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Hampshire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Hampshire County Council: County (upper tier), England, South East. GOV.UK lists it as a county council. ONS code E10000014.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Hampshire for 2026–27: £1,690.11. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 12 opened (8 new provision, 2 academy converter, 1 academy free school, 1 reason not recorded), 10 closed (4 result of amalgamation/merger, 3 closure, 2 academy converter, 1 for academy)

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Hampshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Hampshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education services£1,463.4 million
Highways and transport services£79.8 million
Children's social care£374.1 million
Adult social care£705.3 million
Public health£71.9 million
Housing services (general fund only)£31,000
Cultural and related services£21.8 million
Environmental and regulatory services£81.5 million
Planning and development services£3.8 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£8.7 million
Other services−£2.3 million
Total service expenditure£2,807.9 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Life in Hampshire: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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People living here
1,451,703 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
44 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£28,874 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£681 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
18.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.4% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£364,628 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
8.8 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women
65.1 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
64.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
4.1 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
84.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
133.8 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
61,625 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Hampshire from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

78 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 27, Liberal Democrats 26, Reform UK 20, Labour Party 1, Independent / Other 1, Community Campaign (Hart) 1, Green Party (E&W) 1, Whitehill & Bordon Community Party 1.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 78 councillors, by ward
  • Kevin Betsworth (Reform UK) — Aldershot North
  • Kenneth Tranter (Reform UK) — Aldershot South
  • Antonia Cox (Conservative and Unionist) — Alton Rural
  • Emily Young (Liberal Democrats) — Alton Town
  • Kirsty North (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover North
  • Zilliah Brooks (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover South
  • Chris Donnelly (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover West
  • Sally Yalden (Liberal Democrats) — Baddesley
  • Alan Stone (Reform UK) — Basingstoke Central
  • Sajish Tom (Labour Party) — Basingstoke North
  • James Barker (Reform UK) — Basingstoke North West
  • Gavin James (Liberal Democrats) — Basingstoke South East
  • Stephen Reid (Conservative and Unionist) — Basingstoke South West
  • Jonathan Williams (Liberal Democrats) — Bishops Waltham
  • Louise Parker-Jones (Independent / Other) — Bishopstoke & Fair Oak
  • Rupert Kyrle (Liberal Democrats) — Botley & Hedge End North
  • Paul Carter (Reform UK) — Bridgemary
  • Dan Poole (Conservative and Unionist) — Brockenhurst
  • Rhydian Vaughan (Conservative and Unionist) — Calleva
  • Juliet Henderson (Conservative and Unionist) — Candovers, Oakley & Overton
  • Ian Young (Conservative and Unionist) — Catherington
  • Tim Groves (Liberal Democrats) — Chandler's Ford
  • Alan Oliver (Community Campaign (Hart)) — Church Crookham & Ewshot
  • Jason Gillen (Reform UK) — Cowplain & Hart Plain
  • Malcolm Wade (Liberal Democrats) — Dibden & Hythe
  • Tanya Park (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh North
  • Prad Bains (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh South
  • Grainne Rason (Green Party (E&W)) — Emsworth & St. Faiths
  • Pal Hayre (Conservative and Unionist) — Fareham Crofton
  • Chrissie Bainbridge (Liberal Democrats) — Fareham Portchester
  • Joanne Burton (Conservative and Unionist) — Fareham Sarisbury
  • Julie Bird (Conservative and Unionist) — Fareham Titchfield
  • Paul Woolley (Reform UK) — Fareham Town
  • Richard Harris (Reform UK) — Fareham Town
  • Michael Ford (Conservative and Unionist) — Fareham Warsash
  • Ian Simpson (Reform UK) — Farnborough North
  • Roz Chadd (Conservative and Unionist) — Farnborough South
  • Chris Harding (Reform UK) — Farnborough West
  • Steve Forster (Conservative and Unionist) — Fleet Town
  • Keith House (Liberal Democrats) — Hamble
  • Colin Towell (Reform UK) — Hardway
  • Richard Quarterman (Liberal Democrats) — Hartley Wintney & Yateley West
  • Michael Rennie (Reform UK) — Hayling Island
  • Tonia Craig (Liberal Democrats) — Hedge End & West End South
  • Jackie Porter (Liberal Democrats) — Itchen Valley
  • Graham Burgess (Conservative and Unionist) — Lee
  • Lesley Meenaghan (Conservative and Unionist) — Leesland & Town
  • Zoe Huggins (Conservative and Unionist) — Leesland & Town
  • Debbie Curnow-Ford (Conservative and Unionist) — Liphook, Headley & Grayshott
  • Paul Miller (Reform UK) — Loddon
  • Jack Davies (Liberal Democrats) — Lymington & Boldre
  • David Millar (Liberal Democrats) — Lyndhurst & Fordingbridge
  • Anne Small (Liberal Democrats) — Meon Valley
  • Julie Vigor (Reform UK) — New Milton
  • Fran Carpenter (Conservative and Unionist) — New Milton North, Milford & Hordle
  • George Madgwick (Reform UK) — North East Havant
  • Paul McCormick (Reform UK) — North West Havant
  • Chris Dorn (Conservative and Unionist) — Odiham & Hook
  • David Podger (Liberal Democrats) — Petersfield Butser
  • Nicholas Drew (Conservative and Unionist) — Petersfield Hangers
  • Terry Norton (Reform UK) — Purbrook & Stakes South
  • Martin Eyre (Reform UK) — Ringwood
  • Nick Adams-King (Conservative and Unionist) — Romsey Rural
  • Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrats) — Romsey Town
  • Paul Barrett (Reform UK) — South Waterside
  • Mark Wilson-Thomas (Liberal Democrats) — Tadley & Baughurst
  • David Drew (Conservative and Unionist) — Test Valley Central
  • Neville Penman (Conservative and Unionist) — Totton North & Netley Marsh
  • David Harrison (Liberal Democrats) — Totton South & Marchwood
  • Gwen Robinson (Reform UK) — Waterloo & Stakes North
  • Steven Broomfield (Conservative and Unionist) — West End & Horton Heath
  • Tom Thacker (Conservative and Unionist) — Whitchurch & The Cleres
  • Andy Tree (Whitehill & Bordon Community Party) — Whitehill, Bordon & Lindford
  • James Batho (Liberal Democrats) — Winchester Downlands
  • Paula Ferguson (Liberal Democrats) — Winchester Eastgate
  • Angela Clear (Liberal Democrats) — Winchester Southern Parishes
  • Martin Tod (Liberal Democrats) — Winchester Westgate
  • Stuart Bailey (Liberal Democrats) — Yateley East & Blackwater

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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