English Parliament, 650 less Scottish, Welsh & Sinn Fein so 596
England Population, 55.98 million
Number of people per MP: 93,926
Scottish Parliament, 129 MSPS
Scotland Population, 5.454 million
Number of people per MP: 42,279
Scotland’s top 10 best paid for 2019/20 (figure includes bonuses, expenses, salary, pension)
- 1 - Richard Hall, ex-managing director at Lothian Buses (Edinburgh CC) — £340,553
- 2 - Peter Duthie, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Event Campus Ltd (Glasgow CC) — £269,307
- 3 - Annemarie O’Donnell, Chief Executive of Glasgow City Council — £263,934
- 4 - Steve Grimmond, Chief Executive of Fife Council — £201,571
- 5 - Donna Manson, Chief Executive of Highland Council — £199,604
- 6 - William McFadyen, Director of Finance and Development, Scottish Event Campus Ltd (Glasgow CC) — £199,142
- 7 - Desmond Murray, Chief Executive of North Lanarkshire Council — £197,998
- 8 - Lee Harrison, General Manager of Edinburgh Trams (Edinburgh CC) — £194,123
- 9 - Alistair Gaw, Executive Director of Communities and Families at Edinburgh CC — £193,417
- 10 - Paul Lawrence, Executive Director of Place at Edinburgh CC — £193,417
Some of these are bigger than the Chief Exec of the NHS and they all earn more than the PM. Living in a dream world up here.