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Lancashire County Council: senior pay and councillor allowances
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In its draft statement of accounts for 2025-26, Lancashire County Council reports total remuneration of £301,874 for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), a year in which the post changed hands, 70 employees paid £100,000 or more, and £1,761,400 paid in members' allowances.
Key figures
- £301,874Chief Executive, 2025-26
- 70Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26
- £1,761,400Members' allowances, 2025-26
- £14,301Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26
Chief Executive
Total remuneration of £301,874 in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. The post changed hands, or the figure covers part of a year, so it is not compared with the year before.
| As printed | Year | Total |
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Chief Executive - M WynnDetails for Chief Executive - M Wynn | 2025-26 | £301,874 |
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Chief Executive - M Wynn (note 1)Details for Chief Executive - M Wynn (note 1) | 2024-25 | £187,478 |
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Chief Executive (note 2)Details for Chief Executive (note 2) | 2024-25 | £117,765 |
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From the accounts: 2024/25 note 1: M Wynn was Interim Chief Executive 1 August 2024 to 17 October 2024, Acting Chief Executive 18 October 2024 to 25 February 2025, and appointed Chief Executive from 26 February 2025; she also appears as Executive Director of Resources (S151) to 31 July 2024 (salary 57,519, pension 8,866). Note 2: the previous postholder ceased to be Chief Executive from 25 September 2024 (no pension contributions due to opt-out). Total excluding pension is not printed.
PDF pages 58-59 (printed pages 53-54), Note 10
Employees paid £50,000 or more
4,290 employees in 2025-26, up 32.0% on 2024-25 (3,250). 70 were paid £100,000 or more, 5.4 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 4 other county councils collected so far is 6.0 per 100,000.
| Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 |
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£50,000 to £54,999Details for £50,000 to £54,999 | 1,816 | 1,310 |
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£55,000 to £59,999Details for £55,000 to £59,999 | 961 | 771 |
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£60,000 to £64,999Details for £60,000 to £64,999 | 567 | 359 |
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£65,000 to £69,999Details for £65,000 to £69,999 | 248 | 259 |
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£70,000 to £74,999Details for £70,000 to £74,999 | 228 | 189 |
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£75,000 to £79,999Details for £75,000 to £79,999 | 160 | 161 |
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£80,000 to £84,999Details for £80,000 to £84,999 | 133 | 77 |
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£85,000 to £89,999Details for £85,000 to £89,999 | 60 | 37 |
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£90,000 to £94,999Details for £90,000 to £94,999 | 29 | 21 |
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£95,000 to £99,999Details for £95,000 to £99,999 | 18 | 14 |
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£100,000 to £104,999Details for £100,000 to £104,999 | 24 | 17 |
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£105,000 to £109,999Details for £105,000 to £109,999 | 12 | 12 |
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£110,000 to £114,999Details for £110,000 to £114,999 | 10 | 6 |
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£115,000 to £119,999Details for £115,000 to £119,999 | 12 | 7 |
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£120,000 to £124,999Details for £120,000 to £124,999 | 1 | 5 |
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£125,000 to £129,999Details for £125,000 to £129,999 | 4 | 1 |
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£130,000 to £134,999Details for £130,000 to £134,999 | 3 | 3 |
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£135,000 to £139,999Details for £135,000 to £139,999 | 1 | 0 |
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£140,000 to £144,999Details for £140,000 to £144,999 | 1 | 0 |
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£145,000 to £174,999Details for £145,000 to £174,999 | 2 | 1 |
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Includes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: 'The number of other employees whose remuneration, excluding pension contributions, exceeded £50,000'. Columns LCC non-schools staff, Schools and Total; counts are the Total column (4,290 in 2025/26; 3,250 in 2024/25). The 2025/26 table has an extra 'Redundancies' column (21 in total) printed beside the Total. Footnote: 'This table excludes staff in senior officer positions.' Top band combined as £145,000 to £174,999.
Source: Lancashire County Council, Statement of accounts 2025-26 - subject to audit (draft), PDF page 60 (printed page 55), Note 10. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24.
Councillors' allowances
£1,761,400 in 2025-26, down 1.6% on 2024-25 (£1,790,100), or £1.35 per resident. The median among the 4 other county councils collected so far is £1.22 per resident.
| Paid as | Total |
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| Basic allowances | £1,200,899 |
| Special responsibility allowances | £534,733 |
| Expenses | £21,231 |
| All | £1,756,864 |
The basic allowance for each councillor is £14,301 a year (2025-26).
From the accounts: "Allowances payable to Members 1,740.0 (2024/25 1,764.4); Expenses payable to Members 21.4 (25.7); Total 1,761.4 (1,790.1) £000" (PDF page 62 (printed page 57), Note 11)
Published allowances: Members and Co-opted Members Allowances 2025-26.
What this data does and doesn't show
- Every figure is as Lancashire County Council 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 county councils read so far; no national figure is published for England.
- Published 2025-26 Grand Total row: Basic Allowance 1,200,899; SRA 534,733; Subsistence 0; Public Transport 2,064; Mileage 19,067; Dependents' Carers Allowance 0; Expenses 100; Grand Total 1,756,864. 'expenses' is our sum of Public Transport, Mileage and Expenses (the printed columns differ from the Grand Total by £1 due to rounding). Scheme 2025-26: 'An annual Basic Allowance of £14,301* is payable to each councillor'; a 2026-27 scheme is also published (s286121).