Complaint against a Councillor

Your name will be provided to the Member that is the subject of your complaint. In exceptional cases, we may agree to withhold your name from the Member. If you want to keep your name confidential, please indicate this in the space provided below along with the reasons why you feel it is necessary for your name to be withheld. The Monitoring Officer will consider your request and if granted we will not disclose your name to the Member against whom you make the complaint, without your prior consent.

Please note that the Monitoring Officer is unlikely to withhold your identity or the details of your complaint unless the Monitoring Officer believes that it would not impede the Council’s ability to deal with your complaint or would have personal safety or other serious implications for you or your family.

If you make a request for your name to be withheld, the Monitoring Officer will advise you of the decision on this before disclosing your details to the Member that is the subject of your complaint.

The Council will not normally accept an anonymous complaint, unless it includes sufficient documentary evidence to show a significant breach of the Code of Conduct and there is a clear public interest in doing so.

As with all personal data provided to the Council, your personal data will be held in accordance with the data protection legislation. The relevant privacy notice is attached at the back of this form.