Voting record
Council, Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 2.00 pm
Item: Mid-Term Review of Members' Allowances Scheme
To Approve the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel:
Resolution status:
Carried
Resolved that Council APPROVED the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel with regards to Special Responsibility Allowances (SRA’s):
- The SRA for Leader is increased from 3.0x the basic allowance to 3.5x the basic allowance.
- The SRA for Deputy Leader be increased from 2.0x basic to 2.5x basic.
- The SRA for Cabinet Member be increased from 1.5x basic to 2.0x basic.
- The SRA for Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee be increased from 1.0x basic to 1.5x basic.
- The SRA for Chair of Audit and Governance Committee be increased from 0.5x basic to 1.0x basic.
- That any agreed increases to SRAs be backdated to 1 April 2025.
Council also APPROVED
- That the existing allowance for Co-opted Members of £1,000 per annum be included in the Scheme.
- That
additional clarification be provided on expenses claims in the
Scheme, specifically that:
- The list of approved duties for which expenses can be claimed is included in the Scheme.
- VAT receipts are requested for mileage claims.
- Mileage claims should normally be calculated from the Councillor’s home address.
- Claims should be made within 3 months of the expenditure being incurred.
- Mileage rates are aligned with HMRC rates to prevent the creation of taxable benefits.
- That Officers engage with town and parish councils in the New Year on the option of establishing a tiered allowances scheme to guide town and parish councils in the payment of allowances to elected town and parish councillors, to enable the Independent Remuneration Panel (as the Parish Remuneration Panel) to assess whether such guidance would be useful.
Council also NOTED
- that the Parish Remuneration Panel has recommended to Cirencester Town Council that Cirencester Town Councillors (including the Chair) receive an allowance set at 20% of the basic allowance paid to Cotswold District Councillors.
| Vote | Councillors | Count |
|---|---|---|
| For | Bloomer, Bridges, Coleman, Dale, Evemy, Harris, Harris, Hodgkinson, Ind, Jenkinson, McKeown, Neill, Pellegram, Spivey, Turner, Vann, Wareing and Watson | 18 |
| Against | Corps, Fowles, Hall-Wilson, Judd, Stowe, Theyer and Wilkins | 7 |
| Abstain | Blomefield, Cunningham and Slater | 3 |
| Conflict Of Interests | None | 0 |