Councillor conduct and standards


Recent statements in this category are shown below:

  • South Gloucestershire Council (25 003 348)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 28-Jul-2025

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a Councillor’s conduct and the Council’s handling of Mr X’s complaint about the matter. Any injustice is not significant enough to justify our involvement, and it is unlikely that further investigation would lead to a different outcome.

  • South Cambridgeshire District Council (25 004 552)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 24-Jul-2025

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a councillor conduct complaint as there is insufficient evidence of fault or fault causing a significant injustice, to justify our further involvement.

  • Kent County Council (24 023 054)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 17-Jul-2025

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to respond to Mr X’s complaint that a Councillor breached the code of conduct. The Council confirmed the Councillor is no longer an elected member. And that the complainant has agreed to take part in a discussion about councillor behaviour later this year. We consider there is no worthwhile outcome achievable by our investigation.

  • London Borough of Harrow (25 006 145)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 17-Jul-2025

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a complaint about the conduct of two councillors. This is because we are unlikely to find fault in how the Council investigated his complaint.

  • Liverpool City Council (25 006 389)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 17-Jul-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.

  • Mid Devon District Council (25 006 203)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 16-Jul-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. The complainant has also not suffered significant injustice as a result of any delays.

  • Castle Point Borough Council (25 006 034)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 10-Jul-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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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