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Members of the council receive allowances according to the functions of their role.
They are also entitled to claim for travelling and subsistence expenses incurred as a result of their official duties.
These documents explain the current allowance scheme and the details of allowances and expenses paid since 2018-2019:
Members' allowances scheme 2024-25 (DOCX, 61.52 KB)
Members' allowances and expenses 2023-24 (PDF, 107.79 KB)
Members' allowances and expenses 2022-23 (DOCX, 39.88 KB)
Members' allowances and expenses 2021-22 (PDF, 107 KB)
Members' allowances and expenses 2020-21 (PDF, 107 KB)
Members' allowances and expenses 2019-20 (PDF, 36 KB)
Members' allowances and expenses 2018-19 (PDF, 100 KB)
These documents contain year-by-year statistics of the attendance records of individual councillors since 2018-2019:
Councillors' attendance 2023-24 municipal year (PDF, 52.93 KB)
Councillors’ attendance 2022-23 municipal year (PDF, 151.76 KB)
Councillors' attendance 2021-22 municipal year (PDF, 70 KB)
Councillors' attendance 2020-21 municipal year (PDF, 70 KB)
Councillors’ attendance 2019-20 municipal year (PDF, 70 KB)
Councillors’ attendance 2018-19 municipal year (PDF, 70 KB)