# Cambridge: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/cambridge/ updated: 29 September 2026 licence: Our words, analysis, charts and derived calculations: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). Figures: each source's own licence, listed under Sources. publisher: [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk) # Cambridge: senior pay and councillor allowances Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/). In its draft statement of accounts for 2025-26, Cambridge reports total remuneration of **£177,055** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), **0** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£615,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £177,055Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 0Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £615,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £8,069Basic allowance per councillor, 2026-27 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£177,055** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £150,557. That is up 7.2% on 2024-25 (£165,155). The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is £175,269. From the accounts: Robert Pollock, Chief Executive. 2025/26: salary, fees, allowances 150,557; pension 26,498; total 177,055. 2024/25: 140,438; 24,717; termination 0; total 165,155. totalExclPension is the printed 'Salary, fees, allowances' column. PDF page 51, Note 26 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 127 employees in 2025-26, up 17.6% on 2024-25 (108). 0 were paid £100,000 or more, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is 1.4 per 100,000. | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 57 | 52 | | 2024-2552 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 36 | 32 | | 2024-2532 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 20 | 9 | | 2024-259 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 0 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 5 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 3 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 2 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 3 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | Excludes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: 'The Council's other employees (excluding the senior employees disclosed separately above) receiving more than £50,000 remuneration for the year (excluding employer pension contributions)'. No band at or above £95,000 is printed and no total row. Cambridge is a district council and does not employ school staff (includesSchools recorded false on that basis, not from the note). Source: Cambridge, [Cambridge City Council Unaudited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026](https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/media/whbp31wc/statement-of-accounts-2025-26.pdf) (draft), PDF page 51, Note 26. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £615,000 in 2025-26, up 15.2% on 2024-25 (£534,000), or £4.10 per resident. The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is £3.24 per resident. | Paid as | Total | | --- | --- | | Basic allowances | £323,093 | | Special responsibility allowances | £292,430 | | Expenses | £150 | | All | £615,674 | The basic allowance for each councillor is £8,069 a year (2026-27). From the accounts: "The total of members' allowances and expenses paid in the year was £615,000 (2024/25: £534,000)." (PDF page 51, Note 25) Published allowances: [Councillor allowances received 2025/26 (notice under the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003, April 2025 – March 2026)](https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/media/mdybyveh/councillor-allowances.pdf). ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Cambridge printed it, in accounts that have not yet been audited. Counts in the £100,000 figure are our sum of the council's bands. - Comparisons are with the other district councils read so far; no national figure is published for England. - Published notice Grand Total row: Basic Allowances 323,093.44; SRA 292,430.23; Transport/Subsistence 150.40; Grand Total 615,674.07. Basic rate from 'Members' Allowances Scheme, May 2026 – March 2027': 'Each Councillor will receive an annual allowance of £8069.' ## Related pages - [Back to Council senior pay and councillor allowances](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/) - [How much is council tax and what does it pay for?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/council-tax/) - [Who is my MP, and what does their office cost?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/mps/) - [Where does my tax money actually go?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/for-every-100-pounds-of-tax/) ## More from this publisher - [UK tax calculators](https://howlongisit.co.uk) Published by [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). Our words, analysis, charts and derived calculations: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). The figures belong to the publishers listed under Sources and are used under their licences. Figures last updated 29 September 2026.