Councillor Matt Hartley

Leader of the Opposition, Greenwich Council
Councillor for Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham (RBG)

Matt Hartley is the Leader of Greenwich Conservatives and one of our two Conservative councillors for Mottingham, Coldharbour and New Eltham ward.  He was first elected to Greenwich Council in 2014, spent five years as Leader of the Opposition between 2015 and 2020, and stood as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Greenwich & Woolwich in 2015 and Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Eltham in 2017.  He stepped back into the role of Leader of the Conservative Group after the 2022 local elections.

Away from politics, Matt works for a national advice charity. He has served as a local school governor and volunteered for 10 years on the Board of Greenwich and Bexley Credit Union.

News

7,000 fines as Greenwich LTN chaos continues

Greenwich Council’s controversial Greenwich and Blackheath Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) have seen 7,000 drivers issues with fines, according to data requested by Conservative councillors.

📺 Adventure Play Centres review ‘must involve young people’

📺 VIDEO: Labour-run Greenwich Council’s planned review of Adventure Play Centres in the borough “must involve young people’, according to Greenwich Conservatives Leader Matt Hartley who spoke up for the value Coldharbour Adventure Play Centre provides at a Town Hall meeting on Thursday 30th January.

📺 Right to Buy surge after Labour slashes discount

📺 VIDEO: Right To Buy applications in Greenwich surged after Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision to slash the available discount in October, councillors have been told.In October Reeves slashed the maximum discount available from £136,400 to just £16,000 in London boroughs, after Labour commit

📺 Loop trains are back on the Sidcup Line

📺 VIDEO: Councillor Matt Hartley, Leader of Greenwich Conservatives, welcomed one of the first newly-restored direct loop trains in at Mottingham Station, on its way to help residents reach the Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood.

Loop trains return next week after Save The Loop campaign

Direct loop trains from Mottingham and New Eltham stations to the Elizabeth Line return next week (from Monday 16th December), after more than 2,500 people signed local Conservatives' campaign to 'Save The Loop'.The loop trains were axed by Southeastern without warning in 2022, in a move that was wi

📺 Greenwich Council backs Coldharbour Police Base closure

📺 VIDEO: Greenwich Council’s Labour administration confirmed it is backing Sadiq Khan’s closure of Coldharbour Police Base, with a Labour Cabinet Member arguing it wil “make no difference at all” and claiming residents hadn’t complained, despite 1,500 residents signing a petition against the closure

Labour Council backs Sadiq Khan's closure of Coldharbour Police Base

Labour-run Greenwich Council has confirmed it is supporting the Mayor of London's planned closure of Coldharbour Police Base, which serves Mottingham, Coldharbour and New Eltham in the very south of the borough, claiming it will "make no difference at all" when pressed to change its position by Cons

Council u-turns on LTN ‘no-fine’ extension

Greenwich Council has announced a u-turn on its rejection of a proposal from Opposition Conservative councillors to extend the ‘no-fine’ period for the Greenwich and Blackheath Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs).