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Councillors' Allowances
2015/2016
All councillors are entitled to a basic allowance and to claim for certain travel and subsistence expenses. Some councillors have special responsibilities (e.g. a cabinet portfolio or chairing a committee) and receive an additional allowance.
In the 2015/2016 financial year, a total of £729,116 was paid in allowances to 75 councillors. This included £466,711 in basic allowances, £258,297 in special responsibility allowances and £4,108 in travel and subsistence expenses.
Allowances Paid in 2015/2016
Allowances Paid by Councillor
The amount paid to each councillor in 2015/2016 was:
| Councillor | Basic Allowance | Special Responsibility Allowance | Travel and Subsistence | Dependent Carers Allowance | Total | |
| John Avey | £8,783.00 | £0.00 | £139.00 | £0.00 | £8,922.00 | |
| Ted Baker | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Tashi Bhutia | £7,815.00 | £3,407.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,222.00 | |
| Nick Bowler | £8,783.00 | £3,623.00 | £56.00 | £0.00 | £12,462.00 | |
| David Brake | £8,783.00 | £13,831.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £22,614.00 | |
| Matt Bright | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Catriona Brown-Reckless | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,815.00 | |
| David Carr | £8,783.00 | £9,497.00 | £312.00 | £0.00 | £18,592.00 | |
| Diane Chambers | £8,783.00 | £7,150.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £15,933.00 | |
| Rodney Chambers | £8,783.00 | £13,355.00 | £31.00 | £0.00 | £22,169.00 | |
| Rehman Chishti | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Jane Chitty | £8,783.00 | £11,056.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £19,839.00 | |
| Trevor Clarke | £8,783.00 | £8,817.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £17,600.00 | |
| David Colman | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Pat Cooper | £8,783.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £8,783.00 | |
| Sam Craven | £8,783.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £8,783.00 | |
| Howard Doe | £8,783.00 | £18,833.00 | £682.00 | £0.00 | £28,298.00 | |
| Gary Etheridge | £7,815.00 | £3,111.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £10,926.00 | |
| Jane Etheridge | £992.00 | £32.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,024.00 | |
| Matt Fearn | £7,815.00 | £96.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,911.00 | |
| Phil Filmer | £8,783.00 | £11,056.00 | £398.00 | £0.00 | £20,237.00 | |
| Mike Franklin | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,815.00 | |
| Roy Freshwater | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,815.00 | |
| Dorte Gilry | £8,783.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £8,783.00 | |
| Christine Godwin | £992.00 | £0.00 | £29.00 | £0.00 | £1,021.00 | |
| Paul Godwin | £8,783.00 | £160.00 | £80.00 | £0.00 | £9,023.00 | |
| Sylvia Griffin | £8,783.00 | £64.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £8,847.00 | |
| Glyn Griffiths | £8,051.00 | £1,356.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £9,407.00 | |
| Adrian Gulvin | £8,783.00 | £8,363.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £17,146.00 | |
| Pat Gulvin | £992.00 | £416.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,408.00 | |
| Phil Hall | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,815.00 | |
| Paul Harriott | £992.00 | £32.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,024.00 | |
| Vaughan Hewett | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Peter Hicks | £8,783.00 | £4,835.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £13,618.00 | |
| Anne-Claire Howard | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,815.00 | |
| Stephen Hubbard | £992.00 | £0.00 | £21.00 | £0.00 | £1,013.00 | |
| Isaac Igwe | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Josie Iles | £992.00 | £32.00 | £51.00 | £0.00 | £1,075.00 | |
| Steve Iles | £7,815.00 | £6,725.00 | £89.00 | £0.00 | £14,629.00 | |
| Chris Irvine | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Alan Jarrett | £8,783.00 | £24,971.00 | £601.00 | £0.00 | £34,355.00 | |
| Clive Johnson | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,815.00 | |
| Mark Joy | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,815.00 | |
| Geoff Juby | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Sheila Kearney | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Barry Kemp | £8,783.00 | £16,938.00 | £134.00 | £0.00 | £25,855.00 | |
| Naushabah Khan | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,815.00 | |
| Craig Mackinlay | £992.00 | £624.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,616.00 | |
| Andrew Mackness | £8,783.00 | £10,165.00 | £55.00 | £0.00 | £19,003.00 | |
| Ray Maisey | £992.00 | £1,049.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £2,041.00 | |
| Vince Maple | £8,783.00 | £11,859.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £20,642.00 | |
| Tom Mason | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Dan McDonald | £7,815.00 | £128.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,943.00 | |
| Teresa Murray | £8,783.00 | £7,133.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £15,916.00 | |
| Mike O'Brien | £8,783.00 | £11,056.00 | £298.00 | £0.00 | £20,137.00 | |
| Gloria Opara | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £68.00 | £0.00 | £7,883.00 | |
| Tristan Osborne | £8,783.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £8,783.00 | |
| Mick Pendergast | £7,815.00 | £168.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,983.00 | |
| Martin Potter | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,815.00 | |
| Adam Price | £8,783.00 | £5,290.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £14,073.00 | |
| Wendy Purdy | £8,783.00 | £3,527.00 | £132.00 | £0.00 | £12,442.00 | |
| Peter Rodberg | £992.00 | £0.00 | £35.00 | £0.00 | £1,027.00 | |
| David Royle | £8,783.00 | £8,817.00 | £326.00 | £0.00 | £17,926.00 | |
| Asha Saroy | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £195.00 | £0.00 | £8,010.00 | |
| Julie Shaw | £8,783.00 | £953.00 | £60.00 | £0.00 | £9,796.00 | |
| Diana Smith | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Andy Stamp | £8,783.00 | £4,666.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £13,449.00 | |
| Habib Tejan | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £26.00 | £0.00 | £7,841.00 | |
| Kelly Tolhurst | £1,464.00 | £1,843.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £3,307.00 | |
| Stuart Tranter | £7,815.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,815.00 | |
| Rupert Turpin | £8,783.00 | £9,332.00 | £5.00 | £0.00 | £18,120.00 | |
| Tony Watson | £992.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £992.00 | |
| Les Wicks | £8,783.00 | £5,082.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £13,865.00 | |
| David Wildey | £8,783.00 | £8,817.00 | £285.00 | £0.00 | £17,885.00 | |
| John Williams | £7,815.00 | £32.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,847.00 | |
| Total | £466,711.00 | £258,297.00 | £4,108.00 | £0.00 | £729,116.00 |
To order councillors by their name or the amount of allowances they received in each categoryin 2015/2016, click on the appropriate column heading.
Allowances Paid by Party
Click on a party to see a breakdown of their allowances for 2015/2016.
Allowances are published by Medway council shortly after the end of the council's financial year on 31 March. If a councillor left the council or changed party part-way through the financial year, we have used their party as at 31 March, or the date they left the council, to calculate how much the councillors in each party received.
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