BARNSLEY’S councillors collectively pocketed more than £1m through annual allowances and expenses over the latest 12-month period, the Chronicle can reveal.
There are 63 councillors - three in 21 wards - and each received between £10,720 and £11,823 through a basic allowance, although recently-elected members and those who stepped down last year received much less.
In addition to their annual salary, some councillors receive special responsibility pay for carrying out extra duties, such as serving on the council’s ruling cabinet, or chairing committees including planning, scrutiny or licensing boards.
Barnsley Council leader Sir Steve Houghton was paid the most at £40,917, with deputy leader of the council Caroline Makinson second as she received more than £30,000.
Meanwhile Couns Wendy Cain, Robin Franklin, Robert Frost, James Higginbottom, Sharon Howard and Jo Newing all pocketed more than £25,000.
Couns Summer Risebury and Pooja Ramchandani - both Labour councillors who have stood down - received significantly less than most councillors.
Coun Ramchandani - who stood down due to health reasons - received £7,652 whilst Coun Risebury received nothing.
Mat Crisp was standing as a Liberal Democrat councillor in Darton East before he resigned in November after it was revealed he owed more than £100,000 in rent arrears at both the Salt House and Black and White Bar in the town centre.
Despite standing down, he still received £7,305 - including more than £140 in mileage allowances.
Couns Sue Bellamy, Janine Bowler, Mandy Lowe-Flello, Cain and Newing all received £600 in travel expenses - the most of any councillor.
The council paid out £10,423 in mileage allowances last year in total - more than £1,000 less than last year.
The total paid to all councillors in allowances and expenses for the financial year was £1,012,231 a 0.6 per cent increase on the previous year’s £1,005,830.
Councillors’ basic rates collectively topped £723,000 - a drop from the previous figure of £727,000 - with extra responsibilities accounting for a further £277,000.
A spokesperson for Barnsley Council told the Chronicle: “All councillors receive a basic allowance in recognition of the work they do on behalf of the community, such as representing their constituents and attending council meetings.
“Members with extra responsibilities, for example, cabinet members and chairpersons of regulatory boards, also receive a ‘special responsibility allowance’ for the extra work involved.”
Robert Barnard - £15,139.03
Sue Bellamy - £15,282.18
Ruth Booker - £10,928.37
Janine Bowler - £12,423
Roy Bowser - £15,116
Alex Burnett - £10,928.37
Wendy Cain - £25,227.12
Alice Cave - £11,823
Trevor Cave - £26,134
Sam Christmas - £10,819.66
Anita Cherryholme - £15,116
John Clarke - £14,267.10
Dorothy Coates - £21,1281
Mat Crisp - £7,305.03
Neil Danforth - £1,269.05
Dickie Denton - £12,063
Karen Dyson - £19,860.77
Martin Dyson - £1,220.02
Brenda Eastwood - £12,496.74
Jeff Ennis - £21,369.90
Vicky Felton - £1,207.76
Peter Fielding - £1,440.66
Will Fielding - £13,802.68
Robin Franklin - £26,310
Robert Frost - £26,310
Andy Gillis - £1,645.87
Steve Green - £20,941
Dave Greenhough - £19,740.77
Paul Hands-Davis - £1,465.18
Joe Hayward - £21,061
James Higginbottom - £26,310
Steve Houghton - £40,917.60
Sharon Howard - £26,310
Steve Hunt - £11,823
Hannah Kitching - £18,873.89
Chris Lamb - £2,360.19
Dave Leech - £21,061
Jake Lodge - £11,823
Phil Lofts - £21,061
Mandy Lowe-Flello - £12,423
Caroline Makinson - £30,056.49
Pauline Markham - £21,181
Pauline McCarthy - £12,063
Kath Mitchell - £11,823
Abi Moore - £10,928.37
Martin Morrell - £11,254.50
Janine Moyes - £14,802.18
Paul Murray - £10,710.95
Jo Newing - £25,227.12
Martin O’Donoghue - £10,710.95
Kevin Osborne - £15,384.50
Ashley Peace - £15,116.00
Clive Pickering - £11,943.00
Jenny Platts - £2,675.36
Pooja Ramchandani - £7,730.01
Ken Richardson - £21,061
Summer Risebury - £0
Margaret Sheard - £13,694.05
Tim Shepherd - £12,359.78
Ian Shirt - £11,823
Trevor Smith - £12,063
Mick Stowe - £12,063
Nicola Sumner - £11,823
Sarah Tattersall - £11,943
Dave Webster - £11,943
David White - £12,063
Kath Williams - £2,139.26
John Wilson - £15,508.40
Charlie Wraith - £1,220.02
Andy Wray - £10,710.95
Chris Wray - £11,823
Neil Wright - £10,819.66
Philip Wright - £10,710.95
TOTAL - £1,012,231.44
