Waltham Forest.
Labour Party-controlled london_borough. £316m net revenue. 22 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Waltham Forest is a london_borough controlled by Labour Party (50 of 64 seats). Net revenue is £316m for 2025-26. It covers 22 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 78% · last contested 5 May 2022
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Rayner | Lab | Cann Hall | 2022 |
| Kischa-Bianca Green | Lab | Cann Hall | 2022 |
| Sally Littlejohn | Lab | Cann Hall | 2022 |
| Jonathan Gerrard O'Dea | Lab | Cathall | 2022 |
| Naheed Asghar | Lab | Cathall | 2022 |
| Naheed Asghar | Lab | Cathall | 2018 |
| Louise Mitchell | Lab | Chapel End | 2022 |
| Paul Douglas | Lab | Chapel End | 2022 |
| Steve Terry | Lab | Chapel End | 2022 |
| Kay Isa | Con | Chingford Green | 2022 |
| Mitchell Goldie | Con | Chingford Green | 2022 |
| Sazimet Imre | Con | Chingford Green | 2022 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (london_borough) median: 47% council tax, 38% central grants.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,787 |
| County / upper-tier | £490 |
| Police | £0 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Total Band-D | £2,278 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Waltham Forest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTON GROUP | £10.55m | 10.0% | 149 |
| FCC WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD | £10.46m | 9.9% | 32 |
| MORGAN SINDALL PROPERTY SERVICES LTD | £9.27m | 8.8% | 95 |
| HILL PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED | £5.71m | 5.4% | 5 |
| NSL SERVICES GROUP | £5.57m | 5.3% | 45 |
| J B RINEY & CO LTD | £4.92m | 4.7% | 121 |
| ACADEMY SERVICES (WALTHAM | £4.77m | 4.5% | 13 |
| WALTHAM FOREST SERVICES LIMITED_23266 | £3.04m | 2.9% | 327 |
| CHANGE GROW LIVE SERVICES LIMITED | £2.95m | 2.8% | 4 |
| R G CARTER SOUTHERN LTD | £2.19m | 2.1% | 4 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Waste And Recycling | FCC WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD | £8.43m |
| Corporate And Central | ASTON GROUP | £4.81m |
| Planning And Economic | ACADEMY SERVICES (WALTHAM | £3.81m |
| Culture And Leisure | CHANGE GROW LIVE SERVICES LIMITED | £2.71m |
| Adult Social Care | LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM 1913 | £1.20m |
| Childrens Services | HATS GROUP LIMITED | £1.18m |
Waltham Forest’s territory crosses 3 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walthamstow | 13 | 59% | Stella Creasy | Ind |
| Leyton and Wanstead | 5 | 23% | Calvin Bailey | Lab |
| Chingford and Woodford Green | 4 | 18% | Iain Duncan Smith | Con |
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
5,553 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level