{"id":1277,"date":"2008-08-20T19:10:29","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T18:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2008-08-23T13:25:22","modified_gmt":"2008-08-23T12:25:22","slug":"last-years-allowances-to-councillors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/last-years-allowances-to-councillors\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Year’s Allowances To Councillors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The District Council website <\/a>now shows the size of the allowances paid to each district councillor in the last financial year:<\/p>\n

Councillors’ Allowance Claims April 2007 – March 2008<\/strong>
\nName
\nTotal (?)
\nR Allen 3,285
\nR A Amner 634
\nP Aves 4,184
\nC I Black 6,202
\nR Brown 4,186
\nL Butcher 6,446
\nP A Capon 4,906
\nT J Capon 4,704
\nM Carter 3,296
\nJ P Cottis 4,999
\nL Cox 3,838
\nT G Cutmore 14,413
\nJ Dillnutt 3,713
\nK A Gibbs 4,135
\nH Glynn 4,815
\nT E Goodwin 4,491
\nK J Gordon 6,874
\nJ E Grey 6,125
\nS A Harper 4,923
\nK H Hudson 9,659
\nA J Humphries 1,034
\nC A Hungate 114
\nL Hungate 2,624
\nT Livings 4,391
\nC J Lumley 4,135
\nJ R Lumley 6,823
\nJ R Mason 4,666
\nD Merrick 6,184
\nJ A Mockford 4,859
\nR A Oatham 4,353
\nJ M Pullen 6,908
\nP R Robinson 4,548
\nP K Savill 676
\nC G Seagers 6,823
\nS Smith 6,493
\nD G Stansby 6,982
\nM Starke 481
\nM G Starke 7,716
\nJ Thomass 4,640
\nM J Webster 6,962
\nP F Webster 7,119
\nC A Weston 5,247
\nB Wilkins 6,364
\nTotal 215,970\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A few points:<\/p>\n

  • Top payment of ?14413 was to the leader of the council, Terry Cutmore (goes up to over ?25,000 this year)<\/li>\n
  • The highest figure to a Lib Dem was ?6823 to June Lumley (Chair of the Review Committee)<\/li>\n
  • The ‘bog standard’ figure of a basic allowance without claiming any other expenses was ?4135, paid to Chris Lumley.<\/li>\n
  • Most of the low figures were paid to people who weren’t councillors for the whole financial year, except for Tony Humphries, who only claimed ?1034. Clearly not a man who’s a councillor for the money!<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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