Issue - meetings

Update on complaints received by the Council against District and Parish Councillors

Committee considered a report which set out the figures for complaints made against Members during 2022/23.  The Monitoring Officer reported that 17 complaints had been received, 14 of which had been against Parish Councillors.  For most of the complaints there had only been a minor breach of the Code of Conduct, or it had not been in the public interest to pursue the complaint further.  The most common complaint was regarding Councillors being disrespectful to another Councillor or member of the public, either in person, at a meeting or increasingly, on social media.

The Monitoring Officer stated that a future training offer to Parish Councils would likely include training on the use of social media.

Update on statistics of complaints received by the Council against District and Parish Councillors