Recent statements in this category are shown below:
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Worcestershire County Council (24 018 407)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 06-Jul-2025
Summary: We will not investigate how the Council handled Mr X’s complaint about a councillor who blocked him from their social media account. There is not enough evidence of fault or injustice to warrant an investigation.
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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council (24 016 907)
Statement Upheld Councillor conduct and standards 01-Jul-2025
Summary: Ms F complained the Council failed to follow the correct process when dealing with her Code of Conduct complaint. I have found some fault by the Council which caused Ms F avoidable uncertainty. The Council has agreed to apologise to Ms F.
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Northumberland County Council (25 004 325)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 30-Jun-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a complaint about the conduct of councillors. This is because we are unlikely to find fault.
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London Borough of Barking & Dagenham (25 004 214)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 26-Jun-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a complaint about the conduct of a councillor. This is because we are unlikely to find fault.
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Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 26-Jun-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council’s Monitoring Officer dealt with a complaint about the conduct of a councillor. This is because we are unlikely to find fault and the complainant has not suffered significant injustice.
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Newark & Sherwood District Council (24 022 116)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 24-Jun-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a complaint about the conduct of a councillor. The Council has apologised for the delay in its response and further investigation on this point is unlikely to lead to a different outcome. We have not seen sufficient evidence of fault in the Council’s consideration of Mrs X’s concerns.
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Babergh District Council (25 005 034)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 24-Jun-2025
Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about how the Council handled Ms X’s allegation that a councillor failed to declare a pecuniary interest. This is because we cannot investigate allegations of criminal activities.
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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (24 022 827)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 23-Jun-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about how the Council dealt with her complaint about a councillor. There is insufficient evidence of fault to warrant an investigation.
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council (24 015 983)
Statement Not upheld Councillor conduct and standards 22-Jun-2025
Summary: The Council followed the procedures set out in the Localism Act 2011 when it decided not to investigate Mr X’s complaint about his councillors. The Council is not at fault. The Council followed the appropriate procedures when making its decision and I cannot therefore criticise its decision.
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Teignbridge District Council (24 013 288)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 19-Jun-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a complaint about the conduct of a councillor. This is because we are unlikely to find enough evidence of fault to justify an investigation.