Councillor vote for pay rise

Yesterday Cornwall Councillors voted to give themselves a pay rise of 25%. This is a shocking situation where Councillors are force to vote on there own income, but that is what the law says must happen. What I found most interesting about this vote though is how the different groups voted (on what was a free vote). This is possibly the only poll you will ever see Labour top in Cornwall..

How each group voted on the question of increasing their own money:

Labour 100% in favour
Mebyon Kernow 75% in favour
"Independants" 73% in favour
Conservatives 50% in favour
Liberal Democrat 50% in favour

So as you can see the Lib Dems and the Tories where split down the middle. The Independants, MK and Labour were heavily in favour of raising their own wages.

For the record, I did not vote for this increase.