Councillors' allowances

Allowances paid from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

This information shows allowances paid to our councillors from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

• Councillors' allowances for 2025 to 2026 (PDF 276 KB)

Payments

Payments to councillors are split into two categories:

• allowances and travel - Table 1A shows allowances and travel costs incurred directly by the council on the councillors' behalf. Table 1B shows allowances and travel costs reimbursed to councillors, and
• support services.

Allowances

The main types of allowances received by councillors are:

• basic allowance - the amount, determined by law, which all councillors are entitled to
• special responsibility allowance - the amount paid to councillors who have special responsibilities, for example, the chairmanship of a committee
• Chairperson or Mayor allowance - the amount paid to councillors who have been elected as Lord Mayor or Deputy Lord Mayor.

These payments are gross amounts, prior to the deduction of income tax and national insurance contributions.

Travel

These include expenses for travelling to and from meetings - public transport costs or mileage allowances and subsistence for overnight stays.

All payments comply with current legislation, as well as council policies and procedures.

Previous expenses

You'll find information about previous payments and reimbursements received by our councillors.

• Download councillors' allowances for 2024 to 2025 (PDF 417 KB)
• Download councillors' allowances for 2023-2024 (PDF 134 KB)
• Download councillors' allowances for 2022 to 2023 (PDF 81 KB)
• Download councillors' allowances for 2021 to 2022 (PDF 81 KB)
• View councillors' allowances for 2020 to 2021
• View councillors' allowances for 2019 to 2020
• Download councillors' allowances for 2018 to 2019 (PDF - 86 KB)