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Richmond upon Thames: 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 Richmond upon Thames: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000027.

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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 Richmond upon Thames for 2026–27: £1,975.59 of a £2,486.10 total bill in the area. 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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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

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

Richmond upon Thames: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education services£172.2 million
Highways and transport services£6.9 million
Children's social care£56.3 million
Adult social care£97.6 million
Public health£12.4 million
Housing services (general fund only)£19.6 million
Cultural and related services£12.0 million
Environmental and regulatory services£16.3 million
Planning and development services£5.8 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£9.5 million
Other servicesnone budgeted
Total service expenditure£408.6 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).

Richmond upon Thames in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population
196,678 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
42 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£51,388 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£862 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
10.6% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count
2.6% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£803,249 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
12.6 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy
70.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
69.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
2.9 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
90.8% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
642.2 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses
13,545 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

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

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

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 54.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 54 councillors, by ward
  • Andy Hale (Liberal Democrats) — Barnes
  • Duncan Rasor (Liberal Democrats) — Barnes
  • Fiona Sacks (Liberal Democrats) — Barnes
  • Julia Cambridge (Liberal Democrats) — East Sheen
  • Margaret Dane (Liberal Democrats) — East Sheen
  • Mohsin Khan (Liberal Democrats) — East Sheen
  • Jonathan Cardy (Liberal Democrats) — Fulwell & Hampton Hill
  • Matthew Hull (Liberal Democrats) — Fulwell & Hampton Hill
  • Matthew Wherry (Liberal Democrats) — Fulwell & Hampton Hill
  • Dermot Kelly (Liberal Democrats) — Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside
  • Penelope Frost (Liberal Democrats) — Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside
  • Seamus Joyce (Liberal Democrats) — Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside
  • Gareth Roberts (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton
  • Nick Kennerley (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton
  • Sam Dalton (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton
  • Carey Bishop (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton North
  • Elizabeth Gant (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton North
  • Jeremy Davis (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton North
  • Helen Baxter (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton Wick & South Teddington
  • Jim Millard (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton Wick & South Teddington
  • Liz Tidhar (Liberal Democrats) — Hampton Wick & South Teddington
  • John Coombs (Liberal Democrats) — Heathfield
  • Lesley Pollesche (Liberal Democrats) — Heathfield
  • Michael Wilson (Liberal Democrats) — Heathfield
  • Clare Vollum (Liberal Democrats) — Kew
  • Kelvin Cheatle (Liberal Democrats) — Kew
  • Maureen Goldthorpe (Liberal Democrats) — Kew
  • Anton McNulty-Howard (Liberal Democrats) — Mortlake & Barnes Common
  • Geri Cox (Liberal Democrats) — Mortlake & Barnes Common
  • Michael Dingemans (Liberal Democrats) — Mortlake & Barnes Common
  • Nancy Baldwin (Liberal Democrats) — North Richmond
  • Richard Pyne (Liberal Democrats) — North Richmond
  • Richard Warren (Liberal Democrats) — North Richmond
  • Chris Varley (Liberal Democrats) — South Richmond
  • Massimo Chiesa (Liberal Democrats) — South Richmond
  • Paulina Vassileva (Liberal Democrats) — South Richmond
  • Jack Jones (Liberal Democrats) — South Twickenham
  • Michael Butlin (Liberal Democrats) — South Twickenham
  • Rhi Lee (Liberal Democrats) — South Twickenham
  • Alexander Ehmann (Liberal Democrats) — St Margarets & North Twickenham
  • Katie Mansfield (Liberal Democrats) — St Margarets & North Twickenham
  • Maria Margiotta (Liberal Democrats) — St Margarets & North Twickenham
  • Charlie Engel (Liberal Democrats) — Teddington
  • Phil Giesler (Liberal Democrats) — Teddington
  • Richard Baker (Liberal Democrats) — Teddington
  • Andrew Duncan (Liberal Democrats) — Twickenham Riverside
  • James Chard (Liberal Democrats) — Twickenham Riverside
  • Julia Neden-Watts (Liberal Democrats) — Twickenham Riverside
  • Alan Juriansz (Liberal Democrats) — West Twickenham
  • Piers Allen (Liberal Democrats) — West Twickenham
  • Rachel Robertson (Liberal Democrats) — West Twickenham
  • Jo Humphreys (Liberal Democrats) — Whitton
  • Kuldev Sehra (Liberal Democrats) — Whitton
  • Nathanael MacDonald (Liberal Democrats) — Whitton

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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