Basic allowance

The Basic Allowance is an amount paid to all members of the Council in respect of the year to which it relates. The amount of the allowance is the same for all members.

The amount of entitlement to Basic Allowance for each member in respect of the Municipal Year 2011-12 is £7,115.

Where the term of office of a member begins or ends otherwise than at the beginning or end of a year, his/her entitlement shall be to payment of such part of the Basic Allowance as bears to the whole the same proportion as the number of days during his/her term of office as member subsists bears to the number of days in that year.

Where a member is suspended or partially suspended from his/her responsibilities or duties as a member of the Council in accordance with Part III of the Local Government Act 2000 or regulations made under that Part, the part of Basic Allowance payable to him/her in respect of the period for which he/she is suspended or partially suspended may be withheld by the Council.