Frank Adlington-Stringer, the Green Party candidate for East Midlands Mayor, will only accept the average wage as your Mayor. The role is anticipated to have a pay package of around £80,000 but Frank has promised to stand alongside the community by taking the average salary and donating the rest to local causes.
The Conservatives candidate, Ben Bradley, has sparked controversy for standing for election for another taxpayer funded role despite already being a County Councillor, Leader of the Council and Member of Parliament. His participation in the race for a fourth role – East Midlands Mayor – has raised many questions about whether Ben Bradley will be ready to do the job from day one.
Frank Adlington-Stringer is the only Green Councillor in North East Derbyshire and has said, “I have always published my Council payslips (roughly £650 a month) online and I will continue to do so as Mayor. We are in a cost of living crisis and 14 years of Tory austerity has decimated our communities. I would not feel comfortable earning more than double the average worker’s salary in a taxpayer funded role”.
Ben Bradley (Conservative) has now publicly stated that if elected as Mayor, he will not immediately resign as a Member of Parliament and will instead wait for a General Election to be held. This means that a Conservative Mayor will be juggling multiple full time jobs until January 2025 at the very latest.
Frank criticised the Conservative candidate for taking such an approach, “I have questioned Ben Bradley publicly about this on multiple occasions as I think it is completely unacceptable to hold two taxpayer funded, full time roles at the same time. It erodes public trust.”
“My council work is essentially voluntary at £650 a month, but Ben Bradley could be taking home well over £170,000 with Members of Parliament being given a pay rise to over £90,000 and the Mayor earning around £80,000. To me, that is wrong and simply should not be allowed.”
By donating the entirety of his Council salary (£650 a month) to local projects in Wingerworth, the ward he represents, and donating the Mayoral salary above the average income to charities in the East Midlands, Frank is hoping to set a new standard for those holding public office. “It only takes one of us”, he said. “By donating my earnings, I am immediately raising the bar for all politicians whilst demonstrating to the public that a different kind of politics really is possible”.
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