Standards of conduct in local government

• Monitoring Officer's role

• The Monitoring Officer's duty is to ensure that the Council, its officers and elected Councillors, maintain the highest standards of conduct in all they do.

• Code of conduct for councillors

• The conduct of county, district, parish and town councillors in England is governed by codes of conduct established by the Localism Act 2011.

• Making a complaint about a councillor

• All complaints about any councillors must be made to the monitoring officer in writing on the form provided, or by either letter or email.