# Westminster: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/westminster/ 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) # Westminster: 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, Westminster reports total remuneration of **£287,121** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), **100** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£1,136,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £287,121Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 100Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £1,136,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £10,846Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£287,121** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. That is down 1.4% on 2024-25 (£291,218). The median among the 2 other London boroughs collected so far is £267,957. From the accounts: Chief Executive - S Love. 2025/26: salary, fees and allowances 245,823; pension 41,298; total 287,121. 2024/25: salary 238,200; pension 40,018; election expenses 13,000; total 291,218. Total excluding pension is not printed. PDF pages 67 and 69, Note 10a ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 1,717 employees in 2025-26, up 11.3% on 2024-25 (1,543). 100 were paid £100,000 or more, 47.1 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 5 other London boroughs collected so far is 21.8 per 100,000. | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 429 | 444 | | 2024-25444 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 321 | 283 | | 2024-25283 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 221 | 255 | | 2024-25255 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 259 | 155 | | 2024-25155 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 138 | 149 | | 2024-25149 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 103 | 45 | | 2024-2545 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 44 | 35 | | 2024-2535 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 39 | 45 | | 2024-2545 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 38 | 31 | | 2024-2531 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 25 | 24 | | 2024-2524 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 31 | 24 | | 2024-2524 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 23 | 11 | | 2024-2511 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 9 | 7 | | 2024-257 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 7 | 6 | | 2024-256 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 5 | 6 | | 2024-256 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 3 | 8 | | 2024-258 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 6 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £135,000 to £139,999Details | 4 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £140,000 to £144,999Details | 5 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £145,000 to £149,999Details | 2 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £150,000 to £154,999Details | 5 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: Note 10b 'Other Employees with Remuneration over £50,000': 'The Council's other employees receiving more than £50,000 remuneration for the year (excluding employer's pension contributions)'. Totals 1,717 (2025/26) and 1,543 (2024/25). Footnote: 'For 2025/26: Five employees had remuneration (basis for Note 10b) of more than £150K but their salaries (basis for Note 10a) are less than £150K. Therefore, persons are included in £150K or above in the banding note but excluded from the senior officer's remuneration note.' The note does not say whether school staff are included. Source: Westminster, [Annual Accounts 2025/2026 (annual draft accounts 2025-26)](https://www.westminster.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/documents/annual-draft-accounts-2025-26.pdf) (draft), PDF page 71, Note 10b. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £1,136,000 in 2025-26, up 3.4% on 2024-25 (£1,099,000), or £5.35 per resident. The median among the 5 other London boroughs collected so far is £3.51 per resident. | Paid as | Total | | --- | --- | | Basic allowances | £593,235 | | Special responsibility allowances | £537,139 | | Expenses | not printed | | All | £1,129,970 | The basic allowance for each councillor is £10,846 a year (2025-26). From the accounts: "The Council paid allowances to its members of £1.136m in 2025/26 (£1.099m in 2024/25). Allowances 1,136 (1,099); Expenses - (-) £'000" (PDF page 73, Note 10e) Published allowances: [Members Allowances Paid: 2025-2026](https://www.westminster.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/documents/members-allowances-paid-2025-26.pdf). ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Westminster 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. - Published 2025-2026 list (54 members; columns Basic, Special Responsibility, Overall Annual Total) prints no totals; figures are our column sums. In one row the printed Overall Annual Total is £404.20 less than Basic plus SRA; the printed total is used. No expenses column is published. The 2025/26 scheme states 'A Basic Allowance of £10,846 pa from 1 April 2025 will be paid to every' member; the paid list shows 11,193.12 basic for a full year, which the documents read do not reconcile (the accounts mention a 2.5% increase in line with the NJC staff award). ## 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). 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