BASIC ALLOWANCES – COMPARATOR INFORMATION FOR 2024/25

Authority	Basic Allowance £	Number of Cllrs	Rural/ Urban	Population	Population per Cllr	Total area (sq miles)	Average area covered by each Cllr
Birmingham	18,876.00	101	U	1,144,900	11,335	103.40	1.02
Leeds	17,902.65	99	U	811,953	8,202	213.01	2.15
Cornwall	16,377.99	87	R	570,305	6,555	1369.12	15.74
North Yorkshire	17,000.00	90	R	615,491	6,839	3103.49	34.48
Sheffield	16,464.33	84	U	556,521	6,625	142.05	1.69
Wiltshire	15,869.00	98	R	510,330	5,207	1256.76	12.82
Dorset	14,689.09	82	R	379,579	4,629	961.78	11.73
North Northamptonshire	12,500.00	78	R	359,522	4,609	531.66	6.82
East Riding	13,765.00	67	R	342,215	5,108	1234.37	18.42
Buckinghamshire	13,525.00	147	R	553,078	3,762	604.25	4.11
Bradford	13,463.00	90	U	546,412	6,071	141.47	1.57
Northumberland	13,329.00	67	R	320,567	4,785	1935.53	28.89
Durham	13,300.00	126	R	522,068	4,143	859.46	6.82
Cheshire West and Chester	14,453.00	70	R	357,150	5,102	353.94	5.06
Cheshire East	12,851.00	82	R	398,772	4,863	450.20	5.49
Shropshire	12,000.00	74	R	323,606	4,373	929.73	12.56
Central Bedfordshire	13,203.12	63	R	294,252	4,671	276.33	4.39
Bedford	11,080.00	40	U	185,225	4,631	183.94	4.60
Average	14,406.78	86		480,968	5,569	679	8.46
NYC % of average	118%	105%		128%	123%	457%	407%