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Warrington: 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.

Warrington Borough Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, North West. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000007.

Council website

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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 Warrington for 2026–27: £2,007.50 of a £2,447.61 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: 10 opened (8 academy converter, 2 new provision), 8 closed (8 academy converter)

Bewsey Lodge Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 September 2025
Cinnamon Brow CofE Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
St Andrew's CofE Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
St Elphin's (Fairfield) CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
St Margaret's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Aided Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 January 2026
Warrington St Ann's CofE Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
Bewsey Lodge Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 October 2025
Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
Infinite Schools - Warrington — open; reason recorded: new provision, 28 July 2026
St Andrew's CofE Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
St Elphin's Church of England Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 February 2026
The Empower Academy — open; reason recorded: new provision, 25 September 2026
Warrington St Ann's Church of England Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026
Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026

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

Warrington: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£149.9 million
Highways and transport services	£10.7 million
Children's social care	£59.6 million
Adult social care	£133.3 million
Public health	£16.0 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£4.9 million
Cultural and related services	£13.0 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£21.1 million
Planning and development services	£1.3 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£28.0 million
Other services	£1.4 million
Total service expenditure	£439.1 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).

Warrington in numbers

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

Total population: 215,391 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: £25,255 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £666 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 19.3% 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: £260,040 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.3 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 63.3 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: 62.1 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: 5.8 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 96.0% 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: 159.7 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: 9,315 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

58 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 40, Liberal Democrats 11, Independent / Other 5, Conservative and Unionist 2.

Next scheduled council election: 4 May 2028.

All 58 councillors, by ward

Laura Booth (Liberal Democrats) — Appleton
Matt Scott (Liberal Democrats) — Appleton
Peter Walker (Liberal Democrats) — Appleton
John Roddy (Conservative and Unionist) — Bewsey and Whitecross
Steve Wright (Labour Party) — Bewsey and Whitecross
Tom Jennings (Labour Party) — Bewsey and Whitecross
Balbir Dhillon (Labour Party) — Birchwood
Kuldeep Dhillon (Labour Party) — Birchwood
Timothy Price (Labour Party) — Birchwood
Kevin Burgess (Labour Party) — Burtonwood and Winwick
Stuart Mann (Independent / Other) — Burtonwood and Winwick
Barbara Pete-Echieh (Labour Party) — Chapelford and Old Hall
Paul Warburton (Labour Party) — Chapelford and Old Hall
Steve Parish (Labour Party) — Chapelford and Old Hall
Janet Seddon (Labour Party) — Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft
Matt Smith (Labour Party) — Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft
Neil Johnson (Independent / Other) — Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft
Jean Flaherty (Labour Party) — Fairfield and Howley
Sagheer Zaman (Labour Party) — Fairfield and Howley
Tony Higgins (Labour Party) — Fairfield and Howley
Helen Speed (Liberal Democrats) — Grappenhall
Mark Browne (Liberal Democrats) — Grappenhall
Charlotte Bond (Labour Party) — Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
Hitesh Patel (Labour Party) — Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
Marcus Cameron (Labour Party) — Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
Laura Watson (Labour Party) — Great Sankey South
Leah Hussain (Labour Party) — Great Sankey South
Mo Hussain (Labour Party) — Great Sankey South
Hans Mundry (Labour Party) — Latchford East
Karen Mundry (Labour Party) — Latchford East
Denis Matthews (Labour Party) — Latchford West
Maureen McLaughlin (Labour Party) — Latchford West
Bob Hignett (Liberal Democrats) — Lymm North and Thelwall
Ian Marks (Liberal Democrats) — Lymm North and Thelwall
Wendy Johnson (Liberal Democrats) — Lymm North and Thelwall
Graham Gowland (Independent / Other) — Lymm South
Luke Stuttard (Liberal Democrats) — Lymm South
Dave Appleton (Labour Party) — Orford
Emily Russon (Labour Party) — Orford
Robin Frith (Labour Party) — Orford
Eunice Peters (Independent / Other) — Penketh and Cuerdley
Geoff Fellows (Independent / Other) — Penketh and Cuerdley
Jacob Barnard (Labour Party) — Penketh and Cuerdley
Gemma Southern (Labour Party) — Poplars and Hulme
John Kerr-Brown (Labour Party) — Poplars and Hulme
Nathan Sudworth (Labour Party) — Poplars and Hulme
Graham Friend (Labour Party) — Poulton North
Sue Emery (Labour Party) — Poulton North
Una Gillham (Labour Party) — Poulton North
Rebecca Knowles (Labour Party) — Poulton South
Stephen Rydzkowski (Labour Party) — Poulton South
Hilary Cooksey (Labour Party) — Rixton and Woolston
Lawrence Sheridan (Labour Party) — Rixton and Woolston
Rob Tynan (Conservative and Unionist) — Rixton and Woolston
Judith Wheeler (Liberal Democrats) — Stockton Heath
Sharon Harris (Liberal Democrats) — Stockton Heath
Kate Eglinton (Labour Party) — Westbrook
Marc Rufus (Labour Party) — Westbrook

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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