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Westminster: 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.

City of Westminster: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000033.

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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 Westminster for 2026–27: £537.74 of a £1,049.55 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: 4 opened (2 new provision, 2 academy converter), 3 closed (2 academy converter, 1 closure)

Kensington Park School — closed; reason recorded: closure, 20 August 2026
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 July 2026
High Trees — open; reason recorded: new provision, 13 January 2026
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 August 2026
The Fountain Christian School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 25 August 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 Westminster reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Westminster: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£147.3 million
Highways and transport services	−£63.0 million
Children's social care	£55.4 million
Adult social care	£113.8 million
Public health	£43.8 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£118.5 million
Cultural and related services	£13.9 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£78.4 million
Planning and development services	£23.9 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	−£2.4 million
Other services	£23.4 million
Total service expenditure	£553.0 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 Westminster: 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: 212,367 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: 35 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: £82,503 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: £867 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: 26.3% 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: 4.2% 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: £887,206 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs: 16.4 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: 59.8 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: 60.5 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: 7.9 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: 89.5% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars: 1,377.6 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: 58,370 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Westminster 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: Conservatives, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 32, Labour Party 22.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 54 councillors, by ward

Caroline Sargent (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbey Road
Festus Akinbusoye (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbey Road
Hannah Galley (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbey Road
Christabel Flight (Conservative and Unionist) — Bayswater
Maggie Carman (Labour Party) — Bayswater
Mark Tozer (Conservative and Unionist) — Bayswater
Aicha Less (Labour Party) — Church Street
Aziz Toki (Labour Party) — Church Street
Fiona Parker (Labour Party) — Church Street
Concia Albert (Labour Party) — Harrow Road
Regan Hook (Labour Party) — Harrow Road
Rhys Thomas (Labour Party) — Harrow Road
Elliot Keck (Conservative and Unionist) — Hyde Park
Greg Ero (Conservative and Unionist) — Hyde Park
Md Shamsed Chowdhury (Labour Party) — Hyde Park
Anthony Devenish (Conservative and Unionist) — Knightsbridge & Belgravia
Elizabeth Hitchcock (Conservative and Unionist) — Knightsbridge & Belgravia
Rachael Robathan (Conservative and Unionist) — Knightsbridge & Belgravia
Connor Jones (Labour Party) — Lancaster Gate
Ellie Ormsby (Labour Party) — Lancaster Gate
Philip Stephenson-Oliver (Conservative and Unionist) — Lancaster Gate
Lorraine Dean (Conservative and Unionist) — Little Venice
Louise Shaw (Conservative and Unionist) — Little Venice
Melvyn Caplan (Conservative and Unionist) — Little Venice
Geoff Barraclough (Labour Party) — Maida Vale
Iman Less (Labour Party) — Maida Vale
Nafsika Butler-Thalassis (Labour Party) — Maida Vale
Barbara Arzymanow (Conservative and Unionist) — Marylebone
Ian Rowley (Conservative and Unionist) — Marylebone
Karen Scarborough (Conservative and Unionist) — Marylebone
Ed Ford (Conservative and Unionist) — Pimlico North
Jim Glen (Conservative and Unionist) — Pimlico North
Mohamed Elmi (Conservative and Unionist) — Pimlico North
Jason Williams (Labour Party) — Pimlico South
Liza Begum (Labour Party) — Pimlico South
Robert Eagleton (Labour Party) — Pimlico South
Cara Sanquest (Labour Party) — Queen's Park
Hamza Taouzzale (Labour Party) — Queen's Park
Patricia McAllister (Labour Party) — Queen's Park
Paul Swaddle (Conservative and Unionist) — Regent's Park
Ralu Oteh-Osoka (Conservative and Unionist) — Regent's Park
Robert Rigby (Conservative and Unionist) — Regent's Park
Mark Shearer (Conservative and Unionist) — St James's
San Abishev (Conservative and Unionist) — St James's
Tim Mitchell (Conservative and Unionist) — St James's
Ben Sewell (Conservative and Unionist) — Vincent Square
David Harvey (Conservative and Unionist) — Vincent Square
Selina Short (Conservative and Unionist) — Vincent Square
Elizabeth Amos (Conservative and Unionist) — West End
Paul Fisher (Conservative and Unionist) — West End
Tim Barnes (Conservative and Unionist) — West End
Adam Hug (Labour Party) — Westbourne
Angela Piddock (Labour Party) — Westbourne
David Boothroyd (Labour Party) — Westbourne

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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