Winchester City Council manages a wide variety of services. They have responsibility for planning, housing, waste collection, council tax and business rates collection, leisure services, tourism, benefits administration and many more services. The district council serves about 122,000 residents, and spans 250 square miles of central Hampshire and has repeatedly been named as one of the most desirable places to live in the country. They work with their committed communities to ensure that their district is a place people will choose to live, work, study and visit in the future. They also want to ensure that sustainable improvement, ambitious innovation and an entrepreneurial approach to managing change are top of their agenda so the district's population continues to thrive. The outcome will be a place where everyone has opportunity and a high quality of life. The current Mayor of Winchester is Councillor Frank Pearson and is the 819th Mayor of Winchester.
