London Borough of Sutton (25 007 319)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 23-Sep-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a councillor conduct complaint as Mr X is not impacted from this to a degree that would warrant our further involvement.

Arun District Council (25 010 183)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 23-Sep-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a councillor conduct complaint as it is unlikely we will find fault by the Council.

Durham County Council (25 008 000)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 18-Sep-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.

Horsham District Council (25 006 771)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 18-Sep-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Councils handling of a complaint about his conduct. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault to justify our involvement.

Spelthorne Borough Council (25 007 202)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 18-Sep-2025

Summary: Mr X complains about the way the Council dealt with his concerns about being bullied by other councillors in 2023. He also says officers subjected him to a ‘kangaroo court’. We will not investigate as this complaint is late received outside our usual 12-month period for investigating. Mr X says he has been ill and could not complain earlier. But, even if we did exercise discretion to investigate, there is not enough evidence of fault by the Council to justify investigating.

Durham County Council (25 008 177)

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

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

Mole Valley District Council (25 008 073)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 14-Sep-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about a Councillors’ misconduct after the sharing of confidential information. There is not enough of evidence of fault to justify an investigation.

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (25 003 603)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 09-Sep-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the decision of the Council’s Monitoring Officer on a complaint against a councillor. There is insufficient evidence of fault in the way the decision was made, and it would not be a good use of our resources to investigate the subsequent corporate complaint process in isolation.

Durham County Council (24 022 759)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 08-Sep-2025

Summary: We have discontinued our investigation. We cannot investigate this complaint because the complainant has initiated court proceedings about the same matter. The law prevents us from investigating anything that has been the subject of court proceedings.

Bracknell Forest Council (25 006 037)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 08-Sep-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about how a Councillor handled his enquiries. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault causing Mr X a significant injustice.