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Council full menuHow to complain about Kirklees councillors, parish and town councillors and co-opted membersStandards Committee - October 2010monitoring.officer@kirklees.gov.uk
You can complain about the behaviour of councillors of Kirklees Council, Denby Dale Parish Council, Holme Valley Parish Council, Kirkburton Parish
Council, Meltham Town Council or Mirfield Town Council.
You can also complain about the conduct of co-opted members of those councils who have voting rights. A co-opted member is not an elected councillor but sits on council committees or sub-committees. Examples of co-opted members include external members of Standards Committee and some members of Overview and Scrutiny Panels.
In the first instance, speak to your councillor.
The Standards Committee is a group of people appointed by Kirklees Council to help maintain and promote high ethical standards among councillors.
The Standards Committee is made up of Kirklees councillors, councillors from the parish and town councils and independent members (who are
not councillors or employees of Kirklees Council or of the town and parish councils). The chair of the Standards Committee is an independent member.
The Standards Committee deals with complaints about the behaviour of a member of Kirklees Council or a member of one of the town or parish councils
together with complaints about co-opted members with voting rights. Issues are covered by the Code of Conduct for Councillors and Voting Co-optees which has
been adopted by the member's council.
Copies of the relevant codes of conduct can be obtained from the relevant parish and town councils:
Once you have made a complaint, we will write and tell you what will happen . A meeting will be set up, of no less than three members of the committee
to decide what should happen next. The meeting will be held in private and chaired by one of the independent members of the Standards Committee.
Neither the person making the complaint nor the member complained about can attend the meeting. This meeting should be held within 20 working days.
This meeting can decide to:
The Standards Committee should tell you the reason for its decision. You may not agree with the reasons, or think that it did not make the decision
properly, or you may have new information that you think might affect its decision. If so, you can ask that the decision be reviewed. You have to ask
the Standards Committee to do this in writing within 30 calendar days of receiving its decision.
The Standards Committee must consider your request within three months. The decision will be reviewed by a meeting of at least three members of the Standards Committee. None of the people who made the original decision are allowed to take part in the review. This meeting will be chaired by one of the independent people on the Standards Committee. It can uphold the original decision or overturn it, and will tell you in writing what they have decided. |
Complaint form: Code of conduct for members (PDF 62kb)