Cambridgeshire mayor to receive £93,000 salary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) mayor Paul Bristow will have an annual salary of £93,000.

The former Conservative Peterborough MP was elected as the new CPCA mayor in May, taking over from Labour’s Dr Nik Johnson.

The mayor makes important decisions for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, particularly around transport, and provides a single, clear point of accountability.

Mr Bristow is responsible for a £20million annual budget, as well as having devolved powers to spend up to £800million on local housing, infrastructure and jobs.

He also chairs a combined authority board, which includes representatives of the region’s seven constituent councils, as well as a funding committee and staffing committee.

During his first CPCA board meeting on Wednesday, members agreed to the recommendations of an Independent Remuneration Panel, which determined Mr Bristow’s salary and members’ allowances.

These included:

CPCA Mayor – salary of £93,000 (up from £91,699 last year);

Constituent council appointees to the CPCA Overview and Scrutiny Committee – allowances of £2,176;

Chair of the CPCA Overview and Scrutiny Committee – allowance of £5,900;

Vice-chair of the CPCA Overview and Scrutiny Committee – allowance of £2,950;

Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Working Groups – no allowance;

Three rapporteurs appointed by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee – allowances of £2,611;

Constituent Council appointees to the CPCA Audit and Governance Committee – allowances of £2,176;

Independent Member appointed to the Audit and Governance Committee – allowance of £3,068;

Independent Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee – allowance of £5,900;

Vice-chair of the Audit and Governance Committee – allowance of £2,950.

The report of the Independent Remuneration Panel noted that an MP’s salary was £91,346 in 2024/25, but deemed it was no longer appropriate to utilise an MP’s salary as a reference point.

It instead decided that a more relevant reference point was the median average paid to all combined authority mayors (£93,000).