Decision details

RESOLVED – That Council:

1)      Notes the recommendation of Corporate Governance and Audit Committee.

2)    Requests that a Members’ Allowance Independent Review Panel is convened as soon as possible to consider the allowances paid to Councillors, having regard to the financial position of the Council.

3)      Requests that Members in attendance at the Council meeting to indicate by recorded vote whether they wish to forgo the increase in allowances (basic and SRA) based on the officer pay award for the 2023/24 financial year and in addition to take a 5% reduction in their current allowances (basic and SRA).

4)      Requests that Members of the Council not in attendance at the Council meeting be asked to indicate whether they intend to forgo the increase and in addition take a 5% reduction in their current allowances (basic and SRA).

Under the provision of Council Procedure Rule 24(3), a recorded vote was taken on this item as follows;

For: Councillors Addy, Ahmed, Allison, Amin, Anwar, Burke, Cooper, Crook, P Davies, Dockrat, E Firth, S Hall, Hawkins, Homewood, Hussain, Kaushik, Kendrick, Khan, J D Lawson, J Lawson, Lee-Richards, Marchington, McCarthy, McKerchar, McLoughlin, Moore, Munro, O’Donovan, Pandor, Pattison, Pervaiz, A U Pinnock, A Pinnock, Ramsay, Reynolds, Safdar, Scott, Simpson, A Smith, Sokhal, Turner, Ullah and H Zaman (43 votes)

Against: Councillors Ali, Armer, Bamford, Bellamy, Bolt, D Hall, Holmes, Lees-Hamilton, McGrath, McGuin, Sheard, Smaje, R Smith, Taylor and Thompson (15 votes)

Abstained: Councillor Greaves