Public documents reveal that the highest paid council officers in the county are the Chief Executive Officers of Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council. Amounts for Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council officers are the salary before the inclusion of their pension. Andrew Seekings, Chief Executive Officer of Cumberland Council. (Image: Cumberland Council)Chief Executive Officer of Westmorland & Furness Council, Miranda Cannon. "Grades and salary levels for the chief executive, chief officer and other senior leadership posts are carefully scrutinised subject to national benchmarking and are approved and agreed in an open and transparent way."