Conduct of councillors (members), making a complaint; register of members' interests

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Conduct of councillors (members) and making a complaint

All councillors (members) have to keep to a code of conduct and maintain the ethical standards expected of them.

The "Member Code of Conduct" is included as part of the each councils' constitution.

if you then go into the relevant constitution
in the constitution there is a table of contents (TOC) on the first few pages
in part 5 "Codes and Protocols" it lists "Member Code of Conduct" ... if you click on that item in the TOC it jumps you to the right place in the constitution document

See:

Constitutions for Adur DC and Worthing BC

Making a complaint

If you consider that a member is in breach of his, or her, code of conduct and you want to make a complaint, you may do so by completing the complaints Form here:

Complain about a breach of the code of conduct by a councillor (member)

After you have submitted a complaint form it will be dealt with in accordance with the processes set out in the councils' standards procedure rules. A quick reference guide to the procedures for assessment, investigation, and the hearing of complaints can be found in each councils' constitution:

if you then go into the relevant constitution
in the constitution there is a table of contents (TOC) on the first few pages
in part 4 "Procedure Rules" it lists "Member Complaints and Standards Sub-Committee Procedure Rules" ... if you click on that item in the TOC it jumps you to the right place in the constitution document

See:

Constitutions for Adur DC and Worthing BC

The councils' monitoring officer may be contacted:

by email addressed to monitoringofficer@adur-worthing.gov.uk
or by post addressed to:
- The Monitoring Officer and Head of Legal Services,
  [Adur District Council or Worthing Borough Council],
  Worthing Town Hall,
  Chapel Road,
  Worthing,
  West Sussex,
  BN11 1HA

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Register of members' interests

Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council

The register of members' (councillors') interests is available to view on each of their individual pages:

Parish councils

The Lancing Parish Council and Sompting Parish Council register of members' (councillors') interests are available on the relevant parish council's website:

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