Councillors' allowances

All Members receive a basic allowance and a number of Members also receive a Special Responsibility Allowance (SRA). The details of the Members' Allowance Scheme are agreed each year at Annual Council. Current allowances can be found in Part 6 of the Council's Constitution.

The Council publishes an annual list of allowances paid to Members under the scheme over the preceding Municipal Year.

Members' allowances - amounts paid

Independent Remuneration Panel

In the summer of 2006, the council created a panel of three people wholly independent of it to investigate the levels of allowances paid to councillors and co-optees. The panel has now completed its work and its final report can be viewed via the following link: IRP final report(pdf, 237KB).