A proposal put to a meeting of Cambridgeshire County Council by Lib Dem Peter Downes called for there to be no rises before April 2013 at the earliest.
But Conservative Councillors, who controversially voted themselves a 25 per cent pay rise last month, voted the Lib Dem proposal down
“We need to reassure the public that councillors won’t vote themselves a pay rise at a time when services are being cut and staff are being made redundant,” said Cllr Downes.
Lib Dem Leader Kilian Bourke said: "The Conservatives made a mistake in voting the increase through and it is a relief that it was scrapped, but another review will have to take place soon. We wanted to commit in advance to not accepting any increase until 2013 at the earliest.
"Councillors should not be giving themselves pay rises at a time of wage freezes and redundancies."
A report about raising allowances will be coming to a council meeting in early 2012.
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