A proposal to limit pay increases for all councillors bar the council leader and Provost to a national minimum of just over £500 has been rejected by vote at a meeting of West Lothian Council Executive.
Depute SNP group leader Councillor Robert De Bold argued that senior councillors - the 12 who hold elected posts as committee chairs or serve on boards - should not get additional payments, reflecting the tough economic conditions faced across the country.
Councillors pay, officially known as The Scheme of Elected Members Remuneration, Allowances and Reimbursement of Expenses, sets what a councillor earns over the course of a year.
