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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 |
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£50,000 to £54,999Details for £50,000 to £54,999 | 429 | 444 |
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£55,000 to £59,999Details for £55,000 to £59,999 | 321 | 283 |
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£60,000 to £64,999Details for £60,000 to £64,999 | 221 | 255 |
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£65,000 to £69,999Details for £65,000 to £69,999 | 259 | 155 |
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£70,000 to £74,999Details for £70,000 to £74,999 | 138 | 149 |
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£75,000 to £79,999Details for £75,000 to £79,999 | 103 | 45 |
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£80,000 to £84,999Details for £80,000 to £84,999 | 44 | 35 |
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£85,000 to £89,999Details for £85,000 to £89,999 | 39 | 45 |
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£90,000 to £94,999Details for £90,000 to £94,999 | 38 | 31 |
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£95,000 to £99,999Details for £95,000 to £99,999 | 25 | 24 |
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£100,000 to £104,999Details for £100,000 to £104,999 | 31 | 24 |
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£105,000 to £109,999Details for £105,000 to £109,999 | 23 | 11 |
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£110,000 to £114,999Details for £110,000 to £114,999 | 9 | 7 |
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£115,000 to £119,999Details for £115,000 to £119,999 | 7 | 6 |
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£120,000 to £124,999Details for £120,000 to £124,999 | 5 | 6 |
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£125,000 to £129,999Details for £125,000 to £129,999 | 3 | 8 |
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£130,000 to £134,999Details for £130,000 to £134,999 | 6 | 4 |
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£135,000 to £139,999Details for £135,000 to £139,999 | 4 | 5 |
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£140,000 to £144,999Details for £140,000 to £144,999 | 5 | 1 |
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£145,000 to £149,999Details for £145,000 to £149,999 | 2 | 4 |
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£150,000 to £154,999Details for £150,000 to £154,999 | 5 | 1 |
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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) (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.
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).