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Councillors' Code of Conduct

All members of the council and co-opted members with voting rights are required to agree to observe Medway Council's Code of conduct (pdf 96KB), which was adopted at the meeting of Full Council on 26 July 2012. The Code of Conduct is based on a set of principles: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

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Any member of the public who thinks a Medway councillor, parish councillor or voting co-optee may have breached the Code of Conduct should contact the council’s Monitoring Officer in the first instance. The Councillor Conduct Committee can only deal with complaints about the way a councillor has behaved that is covered by the Code of Conduct.

Download Medway Council procedure for dealing with Councillor Conduct complaints under the Localism Act 2011 (pdf 24KB) which has contact details for the Monitoring Officer and further information about the process for accessing and investigating complaints.

To submit a complaint, please download the Medway Council Councillor conduct complaint form (pdf 35KB).

Complaints will be assessed using the assessment criteria flowchart (pdf 8KB) as agreed by the Councillor Conduct Committee.

Membership of the Councillor Conduct Committee is politically balanced and is made up of eight members of Medway Council.

 

For more information contact The Monitoring Officer by telephone: 01634 332037 or by email: democratic.services@medway.gov.uk

Write to: The Monitoring Officer, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR

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