddinIndBlackwall Cubitt Town2022
Amina AliLabBow East2022
Marc FrancisLabBow East2022
Rachel BlakeLabBow East2022
Asma BegumLabBow West2022
Nathalie BienfaitGrnBow West2022
Asma BegumLabBow West2018
Showing 12 of 52·All 52 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

35%
Council tax
£149.3m · median 47%
45%
Central grants
£188.4m · median 38%
20%
Business rates
£83.2m · median 16%

This is a grant-heavy councils (london_borough): 35% 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£1,264
County / upper-tier£490
Police£0
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Total Band-D£1,755

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 Tower Hamlets 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.

Education45.8% of net spend · cohort median 42%
10 of 33+10% vs median
Adult Social Care21.3% of net spend · cohort median 22%
19 of 33-1% vs median
Children's Services10.2% of net spend · cohort median 13%
30 of 33-22% vs median
Waste & Recycling8.1% of net spend · cohort median 4%
5 of 33+90% vs median
Housing & Homelessness4.7% of net spend · cohort median 6%
24 of 33-17% vs median
Public Health4.6% of net spend · cohort median 3%
10 of 33+33% vs median
Planning & Economic Development2.3% of net spend · cohort median 1%
5 of 33+123% vs median
Culture & Leisure1.8% of net spend · cohort median 2%
16 of 330% vs median
Corporate & Central1.6% of net spend · cohort median 3%
30 of 33-53% vs median
Highways & Transport-0.3% of net spend · cohort median 1%
22 of 33-150% 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.18,364 payments · £288.7m gross · 3 Dec 2025 – 27 Feb 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 LIMITED£10.95m3.8%13
BEVAN BRITTAN LLP CLIENT ACCOUNT£9.20m3.2%2
TRANSPORT FOR LONDON£6.44m2.2%2
TOWER HAMLETS SCHOOLS LTD£5.19m1.8%19
PHOENIX SCHOOL£5.16m1.8%27
MORPETH SCHOOL£4.84m1.7%33
CENTRAL FOUNDATION GIRLS SCHOOL£4.64m1.6%28
GEORGE GREEN SCHOOL£4.28m1.5%40
STEPNEY ALL SAINTS CHURCH OF ENGLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL£4.25m1.5%31
LBTH SWANLEA SCHOOL£4.21m1.5%29

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Corporate And CentralMATRIX SCM LIMITED£7.60m
Childrens ServicesTOWER HAMLETS SCHOOLS LTD£3.54m
Adult Social CareCARE SOLUTION BUREAU£1.80m
Housing And HomelessnessILFORD GRAND HOTEL LTD£1.50m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.20 wards split across 3 parliamentary seats
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Poplar and Limehouse945% Apsana BegumLab
Bethnal Green and Stepney840% Rushanara AliLab
Stratford and Bow315% Uma KumaranLab
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
18,364 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 27 Feb 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level