The Datum Report

Occupation 1112 · Managers, directors and senior officials

Elected officers and representatives

Elected representatives in national government formulate and ratify legislation and government policy, act as elected representatives in Parliament, Regional Parliaments or Assemblies, and as representatives of the government and its executive. Elected officers in local government act as representatives in the local authority and participate in the formulation, ratification and implementation of local government policies.

How people enter it

Entry is by election.

What the work involves

Also called

Councillor (local government) · Member of Parliament

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
1112 : Elected officers and representatives None None 2026-03 10,400.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1112 : Elected officers and representatives None None 2026-03 11,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1112 : Elected officers and representatives None None 2026-03 12,400.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1112 : Elected officers and representatives None None 2026-03 — ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
Not published: Estimate and confidence interval not available since the group sample size is zero or disclosive (0-2)
1112 : Elected officers and representatives None None 2026-03 1,100.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1112 : Elected officers and representatives None None 2026-03 12,400.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1112 : Elected officers and representatives None None 2026-03 800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

RegionMeasureHoursValuePeriod
East 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None 1,800.00 2026-03
East Midlands 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None 600.00 2026-03
London 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None 2,800.00 2026-03
North East 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None withheld 2026-03
North West 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None withheld 2026-03
Northern Ireland 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None withheld 2026-03
Scotland 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None 1,100.00 2026-03
South East 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None 2,800.00 2026-03
South West 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None 700.00 2026-03
Wales 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None 800.00 2026-03
West Midlands 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None 800.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 1112 : Elected officers and representatives None withheld 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for elected officers and representatives vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 8 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Chief executives and senior officials