A refusal to sign a get well soon card, allegations that a meeting was “shouty and sweary” and poor email etiquette were among the bizarre reasons councillors in North Yorkshire faced official complaints last year.
A report that went before North Yorkshire Council’s standards and governance committee referred to the hundreds of complaints made against councillors and said officials were struggling to cope with the sheer volume of them. From April 2023 until June 2024, the council received 223 complaints regarding the conduct of elected members. It said a “high proportion” of these were related to just three parish councils but the names of these were deemed to be confidential.
Councillors blamed increased media coverage of meetings and a “changing culture” for the rise in complaints. Of the 28 complaints that were referred for investigation just one has been completed. This judged the councillor had not breached the council’s code of conduct. The committee acknowledged that more resources are needed to match the number of complaints. An officer told the meeting: “The figures were higher than previously and at an exceptional level.
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