Tuesday, 23 February 2010

How Much Do Local Councillors Cost?

I promised some months ago to publish a full list of councillor allowances paid in Tower Hamlets during the current year, and I have now been asked by a number of people to share the information. Although such information is published in East End Life once a year, it appears that it is not the most readily available data when local residents (and tax-payers) request it.

You can read the full table by clicking here, which sets out all 51 councillors and their allowances paid during 2009-2010. However, some pertinent facts, to save you getting the calculator out:

  • Of the 51 councillors, 29 will this year receive special responsibility allowances on top of their basic allowance.
  • The total paid to the 51 Tower Hamlets councillors for the current year is £807,335.
  • This means the average payment to councillors in Tower Hamlets is £15,830.49
It is important that this information is clearly available to local residents, who pick up the bill for these sums of money.

I will pass no further comment on the figures, but would welcome any views when you have read the list.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can we have a break down of attendance at council and committee meetings?

There are examples of councillors claiming allowances and simply disappearing - they are not being removed to avoid triggering a by election - but in effect by claiming their allowances when they are a councillor in name only, they are no different to a benefit cheat.

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