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Allowances for councillors a family affair
Peter Devine16/ 4/2008
TWO part-time executive councillors - husband and wife team Shan and Ben Alexander - were paid allowances amounting to £39,564 (£760 weekly) in the year 2007/2008.
The figures are contained in the latest list of allowances paid out to 63 councillors representing the borough of Stockport.
Coun Mrs Alexander represents Marple South and her husband is ward councillor in Stepping Hill ward. The pair are listed in Stockport Council’s latest register of members interests as partners in Ben Alexander Consulting, a firm which provides management and consultancy.
Ben Alexander also runs the Northern Association of Management Consultants and is a director of BA Interim Ltd.
Other husband and wife councillors include Stuart and Christine Corris, who were paid £24,220 (£465 weekly). The couple are listed respectively as finance officer for the Department of Work and Pensions and as an assistant accommodation manager with the NHS.
Coun Les Jones, the leader of Stockport Council’s Conservative group and his wife Jackie were paid a total of £21,118 (£406 weekly). The pair are listed respectively as a director of Memorials of Cheadle and as an NHS administrator.
Meanwhile, husband and wife team Coun Philip Harding and Coun Sheila Bailey received allowances of £18,412 (£354 weekly). Coun Harding lists no employment and his wife is registered as personal assistant to Reddish MP Andrew Gwynne.
The full time leader of Stockport Council Dave Goddard, who displaced Coun Brian Millard shortly after last May’s election, was paid a total of £35,644 (£685 weekly) The lowest allowances were paid to Coun Maureen Walsh who received £7,722 (£148 weekly).
Current Councillors - includes basic allowance, special responsibility allowance, dependents’ careers’ allowance and travel and subsistence claims:
ABRAMS, John Frederick £12,833.40
ALEXANDER, Shanthini £21,713.10
ALEXANDER, Benjamin Daniel £17,851.02
BAGNALL, Brian £9,206.60
BAILEY, Sheila Kathleen £9,206.60
BAKER, Christopher Edward John £14,177.91
BELLIS, Paul £9,908.68
BISPHAM, Andrew John £9,239.36
BLACKBURN, Christopher £16,070.34
BODSWORTH, Stuart Andrew £22,220.09
BREEN, Owen £8,290.87
BRETT, Walter Joseph £13,046.32
BURNS, Peter £18,064.33 includes £7,320.54 Mayor’s Allowances.
CANDLER, Martin Edward £23,328.24
CARTER, Paul Miles £23,640.46
CLAY, Margaret Grace £23,390.06
COATON, Richard Michael £9,206.60
CORRIS, Christine £13,370.90
CORRIS, Stuart Christopher £10,849.75
DERBYSHIRE, Susan C, £24,595.97
DRIVER, Roy £12,848.52
FOSTER, Colin £12,130.33
FOSTER-GRIME, Helen £11,410.68
GODDARD, David £35,644.08
GORDON, Christopher £16,832.24
GRAHAM, Anne £9,206.60
GRUNDY, Thomas £9,206.60
HARDING, Philip £9,206.60
HOGG, Kevin Oliver £16,983.87
HOLT, Kenneth £13,046.32
HUMPHREYS, Sylvia £9,235.59
HUMPHREYS, Jennifer Ann £16,460.36
HUMPHRIES, Doreen Stella £9,206.60
INGHAM, Susan £12,326.41
JONES, Les £10,492.04
JONES, Jackie £10,626.46
KIDD, Joan £9,206.60
KING, Pamela Patricia £11,185.28
LECK, John Bryan £9,120.59
LEES, Hazel £23,156.08
LLOYD, Syd Robert £9,206.60
MACALISTER, Colin David £9,206.60
MCGEE, Thomas Patrick £15,758.36
MCLAY, Margaret Purcell £9,206.60
MEIKLE, Wendy £12,870.80
MILLARD, Brian £17,226.78
MURPHY, Christopher Ian £9,206.60
O’NEILL, Anthony £9,550.48
OWEN, David £9,830.56
PANTALL, John Neil £17,396.46
PORGESS, Paul £9,432.55
ROWLES, Maureen Teresa £9,206.60
SCOTT, Peter £17,576.20
SHAW, Ingrid Joan £8,653.54
SMITH, John £15,446.38
SOMEKH, June £9,863.00
WALSH, Maureen £7,722.20
WELDON, Mark £23,156.08
WHITE, David Lee £21,991.10
WHITEHEAD, Derek Waine £12,575.79
WILSON, Michael £9,206.60
WRIGHT, Craig £9,206.60
WYATT, Suzanne £9,206.60
Most recent 2 of 4 user comments
One usually gets the retort that expenses and allowances are set by an independent body, that does not mean that they have to be claimed!
Dont misunderstand me, I am not suggesting that they should not received incured expenses, but really these figues seem to me to be "out of this world"
I read a report recently, I think it was the "Express" that Stockport was one of the best authorities particularly as far as our road are concerned. Well I challenge any councillor to inspect the road surface on John St, Empress Ave and Church St, just to name a few in Marple, which in my opinion in parts is dangerous and also in my opinion reflects negligence on those responsible for its upkeep and on those watchdogs who watch the watchdogs.
Perhaps the "Express" could also tell us if the councillors, use public transport to attend meetings, especially bearing in mind the council's emphasis on being "green" and the advent of free public transport to the 60's and over. I appreciate that in some circumstances the use of a private car might be unavoidable, but not all the time.
Do councillors actually pay for meals when using SMBC Dining facilities at the town hall.
Do councillors and council staff receive free parking at the town hall, which is well served by public transport if they use cars and dont pay is it regarded as a taxable or non taxable allowance?
19/04/2008 at 12:46
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