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Warwick: 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.

Warwick District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, West Midlands; within the county of WAR. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Warwickshire County Council. ONS code E07000222.

Council website

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

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Warwick for 2026–27: £193.21 of a £2,461.55 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: 5 opened (4 academy converter, 1 new provision), 4 closed (4 academy converter)

St Anthony's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
St Peter's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
Nunhold House Outdoor Learning Centre — open; reason recorded: new provision, 14 May 2026
St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
St Peter's Catholic Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s table has no figures for Warwick for 2026–27: “RA return not received in time for publication.” The table

Warwick in numbers

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

Total population: 154,889 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 40 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £30,229 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £803 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 14.7% 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: 2.3% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £369,220 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.6 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.6 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 86.1% 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: 200.8 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: 7,605 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

44 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Greens and Labour. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Green Party (E&W) 15, Liberal Democrats 10, Labour Party 7, Conservative and Unionist 5, Independent / Other 4, Whitnash Residents Association 3.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 44 councillors, by ward

Andrew Day (Conservative and Unionist) — Bishop's Tachbrook
Matt Collins (Labour Party) — Bishop's Tachbrook
Jan Matecki (Conservative and Unionist) — Budbrooke
Peter Phillips (Conservative and Unionist) — Budbrooke
Josh Payne (Liberal Democrats) — Cubbington & Leek Wootton
Pam Redford (Conservative and Unionist) — Cubbington & Leek Wootton
David Armstrong (Green Party (E&W)) — Kenilworth Abbey & Arden
Kyn Aizlewood (Green Party (E&W)) — Kenilworth Abbey & Arden
Richard Hales (Conservative and Unionist) — Kenilworth Abbey & Arden
Alison Firth (Green Party (E&W)) — Kenilworth Park Hill
James Kennedy (Green Party (E&W)) — Kenilworth Park Hill
Lowell Williams (Green Party (E&W)) — Kenilworth Park Hill
Andrew Milton (Liberal Democrats) — Kenilworth St John's
Kathrine Dickson (Liberal Democrats) — Kenilworth St John's
Richard Dickson (Liberal Democrats) — Kenilworth St John's
Ian Davison (Green Party (E&W)) — Leamington Brunswick
Jonathan Chilvers (Green Party (E&W)) — Leamington Brunswick
Naveen Tangri (Green Party (E&W)) — Leamington Brunswick
Christopher King (Labour Party) — Leamington Clarendon
Christopher Knight (Labour Party) — Leamington Clarendon
Jessica Melrose (Labour Party) — Leamington Clarendon
Alan Boad (Liberal Democrats) — Leamington Lillington
Daniel Russell (Liberal Democrats) — Leamington Lillington
Phil Kohler (Liberal Democrats) — Leamington Lillington
Bill Gifford (Liberal Democrats) — Leamington Milverton
Carolyn Gifford (Liberal Democrats) — Leamington Milverton
Sidney Syson (Liberal Democrats) — Leamington Milverton
Ella Billiald (Green Party (E&W)) — Leamington Willes
Martin Luckhurst (Green Party (E&W)) — Leamington Willes
Will Roberts (Green Party (E&W)) — Leamington Willes
Rebecca Davidson (Green Party (E&W)) — Radford Semele
Claire Wightman (Independent / Other) — Warwick All Saints & Woodloes
Paul Wightman (Independent / Other) — Warwick All Saints & Woodloes
Sam Jones (Independent / Other) — Warwick All Saints & Woodloes
Daniel Browne (Independent / Other) — Warwick Aylesford
Gabriel Rosu (Labour Party) — Warwick Aylesford
Dominic Harrison (Green Party (E&W)) — Warwick Myton & Heathcote
Hema Yellapragada (Green Party (E&W)) — Warwick Myton & Heathcote
Kathleen Gorman (Green Party (E&W)) — Warwick Myton & Heathcote
Jim Sinnott (Labour Party) — Warwick Saltisford
Katya Dray (Labour Party) — Warwick Saltisford
Adrian Barton (Whitnash Residents Association) — Whitnash
Judith Falp (Whitnash Residents Association) — Whitnash
Robert Margrave (Whitnash Residents Association) — Whitnash

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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