Allowances for every Cheshire East Councillor has been published, including those from Macclesfield.

Councillors receive a basic allowance, and those who sit on special committees can get funds from a separate pot called special responsibility allowance.

There are also opportunities to claim for dependants' carers' allowances, travel and subsistence and co-optees' allowances.

Councillors narrowly voted to increase the basic allowance in recent years.

And on Wednesday, Cheshire East Council published the latest figures.

Across the full council, across all allowance opportunities, £1.32 million was given out by the council over the most recent full financial year.

Cheshire East Council said: "Cheshire East Council has published details of the allowances paid to elected members of the council. The figures published cover the financial year, from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

"They include the basic allowance, the special responsibility allowance, dependants' carers' allowances, travel and subsistence and co-optees' allowances. 

"These allowances represent a reimbursement for the time and personal costs incurred by elected members while carrying out their responsibilities on behalf of the council and the people of Cheshire East. 

"Cheshire East is a large unitary authority, with 82 elected members, and the total cost of allowances is proportionate and in line with most other unitary authorities in England."

This year has a higher number of people on the document than last.

This is because Cheshire East Council had elections during the last financial year (in May 2023, one year after the aforementioned period began).

This means that the document includes both councillors that stood down or were not re-elected in May 2023, and ones that were elected.

We have denoted those councillors that were inactive beyond May 2023 (AKA not representing Macclesfield from then, in ITALICS).

BOLD denotes a councillor resigned before their term ended.

So current serving local Cheshire East Councillors are not italicised.

In some instances, the basic allowance is slightly lower for councillors that were elected in May 2023, as they were not serving at the start of the financial year in April 2023.

The fountain outside Cheshire East Council HQ, Westfields, Sandbach. (Image - Macclesfield Nub News)

Macclesfield Cheshire East Council Allowance Figures 2023/24

Alift Harewood MBE (Macclesfield West & Ivy Ward, Labour) £1874 Basic Allowance only

Amanda Stott (Bollington, Independent) £1874 Basic Allowance, £1794 Special Responsibility Allowance, £105.75 Travel. Total £3747.

Ashley Farrall (Macclesfield Central, Labour) £13,351 Basic Allowance only

Brian Puddicombe (Macclesfield South, Labour) £13,351 Basic Allowance, £8360 Special Responsibility Allowance, £5.36 Expenses, £340.19 Travel, Total £22,057

Chris O'Leary (Sutton, Conservatives) £11,538 Basic Allowance, £385.25 Travel, Total £11,924

David Edwardes (Tytherington, Independent) £13,351 Basic Allowance, £8268 Special Responsibility Allowance, £76.08 Expenses, £659.97 Travel, £22,371 Total

Emma Gilman (Tytherington, Independent) £11,538 Basic Allowance, £31.32 Travel, £11,570 Total.

Fiona Wilson (Macclesfield South, Labour) £11,538 Basic Allowance, £3913 Special Responsibility Allowance, £358.55 Travel, £15,810 Total.

James Barber (Macclesfield Broken Cross and Upton, Labour) £1847 Basic Allowance only.

James Nicholas (Bollington, Independent) £1847 Basic Allowance, £1143 Special Responsibility Allowance, £71.91 Travel £3063

J Paul Findlow (Prestbury, Conservatives) £1847 Basic Allowance, £523.49 Travel, £2371 Total

Jos Saunders (Pott Shrigley and Poynton, Conservatives) £13,351 Basic Allowance, £31.20 Expenses, £541.17 Travel, £13,923 Total.

Judy Snowball (Broken Cross and Upton, Labour) £13,351 Basic Allowance, £5336 Special Responsibility Allowance, £16,874 Total.

Ken Edwards (Bollington, Labour) £11,538 Basic Allowance only.

Laura Jeuda MBE (Macclesfield South, Labour) £1295 Basic Allowance only.

Lesley Smetham (Gawsworth, Conservatives) £13,351 Basic Allowance, £598.68 Travel, £13,950 Total.

Liz Braithwaite (Macclesfield Central, Labour) £13,351 Basic Allowance only.

Lloyds Roberts (Tytherington, Independent) £262 Basic Allowance only.

Mary Brooks (Macclesfield West and Ivy, Labour) £11,538 Basic Allowance, £178.15 Travel, £11,716 Total.

Michael Beanland (Poynton and Adlington, Conservatives) £13,351 Basic Allowance, £6804 Special Responsibility Allowance, £62.40 Expenses, £654.80 Travel, £20,872 Total.

Mick Warren (Macclesfield East, Independent) £13,351 Basic Allowance, £12,970 Special Responsibility Allowance, £5 Expenses, £738.90 Travel, £27,065 Total.

Mike Sewart (Poynton and Adlington, Conservatives) £13,351 Basic Allowance, £93.60 Expenses, £317.25 Travel, £13,762 Total.

Nick Mannion (Macclesfield West and Ivy, Labour) £13,351 Basic Allowance, £12,970 Special Responsibility Allowance, £150,

Rob Vernon (Macclesfield Broken Cross and Upton, Labour) £13,351 Basic Allowance only.

Sarah Bennett-Wake (Macclesfield Hurdsfield, Labour) £11,538 Basic Allowance, £48.33 Travel, £11,587

Cheshire East Council is set to leave their Westfields HQ, in a bid to help balance the books.

We have only included councillors from the areas Macclesfield Nub News covers. To view the full document, please click HERE.