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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who Is The Greediest Of Them All?…..

Let the figures speak for themselves!

Greed by Individual Councillor 2009-10
Rank	Name	2009-10		Ward	Up Next Year
1	Roger Stone	£45,407.72		Silverwood	Yes
2	Terry Sharman	£34,062.38		Wingfield	Yes
3	Richard Russell	£29,127.27		Hoober	No
4	Gerald Smith	£28,730.15		Holderness	No
5	Mahroof Hussain	£28,670.90		Boston Castle	No
6	Glyn Whelbourn	£28,662.08		Rawmarsh	No
7	Shaun Wright	£28,624.15		Rawmarsh	No
8	Jahangir Akhtar	£28,622.08		Rotherham West	No
9	Ken Wyatt	£28,597.44		Swinton	No
10	Iain StJohn	£26,707.84		Anston & Woodsetts	Yes
11	John Doyle	£26,608.20		Swinton	Yes
12	Dave Pickering	£23,292.72		Valley	No
13	Ann Russell	£23,268.91		Silverwood	No
14	Rose McNeely	£23,186.91		Boston Castle	No
15	Jane Austen	£23,183.41		Holderness	Yes
	Georgina Boyes	£23,183.41		Rother Vale	No
17	Alex Sangster	£23,182.96		Wath	Yes
	John Gilding	£23,182.96		Sitwell	Yes
19	Hilda Jack	£23,180.04		Holderness	No
	Peter Wooton	£23,180.04		Boston Castle	Yes
21	Barry Dodson	£17,821.29		Rotherham East	Yes
22	John Swift	£17,746.45		Rother Vale	Yes
23	Lindsay Johnston	£17,734.79		Wingfield	No
	Paul Lakin	£17,734.79		Valley	Yes
	Jennifer Whysall	£17,734.79		Wales	No
26	Alan Atkin	£17,064.05		Wath	No
	JRA Turner	£17,064.05		Hellaby	No
28	Maurice Kirk	£14,366.66		Rotherham East	No
	Amy Rushforth	£14,366.66		Maltby	No
30	Frank Hodgkiss	£14,191.06		Hoober	No
31	Josephine Burton	£13,974.74		Anston & Woodsetts	No
32	Reg Littleboy	£13,882.84		Brinsworth & Catcliffe	Yes
33	Shaukat Ali	£13,735.60		Rotherham East	No
34	Pat Russell	£13,640.64		Silverwood	No
35	Ian Barron	£13,596.78		Keppel	No
36	Sheila Walker	£13,588.84		Keppel	No
37	Barry Kaye	£13,570.24		Keppel	Yes
38	Jacqueline Falvey	£13,558.84		Dinnington	No
	Alan Gosling	£13,558.84		Wath	No
	Jane Hamilton	£13,558.84		Hoober	Yes
	Jane Havenhand	£13,558.84		Dinnington	Yes
42	Fred Wright	£13,558.40		Brinsworth & Catcliffe	No
43	Simon Currie	£13,404.13		Valley	No
	Keith Goulty	£13,404.13		Wingfield	No
45	Simon Tweed	£13,400.75		Dinnington	No
46	Chris McMahon	£12,952.16		Wickersley	No
47	Neil License	£12,772.58		Swinton	No
48	Kath Sims	£12,457.87		Rotherham West	No
49	T Fenoughty	£12,412.54		Wales	No
50	Michael Clarke	£12,306.98		Sitwell	Dec
	Brian Cutts	£12,306.98		Hellaby	Yes
	Lynda Donaldson	£12,306.98		Hellaby	No
	John Foden	£12,306.98		Rotherham West	Yes
	Neil Hamilton	£12,306.98		Rawmarsh	Yes
	Tony Mannion	£12,306.98		Sitwell	No
	G Nightingale	£12,306.98		Rother Vale	No
	G Sharp	£12,306.98		Wales	Yes
	Ben Slade	£12,306.98		Maltby	Yes
	Peter Thirlwall	£12,306.98		Wickersley	Yes
60	Will Blair	£12,303.59		Maltby	No
	John Gamble	£12,303.59		Brinsworth & Catcliffe	No
	Darren Hughes	£12,303.59		Anston & Woodsetts	No
	Martyn Parker	£12,303.59		Boston Castle	No

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Councillor Greed by Ward 2009-2010.
Ward totals in descending order.
Ward	Total	Rank
Silverwood	£82,317.27	1
Holderness	£75,093.60	2
Boston Castle	£75,037.85	3
Rawmarsh	£69,593.21	4
Swinton	£67,978.22	5
Wingfield	£65,201.13	6
Hoober	£56,877.17	7
Valley	£54,431.64	8
Wath	£53,804.30	9
Rotherham West	£53,386.93	10
Rother Vale	£53,236.84	11
Anston & Woodsetts	£52,986.17	12
Sitwell	£47,796.88	13
Rotherham East	£45,923.55	14
Wales	£42,454.31	15
Hellaby	£41,681.01	16
Keppel	£40,755.86	17
Dinnington	£40,518.43	18
Brinsworth & Catcliffe	£39,744.83	19
Maltby	£38,977.23	20
Wickersley	£37,562.73	21

Extracted from: http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/download/3675/members_allowances_and_expenses_2009-10