Councillors - Councillors' allowances & expenses

The Local Government (Allowances and Expenses) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 provide the basis of the payment of allowances and expenses to our members who are elected at an ordinary election or by-election, and for the duration of their service in the office of councillor.

April 2023 - March 2024

A summary of Falkirk councillors’ allowance and expenses

Name	Designation	Salary	Expenses¹	Total
David Aitchison	C	£20,099.00	NIL	£20,099.00
Margaret Anslow	C	£20,099.00	NIL	£20,099.00
David Balfour	SC 3	£22,586.00	NIL	£22,586.00
Lorna Binnie	SC 3	£22,586.00	£547.89	£23,133.89
Robert Bissett	CH	£30,154.00	£563.57	£30,717.57
Gary Bouse	SC 1	£26,943.00	NIL	£26,943.00
Claire Mackie Brown	C	£20,099.00	NIL	£20,099.00
William Buchanan	SC 2	£24,149.00	£191.56	£24,340.56
James Bundy	C	£20,099.00	NIL	£20,099.00
Fiona Collie	SC 1	£26,943.00	NIL	£26,943.00
Bryan Deakin	SC1	£26,943.00	NIL	£26,943.00
Stacey Devine	SC 1	£26,943.00	NIL	£26,943.00
Gordon Forrest	C	£20,099.00	844.14	£20,943.14
Jim Flynn	C	£20,099.00	£702.31	£20,099.00
Paul Garner	SC 1	£26,943.00	NIL	£26,943.00
Anne Hannah	SC 2	£24,149.00	NIL	£24,149.00
Alf Kelly	C	£20,099.00	NIL	£20,099.00
James Kerr	SC 3	£22,586.00	NIL	£22,586.00
Brian McCabe	C	£20,099.00	£467.10	£20,566.10
Cecil Meiklejohn	L	£40,205.00	£84.60	£40,289.60
Laura Murtagh	C	£20,403.22	£61.26	£20,464.48
Alan Nimmo	SC (JB)	£25,128.00	£275.89	£25,403.89
Siobhan Paterson	C	£20,099.00	NIL	£20,099.00
Sarah Patrick	C	£20,099.00	NIL	£20,099.00
Jack Redmond	C	£20,099.00	NIL	£20,099.00
Jim Robertson	C	£20,099.00	NIL	£20,099.00
Ann Ritchie	C	£20,099.00	NIL	£20,099.00
Iain Sinclair	SC 1	£26,943.00	£26.80	£26,969.80
Robert Spears	C	£20,099.00	£184.05	£20,099.00
Euan Stainbank	SC 2	£24,149.00	NIL	£24,149.00

¹ A detailed breakdown of expenses (travel, subsistence, ICT, and other expenses) claimed can be found in the download section.

Notes

Under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007 as amended, there are four levels of remuneration payments for councillors, covering the following positions:

Civic Head (Provost) (CH)
Leader of Council (L)
Senior Councillors (SC), and
Councillors (C)

Except for Senior Councillors, the level of remuneration is set in the Regulations. Councils have a degree of discretion in setting the number of, and remuneration for, Senior Councillors within certain parameters. Falkirk Council has set 3 levels for Senior Councillors.

SC 1: £26,943

Portfolio Holders

SC 2: £24,149

Conveners of Planning, Civic Licensing and Licensing Board
Leader of Labour Group

SC 3: £22,586

Depute Provost, Convener of Pensions
Leader of Conservative Group

A summary of expenses met by the Council

Name	Designation	Travel	Other	Total
David Aitchison	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Margaret Anslow	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
David Balfour	SC 3	£432.46	NIL	£432.46
Lorna Binnie	SC 3	NIL	NIL	NIL
Robert Bissett	CH	£1,477.51	NIL	£1,477.51
Gary Bouse	SC 1	NIL	NIL	NIL
Claire Mackie Brown	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
William Buchanan	SC 2	£90.69	NIL	£90.69
James Bundy	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Fiona Collie	SC 1	NIL	NIL	NIL
Bryan Deakin	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Stacey Devine	SC 1	NIL	NIL	NIL
Gordon Forrest	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Jim Flynn	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Paul Garner	SC 1	NIL	NIL	NIL
Anne Hannah	SC 2	NIL	NIL	NIL
Alf Kelly	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
James Kerr	SC 3	NIL	NIL	NIL
Brian McCabe	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Cecil Meiklejohn	L	£427.83	NIL	£427.83
Laura Murtagh	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Alan Nimmo	SC (JB)	NIL	NIL	NIL
Siobhan Paterson	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Sarah Patrick	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Jack Redmond	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Jim Robertson	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Ann Ritchie	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Iain Sinclair	SC 1	NIL	NIL	NIL
Robert Spears	C	NIL	NIL	NIL
Euan Stainbank	SC 2	NIL	NIL	NIL
Subtotal		£2,428.49	NIL	£2,428.49
Civic Officer & Vehicle		£2,307.96	NIL	£2,307.96
Total		£4,736.45	NIL	£4,736.45

Notes

Falkirk Council has one civic vehicle for use by councillors in undertaking their approved duties, where considered appropriate. The amount reported includes estimated running cost of the civic vehicle, together with a proportionate allocation of Civic Officer salary cost for the undertaking of civic and approved duties.

For further information visit Councillors' roles, conduct and pay.

Previous years

Disaggregated data on councillors’ allowances and expenses from previous years is available for download.

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Downloads: Councillors expenses 2023 - 2024
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Downloads: Councillors expenses 2022 - 2023
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Downloads: Councillors expenses 2021- 2022
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Downloads: Councillors expenses 2020 - 2021
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Downloads: Councillors expenses 2019 - 2020
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Downloads: Councillors expenses 2018 - 2019
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Downloads: Councillors expenses 2017 - 2018
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Downloads: Councillors expenses 2016 - 2017
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