Introduction

All councillors must follow a Code of Conduct. This requires councillors not to:

• use their position improperly to their own or someone else's advantage or disadvantage
• use their council's resources improperly
• do anything to prevent council employees being unbiased
• bully anyone
• intimidate anyone involved in an investigation or proceedings about someone's misconduct
• disclose confidential information
• stop anyone gaining access to information they are entitled to by law
• discriminate unlawfully

If you think a district, town or parish councillor has broken any of the rules in their relevant Code of Conduct, you can complain to our Monitoring Officer.

Your complaint must be about:

• a named councillor who was, at the time of the action you are complaining about, an elected or co-opted member of the parish, town or district councils
• behaviour covered by the Code of Conduct

You can make a complaint about multiple councillors but you need to provide full details about each councillor as outlined above. 

You can also complain on behalf of someone else, but only if you have their permission to act or make a complaint on their behalf.

It should take five to ten minutes to complete this form, depending on the amount of detail you submit.

Please do not use this complaint form to report a councillor's alleged failure to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (DPI). Not declaring a DPI is not a breach of the Code of Conduct. If you have an allegation regarding a failure to declare a DPI, please report it directly to the police. 

This form should not be used for complaints that are vexatious, malicious, frivolous, trivial, politically motivated, or tit-for-tat. The complaint must have substance. Allegations will only be investigated if they are of serious nature and/or raise wider public interest.