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Winchester: 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.
Winchester City Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of HAM. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Hampshire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Winchester for 2026–27: £194.10 of a £2,359.76 total bill in the area.
We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website
Environment
We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website
Education
We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£2.4 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £3.4 million |
| Cultural and related services | £2.1 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £9.9 million |
| Planning and development services | £3.9 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £11.4 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £28.3 million |
Life in Winchester: the official facts
- People living here
- 136,856 people
- Typical age
- 42 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £34,756
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £727
- Children growing up in poverty
- 15.3%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.0%
- Average price of a home
- £453,188
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 10.1 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 5.8 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 69.3%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 213.1 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 8,300 businesses
Who runs the council
45 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 36, Conservative and Unionist 4, Green Party (E&W) 4, Independent / Other 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 45 councillors, by ward
- Clare Pinniger (Liberal Democrats) — Alresford and Itchen Valley
- Margot Power (Liberal Democrats) — Alresford and Itchen Valley
- Russell Gordon-Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Alresford and Itchen Valley
- Adrian Brophy (Liberal Democrats) — Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery
- Brian Laming (Liberal Democrats) — Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery
- Jan Warwick (Conservative and Unionist) — Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery
- Jonathan Williams (Liberal Democrats) — Bishop's Waltham
- Ritchie Latham (Liberal Democrats) — Bishop's Waltham
- Simone Fleuren (Liberal Democrats) — Bishop's Waltham
- Danny Lee (Green Party (E&W)) — Central Meon Valley
- Malcolm Wallace (Green Party (E&W)) — Central Meon Valley
- Suzanne White (Green Party (E&W)) — Central Meon Valley
- Liam Bailey-Morgan (Green Party (E&W)) — Colden Common and Twyford
- Susan Cook (Independent / Other) — Colden Common and Twyford
- Martin Clay (Liberal Democrats) — Denmead
- Michael Bennett (Liberal Democrats) — Denmead
- Paula Langford-Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Denmead
- Angela Clear (Liberal Democrats) — Southwick and Wickham
- Chris Chamberlain (Liberal Democrats) — Southwick and Wickham
- Neil Cutler (Liberal Democrats) — Southwick and Wickham
- James Batho (Liberal Democrats) — St Barnabas
- Jonny Morris (Liberal Democrats) — St Barnabas
- Kelsie Learney (Liberal Democrats) — St Barnabas
- John Tippett-Cooper (Liberal Democrats) — St Bartholomew
- Kathleen Becker (Liberal Democrats) — St Bartholomew
- Nathan Eve (Liberal Democrats) — St Bartholomew
- Charlie Wise (Liberal Democrats) — St Luke
- Jamie Scott (Liberal Democrats) — St Luke
- Mark Reach (Liberal Democrats) — St Michael
- Rachel Aron (Liberal Democrats) — St Michael
- Richard Murphy (Liberal Democrats) — St Michael
- Chris Westwood (Liberal Democrats) — St Paul
- Lucille Thompson (Liberal Democrats) — St Paul
- Martin Tod (Liberal Democrats) — St Paul
- Jackie Porter (Liberal Democrats) — The Worthys
- Jane Rutter (Liberal Democrats) — The Worthys
- Steve Cramoysan (Liberal Democrats) — The Worthys
- David Ablitt (Liberal Democrats) — Upper Meon Valley
- Jerry Pett (Liberal Democrats) — Upper Meon Valley
- Anne Small (Liberal Democrats) — Whiteley and Shedfield
- Sudhakar Achwal (Liberal Democrats) — Whiteley and Shedfield
- Vivian Achwal (Liberal Democrats) — Whiteley and Shedfield
- Andrew Adams (Liberal Democrats) — Wonston and Micheldever
- Caroline Horrill (Conservative and Unionist) — Wonston and Micheldever
- Stephen Godfrey (Conservative and Unionist) — Wonston and Micheldever