Member allowances and expenses
In accordance with the Local Authorities (members allowances) (England) Regulations 2003, the council is required to publish details of any basic and special responsibility allowances paid to councillors for the previous financial year, along with details of the allowances scheme which applied at that time. This statutory notice also includes details of subsistence, travel and carer's allowance.
All councillors receive a basic allowance based on guidance decided by pan-London group London Councils of £12,021 per annum.
Councillors who take on extra roles are also entitled to a Special Responsibility Allowance (SRA). The SRAs are in seven bands and range from £3,144 for roles including deputy leader of the opposition, to £56,775 which is paid to the Leader of the Council.
These payments are published annually and you can view them below:
- members' allowances 2022-23 - individual figures (PDF, 451kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2022-23 (PDF, 682kb)
- members' allowances 2021-22 - individual figures (PDF, 134kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2021-22 (PDF, 245kb)
- members' allowances 2020-21 - individual figures (PDF, 68kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2020-21 (PDF, 105kb)
- members' allowances 2019-20 - individual figures (PDF, 16kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2019-20 (PDF, 102kb)
- members' allowances 2018-19 - individual figures (PDF, 28kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2018-19 (PDF, 98kb)
- members' allowances 2017-18 – individual figures (PDF, 14kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2017-18 (PDF, 157kb)
- members' allowances 2016-17 – individual figures (PDF, 11kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2016-17 (PDF, 53kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2015-16 (PDF, 863kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2014-15 (PDF, 848kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2013-14 (PDF, 1.1mb)
- members' allowances scheme 2012-13 (PDF, 27kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2011-12 (PDF, 47kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2010-11 (PDF, 15kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2009-10 (PDF, 30kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2008-09 (PDF, 382kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2007-08 (PDF, 423kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2006-07 (PDF, 279kb)
- members' allowances scheme 2005-06 (PDF, 262kb)
Full details of the allowance scheme can be found in the council's constitution.
For more information, email constitutional.team@southwark.gov.uk.
Page last updated: 10 May 2024