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Lewisham: 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.

London Borough of Lewisham: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000023.

Council website · Publication scheme

Do it online

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

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Transport

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Council tax

Band D set by Lewisham for 2026–27: £1,726.82 of a £2,237.33 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Environment

The council’s climate-emergency motion, in its own words, 27 February 2019:

“Declare a ‘climate emergency’ 2.”

The council's document is dated 27 February 2019: it shows what the council resolved then, not what it does now. London Borough of Lewisham's document (London Borough of Lewisham), found through mySociety and Climate Emergency UK, Local authority climate emergency declarations (CC BY 4.0); the sentence was checked word for word on 26 October 2026.

Beyond that document, we haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Education

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

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

Lewisham: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£398.5 million
Highways and transport services	£7.1 million
Children's social care	£124.6 million
Adult social care	£141.4 million
Public health	£34.4 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£56.4 million
Cultural and related services	£15.2 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£44.6 million
Planning and development services	£7.6 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£21.8 million
Other services	£1.8 million
Total service expenditure	£853.4 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 Lewisham: 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: 301,037 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: 36 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: £30,377 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: £765 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: 29.6% 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: 6.9% 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: £486,416 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs: 10.4 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: 58.1 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: 58.3 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: 2.1 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: 90.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars: 132.8 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: 10,960 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Lewisham 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

This council’s area is covered by the Greater London Authority, with the Mayor of London.

54 seats in 2026. Run by: GRN Mayor, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Green Party (E&W) 40, Labour Party 14.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 54 councillors, by ward

Gavin Moore (Labour Party) — Bellingham
Nadja Penfold (Green Party (E&W)) — Bellingham
Pauline Dall (Labour Party) — Blackheath
Rebecca Jones (Green Party (E&W)) — Blackheath
Tracey Martin (Green Party (E&W)) — Blackheath
Ade Adewunmi (Green Party (E&W)) — Brockley
El Fry (Green Party (E&W)) — Brockley
Rotimi Skyers (Green Party (E&W)) — Brockley
Briony Edwards (Green Party (E&W)) — Catford South
Eva Stamirowski (Labour Party) — Catford South
Oliver Matejka (Labour Party) — Catford South
Aaron Regisford (Green Party (E&W)) — Crofton Park
Liam Shrivastava (Green Party (E&W)) — Crofton Park
Natalie Thomas (Green Party (E&W)) — Crofton Park
Daniel Jenkins (Green Party (E&W)) — Deptford
Hau-Yu Tam (Green Party (E&W)) — Deptford
Heather Farnworth (Green Party (E&W)) — Deptford
Andre Bourne (Labour Party) — Downham
Gloria Lambert-Morris (Labour Party) — Downham
Oana Olaru-Holmes (Labour Party) — Downham
Dylan Cooper-Stubbs (Green Party (E&W)) — Evelyn
Leni Candan (Green Party (E&W)) — Evelyn
Rudi Schmidt (Green Party (E&W)) — Evelyn
Annabelle Roberts (Green Party (E&W)) — Forest Hill
Fergus Navaratnam-Blair (Green Party (E&W)) — Forest Hill
Peter Bernards (Labour Party) — Forest Hill
Hilary Moore (Labour Party) — Grove Park
Samantha Gower (Green Party (E&W)) — Grove Park
Suzannah Clarke (Labour Party) — Grove Park
Eleonora Aiello (Green Party (E&W)) — Hither Green
Kim Powell (Labour Party) — Hither Green
Yemisi Anifowose (Labour Party) — Hither Green
Ed Sutton (Green Party (E&W)) — Ladywell
Robin McGhee (Green Party (E&W)) — Ladywell
Shireen Asaw (Green Party (E&W)) — Ladywell
Ese Erheriene (Labour Party) — Lee Green
James Rathbone (Labour Party) — Lee Green
Laura Sessions (Green Party (E&W)) — Lee Green
Hibaaq Aden (Green Party (E&W)) — Lewisham Central
Mark Kowalski (Green Party (E&W)) — Lewisham Central
Ruth Persian (Green Party (E&W)) — New Cross Gate
Wellington Gil (Green Party (E&W)) — New Cross Gate
Justin Cheadle (Green Party (E&W)) — Perry Vale
Maria McKenna (Green Party (E&W)) — Perry Vale
Mike Podmore (Green Party (E&W)) — Perry Vale
Claire Wills (Green Party (E&W)) — Rushey Green
Daniel Dream (Green Party (E&W)) — Rushey Green
Samantha Gardiner (Green Party (E&W)) — Rushey Green
Corin Ashwell (Green Party (E&W)) — Sydenham
Markus Michelucci (Green Party (E&W)) — Sydenham
Tanya Dunne (Green Party (E&W)) — Sydenham
Becky Sanders (Green Party (E&W)) — Telegraph Hill
Kate Anderson (Green Party (E&W)) — Telegraph Hill
Nick Torry (Green Party (E&W)) — Telegraph Hill

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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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.