# Tower Hamlets: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/tower-hamlets/ 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) # Tower Hamlets: 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, Tower Hamlets reports total remuneration of **£286,502** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), **73** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£993,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £286,502Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 73Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £993,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£286,502** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. That is down 1.4% on 2024-25 (£290,645). The median among the 2 other London boroughs collected so far is £268,267. From the accounts: Mr S Halsey - Chief Executive. 2025/26: salary, fees and allowances (permanent) 243,114; pension contribution 43,388; total 286,502. 2024/25: 246,699; 43,946; 290,645. The salary column is marked 'inclusive of oncosts and agency fees where applicable'. Total excluding pension is not printed. PDF pages 85-86 (printed pages 84-85), Note 30 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 2,741 employees in 2025-26, up 10.7% on 2024-25 (2,476). 73 were paid £100,000 or more, 21.8 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 5 other London boroughs collected so far is 33.2 per 100,000. | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 703 | 674 | | 2024-25674 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 624 | 632 | | 2024-25632 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 520 | 469 | | 2024-25469 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 328 | 242 | | 2024-25242 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 174 | 149 | | 2024-25149 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 140 | 86 | | 2024-2586 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 46 | 55 | | 2024-2555 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 57 | 52 | | 2024-2552 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 57 | 35 | | 2024-2535 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 19 | 22 | | 2024-2522 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 17 | 11 | | 2024-2511 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 7 | 13 | | 2024-2513 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 12 | 9 | | 2024-259 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 7 | 8 | | 2024-258 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 7 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 8 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 4 | 7 | | 2024-257 | | | | £135,000 to £139,999Details | 5 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £140,000 to £144,999Details | 5 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £145,000 to £149,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £150,000 to £154,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: 'Numbers of the Council's other employees receiving more than £50,000 remuneration for the year (excluding employer's pension contribution) ... only officers whose full remuneration is reflected in the preceding Senior Employees note have been excluded'; includes compensation for loss of office. Totals 2,741 (2025/26) and 2,476 (2024/25). The note does not say whether school staff are included. Dashes recorded as 0. Source: Tower Hamlets, [London Borough of Tower Hamlets Draft Annual Financial Report 2025/26 Unaudited](https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Finance/Draft-SoA-2026.pdf) (draft), PDF page 87 (printed page 86), Note 30. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £993,000 in 2025-26, up 0.3% on 2024-25 (£990,000), or £2.97 per resident. The median among the 5 other London boroughs collected so far is £5.35 per resident. From the accounts: "The Council paid the following amounts to Members of the council during the year. Allowances 993 (2024/25 990); Total 993 (990) £'000" (PDF page 84 (printed page 83), Note 29) Published allowances: . ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Tower Hamlets 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 London boroughs read so far; no national figure is published for England. - The Council report 'Member Allowances Scheme for 2025/26' (26 February 2025) read here refers to 'the Basic Member Allowance from £11,898' and the IRP-recommended £15,960 but the extracted text does not state the adopted 2025/26 amount (press reports give £12,792, not used). 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