Sheffield City Council Non-executive Elected Member Workload
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                   J.G.Harston - 18-Jan-2002

This is a comparison of work done by non-executive elected members based on
the number of major  council bodies they sit on.  All elected members are
paid a base allowance. Some members are paid  an additional allowance for
specific posts such as chairs of major bodies, opposition  spokespeople and
cabinet assistants.  An implicit assumption that arises out of paying all 
members the same base allowance is that all members perform work of the same
value to the council  for the work they do other than for those posts with a
specific additional payment.

For this comparision, the major council bodies are those where chairing it
receives a additional  payment, viz: Statutory Boards and Scrutiny Boards. 
Statutory Boards (eg Planning) perform the  important quasi-legal functions
of the council, and the Scrutiny Boards examine the executive.   All members
are a member of an Area Panel that covers their ward by virtue of them being
elected  members, so all members do start from a base of membership one
other body.


Elected Members Membership of Council Bodies, all Political Groups
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Bodies                Number
                                  
4+Chair/SA            : 1 *
4                     : 5 *****
3+Chair/SA            : 3 ***
3+Deputy/OppSpokes    : 2 **
3                     : 9 *********
2+Chair/SA            : 4 ****
2+Deputy/OppSpokes    : 1 *
2.5                   : 3 ***
2                     :12 ************
1+Chair/SA+Chair/SA   : 3 ***
1+Chair/SA+Deputy/Opp : 2 **
1+Chair/SA            : 1 *
1+Deputy/OppSpo       : 6 ******
1.5                   : 2 **
1                     :15 ***************
0+Chair/SA            : 2 **
0+Deputy/OppSpokes    : 4 ****
0                     : 1 *
TOTAL                  76
Notes:
76+Cabinet+LordMayor=87. The 0.5 positions are the membership of the
Education and Social Services Scutiny Board where the members attend for
Education matters only.  These posts are marked as '+' in the later tables.

Posts such as Chairs, etc. receive an additional payment, so the following
table shows workload  that by implication is paid for by the base allowance
that all councillors receive, not that work that by implication is paid for
by the additional allowances.

Elected Members Membership of Council Bodies, all Political Groups
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Bodies             Number

5                  : 1 *
4                  : 5 *****
3                  :19 *******************
2                  :18 ***************+++
1                  :26 ************************++
0                  : 2 **
TOTAL               76


It becomes interesting when the data is examined and compared by political
group.

Elected Members Membership of Council Bodies by Political Group
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Bodies             Number                Number                Number
                   LibDems               Labour                Others
5                   : 1 *                 : 0
4                   : 4 ****              : 1 *
3                   :15 ***************   : 4 ****
2                   : 5 **+++             :13 *************
1                   : 5 ***++             :17 ***************** : 4 ****
0                   : 1 *                 : 1 *
TOTAL                36                    36                     4