Elections     

Councillors are elected for four years. We have 46 councillors over 16 wards - three per ward except for Mapledurham which has one.

 Poster of current Councillors [456kb]

Responsibilities

Councillors:

• follow a  code of conduct [58kb]
• represent their ward constituents and campaign on local issues
• make decisions at council and committee meetings
• support local organisations and develop links with the community

Contact/complaints

See our councillor profiles for contact details. See our complaints page if you have a complaint about a councillor. 

Councillor allowances

Councillors do not get a wage, but they can claim expenses to cover the costs of their public duties. For details of the last three years of allowances, see:

•  allowances 2016-2017 [38kb]
•  allowances 2015-2016 [34kb]
•  allowances 2014-2015 [41kb]

Political composition