Standards Committee Independent Persons

The Independent Person’s role is to work with the Council’s Standards Committee and Monitoring Officer to help to ensure high standards of conduct in the Council and among selected Councillors within the District. One or all of the Independent Persons may be consulted at various stages of the complaints process in respect of any allegation that a Councillor has breached their Code of Conduct and on other Code of Conduct matters. The Independent Person’s role is set out in more detail in the Protocol.