Council and democracy

What's in this section

Find out about Wandsworth Council's structure, principles, policies, finances and performance. Also how decisons are made, how the council is elected and held accountable, and how you can get in touch with us.

Councillors, democracy and elections

How the council works

Find your councillor
Meet your councillor: surgeries and ward meetings
About the executive and committees
Council directors
How decisons are made
Forward plan of key decisions for next 12 months
Meetings and decisions: view reports, agendas and minutes for council, executive, committee and sub-committee meetings; search for documents; meetings calendar; committee members
Councillors' allowances and the code of conduct and register of interests
Complain about a councillor
Become a councillor
Mayor of Wandsworth elected every May by the full council
The Constituiton

Elections and voting

Communicating with the council

Contact the council including visitor information
A-Z of our services including contact details
Making a complaint
Complaints, comments and suggestions: complete online form
Tell us how to put it right: report problems
Comment on our website

Council budget and spending

Find out about the council's finances:

Council budget: spending plans in context
Income collection: money coming in
Annual accounts: recent years' accounting records - accounts for 2008/09
Internal audit: checks made on accounting records and internal controls

Policies, strategies and plans

Our goals as an organisation and plans for how these will be achieved:

Corporate Business Plan: financial strategy, strategic objectives and priorities for service improvement
Corporate Equality Plan: our policies on equality with action plans for race, gender and disability equality, and review of performance
Our Wandsworth 2018: our long-term plans for the borough (Sustainable Community Strategy)