London Borough of Merton
No Overall Control
| Party | Members |
|---|---|
| Labour | 28 |
| Conservative | 26 |
| Merton Park Ward Independent Resident | 3 |
| Liberal Democrat | 2 |
- Website
- http://www.merton.gov.uk News feed Twitter
- Authority Type
- London Borough
- Address
- Civic Centre, London Road, Morden SM4 5DX
- Telephone
- 020 8274 4901
- Chief Executive
- Ged Curran
- Population
- 201,400 (Source: ONS Crown Copyright)
- Police Force
- Metropolitan Police Service
- Pension Fund
- London Borough of Merton Pension Fund
- Finance
- Annual audit letter (PDF)
- Wikipedia Url
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Merton
- 1010 signatory
- Yes
About this Council
| Description | Value |
|---|---|
| Any other religion | 613 |
| Buddhist | 1,422 |
| Christian | 119,002 |
| Hindu | 8,736 |
| Jewish | 882 |
| Muslim | 10,899 |
| No religion | 31,100 |
| Religion not stated | 14,755 |
| Sikh | 499 |
Religion
| Description | Value |
|---|---|
| People aged 0-4 | 6.8% |
| People aged 5-7 | 3.5% |
| People aged 8-9 | 2.4% |
| People aged 10-14 | 5.7% |
| People aged 15 | 1.1% |
| People aged 16-17 | 2.1% |
| People aged 18-19 | 1.9% |
| People aged 20-24 | 6.7% |
| People aged 25-29 | 10.1% |
| People aged 30-44 | 26.3% |
| People aged 45-59 | 16.6% |
| People aged 60-64 | 3.8% |
| People aged 65-74 | 6.6% |
| People aged 75-84 | 4.6% |
| People aged 85-89 | 1.1% |
| People aged 90 and over | 0.6% |
| Description | Value |
|---|---|
| Economically active | 99,972 |
| Total Income Support Claimants | 5,500 |
| Description | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital Expenditure spending | £26,678,000 |
| Central services spending | £54,999,000 |
| Court Services spending | £169,000 |
| Cultural and related services spending | £9,033,000 |
| Environmental services spending | £23,551,000 |
| Expenditure on Highways, Roads and Transport Services spending | £15,532,000 |
| Expenditure on Social Services spending | £81,226,000 |
| Fire and rescue services spending | £0 |
| Homelessness spending | £1,178,000 |
| Housing advances spending | £0 |
| Housing benefits spending | £4,057,000 |
| Housing strategy advice and registered social landlords spending | £295,000 |
| Housing welfare spending | £3,696,000 |
| Non-school funding spending | £16,369,000 |
| Other council property (Non-HRA) spending | £94,000 |
| Planning and Development Services spending | £7,831,000 |
| Police services spending | £0 |
| Private sector housing renewal spending | £35,000 |
| Schools spending | £122,999,000 |
Other info
External links
See spending data for London Borough of Merton
Current councillors
- Agatha Mary Akyigyina (Labour)
- Stephen Alambritis (Labour)
- Mark Allison (Labour)
- Stan Anderson (Labour)
- Laxmi Attawar (Labour)
- Mark Betteridge (Labour)
- John Bowcott (Conservative)
- Margaret Brierly (Conservative)
- Richard Chellew (Conservative)
- David Chung (Labour)
- David Dean (Conservative)
- John Dehaney (Labour)
- Nick Draper (Labour)
- Iain Dysart (Liberal Democrat)
- Chris Edge (Conservative)
-
Suzanne Evans (Conservative)
- Karin Forbes (Merton Park Ward Independent Resident)
- Brenda Fraser (Labour)
- Samantha George (Conservative)
- Suzanne Grocott (Conservative)
- Maurice Groves (Conservative)
- Gam Gurung (Labour)
- Jeff Hanna (Labour)
- Richard Hilton (Conservative)
- James Holmes (Conservative)
- Janice Howard (Conservative)
- Mary-Jane Jeanes (Liberal Democrat)
- Philip Jones (Labour)
- Andrew Judge (Labour)
- Linda Kirby (Labour)
- Gilli Lewis-Lavender (Conservative)
- Logie Lohendran (Conservative)
- Edith Joan Macauley (Labour)
- Russell Makin (Labour)
- Maxi Martin (Labour)
- Peter McCabe (Labour)
- Krystal Miller (Conservative)
- Diane Neil Mills (Conservative)
- Oonagh Moulton (Conservative)
- Ian Munn (Labour)
- Henry Nelless (Conservative)
- Dennis Pearce (Labour)
- John Sargeant (Merton Park Ward Independent Resident)
- Judy Saunders (Labour)
- Linda Scott (Conservative)
- Rod Scott (Conservative)
- Debbie Shears (Conservative)
- David Simpson (Conservative)
- Peter Southgate (Merton Park Ward Independent Resident)
- Geraldine Stanford (Labour)
- Linda Taylor (Conservative)
-
Sam Thomas (Labour)
- Ray Tindle (Conservative)
- Gregory Patrick Udeh (Labour)
- Peter Walker (Labour)
-
Martin Whelton (Labour)
- David Williams (Conservative)
- Richard Williams (Labour)
- Miles Windsor (Conservative)
Council Committees
Showing only currently active committees. Include inactive committees
- Annual Council (next meeting: May 21 2014)
- Borough Plan Advisory Committee
- Cabinet (next meeting: Jun 10 2013)
- Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Panel (next meeting: Jul 4 2013)
- Colliers Wood and North East Mitcham Community Forum
- Council (next meeting: Jul 10 2013)
- Council (budget) (next meeting: Mar 5 2014)
- General Purposes Committee (next meeting: Jun 27 2013)
- Healthier Communities and Older People Overview and Scrutiny Panel (next meeting: Jul 3 2013)
- Joint Consultative Committee With Ethnic Minority Organisations (To May 2011)
- Licensing Committee (next meeting: Jun 11 2013)
- Licensing sub-committee
- Merton and Sutton Joint Cemetery Board
- Mitcham Community Forum
- Morden Community Forum
- Overview and Scrutiny Commission (next meeting: Jul 16 2013)
- Overview and Scrutiny Commission (call-in)
- Overview and Scrutiny Commission - financial monitoring task group
- Planning Applications Committee (next meeting: May 23 2013)
- Raynes Park Community Forum
- South London Waste Partnership Joint Committee
- Standards Committee
- Standards sub-committee (Initial assessment)
- Street Management Advisory Committee (next meeting: Sep 18 2013)
- Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel (next meeting: Jun 25 2013)
- Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel (call-in)
- Sustainable Communities scrutiny task group (next meeting: Sep 10 2013)
- Wimbledon Community Forum
Wards
- Abbey (Prospering Metropolitan A)
- All Councillors
- Cabinet
- Cannon Hill (Commuter Suburbs B)
- Colliers Wood (Prospering Metropolitan A)
- Cricket Green (Inner City Multicultural)
- Declarations of interest - flowchart
- Details of expenses payments to Councillors from 1 April 2008
- Dundonald (Prospering Metropolitan A)
- Figge's Marsh (Inner City Multicultural)
- Gifts and hospitality declaration form
- Graveney (Multicultural Areas)
- Guidance from Standards for England on the Code of Conduct including at parts 3 and 4 guidance on declaring interests
- Guidance on declaration of gifts and hospitality
- Hillside (Prospering Metropolitan A)
- Lavender Fields (Inner City Multicultural)
- Leader of the Council
- Longthornton (Commuter Suburbs B)
- Lower Morden (Commuter Suburbs B)
- Members allowances payments for 2006-07
- Members allowances payments for 2007-08
- Members allowances payments for 2008-09
- Members allowances payments for 2009-10
- Merton Park (Commuter Suburbs B)
- Merton's constitution
- Political groups on Merton Council
- Pollards Hill (Commuter Suburbs B)
- Ravensbury (Commuter Suburbs B)
- Raynes Park (Prospering Metropolitan A)
- Register of councillors interests - all councillors
- Register of hospitality and gifts received - all councillors
- St. Helier (Commuter Suburbs B)
- Street index
- The Mayor of Merton
- Trinity (Prospering Metropolitan A)
- Village (Prospering Metropolitan A)
- Wards within Merton Council
- West Barnes (Commuter Suburbs B)
- Wimbledon Park (Prospering Metropolitan A)
Forthcoming Committee Meetings
- May 23 2013 Planning Applications Committee meeting
- Jun 10 2013 Cabinet meeting
- Jun 11 2013 Licensing Committee meeting
- Jun 20 2013 Planning Applications Committee meeting
- Jun 25 2013 Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel meeting
- Jun 27 2013 General Purposes Committee meeting
- Jul 1 2013 Cabinet meeting
- Jul 3 2013 Healthier Communities and Older People Overview and Scrutiny Panel meeting
- Jul 4 2013 Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Panel meeting
- Jul 10 2013 Council meeting
Committee Documents
No results
Recent Planning Applications
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FINAL DECISION
2013-05-13
5 DAY NOTICE - (TPO merton 365) (T81) - DAMAGED WHITEBEAM TREE LOCATED IN QUA TO BE REMOVED (AND ...
Ricards Lodge High School Lake ...
official page
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REGISTERED
2013-05-10
FIVE DAY NOTICE - FOR THE REMOVAL OF TWO LOMBARDY POPLARS AT WELFORD PLACE (LOCATED ON REAR BOUND...
Residents Gardens Welford Place...
official page
Biggest Suppliers
- MERTON PRIORY HOMES (£39,270,406 in total, £39,270,406 per month)
- REDACTED (£1,883,478 in total, £1,883,478 per month)
- KINGSTON CORPORATION (£1,591,988 in total, £1,591,988 per month)
- HAYS EXECUTIVE (£1,243,472 in total, £1,243,472 per month)
- EXTRASPACE (NI) LTD (£1,068,777 in total, £1,068,777 per month)
- WOOLF SIMMONDS CLIENT (£999,631 in total, £999,631 per month)
- R DURTNELL & SONS LTD (£524,092 in total, £524,092 per month)
- URSULINE HIGH SCHOOL (£519,120 in total, £519,120 per month)
- CARISBROOKE MEDICAL CENT. LTD. (£499,815 in total, £499,815 per month)
- WIMBLEDON COLLEGE SCHOOL (£498,101 in total, £498,101 per month)
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