Spencer Drury

Councillor for Eltham North

Spencer is a married father of two teenage children who lives on the Eltham side of Shooters Hill. Spencer was first elected to Council in 2002 and has served on Greenwich Council as a Councillor for Eltham North ward since that time.

He was Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2006 and Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2015. Spencer works at Colfe's School in Lee where he is currently Director of Sixth Form and Head of the Government & Politics Department.

News

Housing repairs image and report extracts

Greenwich Council apologises over repairs service failings

Wednesday, 15 December, 2021

At the most recent meeting of Greenwich Council’s Housing and Anti-Poverty Scrutiny Panel, senior officers apologised repeatedly for the failings of the housing repairs service.

Overflowing bins and extract of response to Cllr Drury

Park bins saved by Conservative Councillor

Thursday, 15 July, 2021

Greenwich Council has delayed plans to remove all dog waste bins from parks and woodlands around the Borough following an intervention by Eltham Councillor Spencer Drury.

Greenwich Council chamber, Woolwich Town Hall

Labour ignores objections and votes to limit public criticism

Friday, 2 April, 2021

Greenwich Conservatives have condemned the local Labour Council for restricting the rights of local residents to ask questions at future Council meetings. At this week’s Council meeting, the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Labour Councillors forced through a further set of changes to the Council’s

Extracts from the Cabinet report highlighting the proposed increase in rents

Council uses loophole to push up rents for new tenants

Friday, 17 July, 2020

Greenwich's Labour Council is planning to put up rents for new tenants by around four times the rate of inflation, in apparent defiance of a decision by the Council in February to limit rent increases.