Councillors' code of conduct

Code of Conduct Complaints Process

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE TO CHANGE FROM 1 JULY 2012.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE CHANGES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE BY THE END OF MAY ONCE WE HAVE LEGISLATION TO ENABLE US TO MAKE THE CHANGES.

All councillors and co-opted members of local authority committees are required to comply with a code of conduct.  The code of conduct sets out the ethical framework within which they must operate.

The council is responsible for considering complaints that a councillor or co-opted committee member may have breached the code of conduct.

What this means to you

If you want to complain about the conduct of a district councillor, a member of one of the town or parish councils in South Oxfordshire or a co-opted committee member you must submit your complaint to:

Margaret Reed, Monitoring Officer
South Oxfordshire District Council
Benson Lane
Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxon
OX10 8HQ

Tel: 01491 823656
Fax: 01491 823658

email: monitoringofficer@southoxon.gov.uk

If you make a complaint relating to the code of conduct, which a sub-committee of the Standards Committee will consider, the complaint must state why you think a councillor or a member of one of our parish or town councils or a co-opted committee member has not followed the code of conduct.

The assessment sub-committee can only deal with complaints about the behaviour of a councillor, a member of one of our parish or town councils or a co-opted member.  It will not deal with complaints about matters that are not covered by the councillors- code of conduct such as standards of council service.