Local code of conduct complaints about Councillors

Changes to the complaints procedure

From 8 May 2008 the responsibility for considering complaints that a councillor may have breached the Code of Conduct has moved to the standards committees of local authorities.

What this means to you

After 8 May 2008 if you want to complain about the conduct of a councillor of Lewes District Council or a councillor of one of our parish or town councils, you must send your complaint to:

Chair of the assessment sub-committee
The Standards Committee
Lewes District Council
Lewes House
32 High Street
Lewes
East Sussex BN7 2LX

E-mail complaints marked for the attention of the Chair of the assessment sub-committee can be forwarded to the District Council's Monitoring Officer catherine.knight@lewes.gov.uk

The assessment sub-committee can only deal with complaints about the behaviour of a councillor. It will not deal with complaints about things that are not covered by the councillors’ Code of Conduct. If you make a complaint to the assessment sub-committee it must be about why you think a councillor has not followed the Code of Conduct.

Please contact the relevant town/parish clerk for details of town and parish councils’ Codes of Conduct.