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Complaints about elected members

Complaints about the conduct of councillors are outside the scope of this council's complaints policy and procedure, but are dealt with under the Members’ Code of Conduct.

The solicitor to the council will be able to advise you on the information you will need to provide and can send you the necessary forms and detailed guidance on how to proceed. Please contact the the solicitor of the council at the address below.

For independent advice visit the Standards for England website, link at the bottom of the page. Standards for England provides an independent, national overview of how local authorities promote and improve the ethical behaviour of their members.

Find out information about the council's ethical and governance framework, including codes of conduct for members and officers of the council and information about standards, governance and audit committee please see the link at the bottom of the page.



Downloadable documents

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PDF document Code of conduct for councillors complaint form 62 KB 0secs @ 2Mbps
PDF document Guidance Note 51 KB 0secs @ 2Mbps
Link to download Adobe Acrobat if required

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