London Borough of Waltham Forest (21 005 913)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 04-Oct-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s response to complaint made against a councillor. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault to warrant an investigation. And we cannot achieve the outcome the complainant is seeking.

London Borough of Hackney (20 013 859)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 30-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate how the Council responded to Ms X’s complaint about councillor conduct as it would not be a good use of our resources to do so, as we can achieve no meaningful outcome for Ms X. Additionally, the injustice to Ms X from how the Council dealt with her complaint, as a stand-alone matter, is not sufficient to warrant our further involvement.

Birmingham City Council (21 007 354)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 30-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s response to Mr X’s complaint about councillor conduct. This is because there is insufficient remaining injustice caused to Mr X to warrant our involvement.

Cheshire East Council (21 006 009)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 29-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s response to Mr X’s Members’ Code of Conduct complaint. This is because we are unlikely to find evidence of fault by the Council or injustice caused to Mr X sufficient to warrant an investigation.

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (21 002 847)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 28-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the failure of her member of Parliament and a local councillor to respond to her complaints about health care services.

City of Doncaster Council (20 013 488)

Statement Upheld Councillor conduct and standards 28-Sep-2021

Summary: Mrs C complained the Council’s Monitoring Officer failed to properly consider her complaint and respond to her as set out in its Policy. As a result, Mrs C said she experienced distress and lost trust in the Council’s handling of her concerns. We found no fault in the Council’s Code of Conduct decision, we cannot therefore criticise its merits. However, we found it at fault for unnecessarily withholding her planning objections too long and failed to respond to her complaint within its own deadlines. The Council has agreed to apologise for the fault it has not already apologised for. It also agreed to remind its officers to respond to complaints as set out in its Policy.

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council (21 005 396)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 27-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate how the Council’s Monitoring Officer considered a complaint about the conduct of councillors. It is unlikely an investigation would find fault affected the Monitoring Officer’s decision to take no further action.

Boston Borough Council (21 006 114)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 26-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to refuse an alcohol license. This is because Ms Y has a right of appeal to Magistrate’s Court if she is unhappy with the Council’s decision.

South Lakeland District Council (21 006 411)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 22-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate how the Council’s Monitoring Officer considered a complaint about the conduct of a councillor. It is unlikely an investigation would find fault affected the Monitoring Officer’s decision to take no further action.

Vale of White Horse District Council (21 006 734)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 22-Sep-2021

Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about how the Council dealt with conduct complaints made by and about parish councillors. Mr X complains as a councillor not as a member of the public. We cannot investigate what happened at the parish council.