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Sutton: 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 Sutton: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000029.

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

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Council tax

Band D set by Sutton for 2026–27: £1,868.13 of a £2,378.64 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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Changes to schools in this area 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: 3 opened (3 academy converter), 3 closed (3 academy converter)

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 Sutton reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Sutton: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education services£174.6 million
Highways and transport services£7.6 million
Children's social care£61.6 million
Adult social care£96.0 million
Public health£12.7 million
Housing services (general fund only)£19.9 million
Cultural and related services£5.0 million
Environmental and regulatory services£22.8 million
Planning and development services£3.6 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£9.5 million
Other services£2.3 million
Total service expenditure£415.7 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 Sutton: 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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Showing: Sutton.

People living here
213,972 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
40 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
£27,335 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
£750 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
19.7% 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
3.4% 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
£458,954 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
10.3 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
68.7 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
68.3 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
2.7 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
91.7% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
117.9 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
9,145 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Sutton 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.

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

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 51, Reform UK 2, Independent / Other 1, Labour Party 1.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 55 councillors, by ward
  • Nick Mattey (Independent / Other) — Beddington
  • Rob Leah (Liberal Democrats) — Beddington
  • Sue Ebanks (Liberal Democrats) — Beddington
  • Chandra Alapati (Liberal Democrats) — Belmont
  • Joseph Barkham (Liberal Democrats) — Belmont
  • Rashi Barsaiyan (Liberal Democrats) — Belmont
  • Andrew Jenner (Liberal Democrats) — Carshalton Central
  • Isabel Araujo (Liberal Democrats) — Carshalton Central
  • Jake Short (Liberal Democrats) — Carshalton Central
  • Lisa Webster (Liberal Democrats) — Carshalton South & Clockhouse
  • Noor Sumun (Liberal Democrats) — Carshalton South & Clockhouse
  • Pete Chubb (Liberal Democrats) — Carshalton South & Clockhouse
  • Melody Thorpe (Liberal Democrats) — Cheam
  • Shimino Jesudas (Liberal Democrats) — Cheam
  • Stephen Kingdom (Liberal Democrats) — Cheam
  • Dave Tchil (Labour Party) — Hackbridge
  • Tom Foster (Liberal Democrats) — Hackbridge
  • James Appleby (Liberal Democrats) — North Cheam
  • Jason Stone (Liberal Democrats) — North Cheam
  • Naveen Samrat (Liberal Democrats) — North Cheam
  • Edward Joyce (Liberal Democrats) — South Beddington & Roundshaw
  • Judy Walsh (Liberal Democrats) — South Beddington & Roundshaw
  • Sunil Kumar (Liberal Democrats) — South Beddington & Roundshaw
  • Gemma Munday (Liberal Democrats) — St Helier East
  • Paul Cole (Liberal Democrats) — St Helier East
  • Alison Long (Reform UK) — St Helier West
  • Janey Gould (Reform UK) — St Helier West
  • Joicy Joseph (Liberal Democrats) — St Helier West
  • Cumar Sahathevan (Liberal Democrats) — Stonecot
  • Rob Beck (Liberal Democrats) — Stonecot
  • Cryss Mennaceur (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton Central
  • Ed Parsley (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton Central
  • Richard Choi (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton Central
  • Sam Cumber (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton North
  • Vanessa McCain (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton North
  • Yusuf El-Razzak (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton North
  • Asif Hirani (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton South
  • Richard Clifton (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton South
  • Trish Fivey (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton South
  • Christopher Woolmer (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton West & East Cheam
  • Louise Phelan (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton West & East Cheam
  • Qasim Esak (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton West & East Cheam
  • Colin Stears (Liberal Democrats) — The Wrythe
  • Ian Simpson (Liberal Democrats) — The Wrythe
  • Rukhsar Askari (Liberal Democrats) — The Wrythe
  • Aaron Goater (Liberal Democrats) — Wallington North
  • Barry Lewis (Liberal Democrats) — Wallington North
  • Sunita Gordon (Liberal Democrats) — Wallington North
  • Jayne McCoy (Liberal Democrats) — Wallington South
  • Muhammad Sadiq (Liberal Democrats) — Wallington South
  • Sam Martin (Liberal Democrats) — Wallington South
  • Israel Owoade (Liberal Democrats) — Worcester Park North
  • Jo Elgarf (Liberal Democrats) — Worcester Park North
  • Jenna Hartley-Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Worcester Park South
  • Luni Sabharwal (Liberal Democrats) — Worcester Park South

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.

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