Cornwall Council (24 001 597)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 11-Jun-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about the Council's refusal to investigate her complaint about a councillor’s conduct. There is insufficient evidence of fault to warrant an investigation.

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (23 018 270)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 11-Jun-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to follow its complaint procedure. Part of the complaint is late, and we have seen no reason to investigate the late issues now. There is not enough evidence of fault in the way the Council considered a complaint that councillors had breached the code of conduct. Finally, we do not consider the complainant has suffered sufficient personal injustice from a failure to follow the complaint procedure alone to justify an investigation.

Mid Suffolk District Council (24 001 664)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 10-Jun-2024

Summary: We will not investigate how the Council dealt with Mr X’s complaint about a parish council as there is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council and we cannot achieve the outcome Mr X seeks.

Liverpool City Council (24 001 430)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 09-Jun-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a complaint about a councillor’s conduct. There is no evidence of fault by the Council, and we cannot achieve the outcome the complainant is seeking.

East Suffolk Council (24 000 326)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 06-Jun-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about an alleged failure to follow voting procedures at a Planning Committee meeting. The Council is still considering the planning application at the centre of the complaint. We do not consider the complainant has suffered a significant personal injustice which justifies an investigation.

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (23 021 388)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 03-Jun-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about a report provided to a Council committee because there is insufficient evidence of fault. We will not investigate its complaints handling since we are not investigating the underlying complaint.

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (24 000 557)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 03-Jun-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s finance director making a budget request to a committee. He says the request should not have been made. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault.

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (24 000 552)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 03-Jun-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about a statement made by a councillor in response to a question he asked during a full council meeting. He says the statement made was false. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets (23 020 686)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 29-May-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s delay in determining Ms X’s Code of Conduct complaint made against a local councillor. This is because the Council has now issued its final report on the matter and there are insufficient grounds to warrant an investigation.

City of Wolverhampton Council (23 020 613)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 29-May-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that the Council delayed investigating alleged electoral fraud by councillors. It is reasonable to expect the complainant to have contacted us sooner about events in 2021, to have used the court remedy available to him, and the Police are also better placed to consider his allegation of electoral fraud.