Being a Councillor in Glasgow

As part of its work in relation to the Draft Local Governance (Scotland) Bill, the Scottish Executive is currently undertaking a review of Councillors' remuneration. To this end, it has established a Councillors' Remuneration Progress Group charged with establishing future remuneration, among other issues. To help inform the deliberation of the Progress Group, Glasgow City Council has undertaken a programme of research among current Members. The research comprises three main components:

• A diary exercise in which Councillors were asked to log their time commitments and activities over a three week period.
• A series of depth interviews among a selection of Councillors, exploring in detail issues relating to working hours and remuneration.
• A series of questions on attitudes towards Councillors in the Autumn 2003 Glasgow Panel Survey.
• The diary exercise was designed and conducted by Glasgow City Council, with MORI assuming a consultative role. The depth interviews and panel survey were conducted by MORI.

The reports for each element are provided here:

• Report on Diary Exercise -- pdf document, 163K
• Report on Qualitative Study -- pdf document, 83K