Case ref	City or Parish	Complainant	Date Received	Nature of Complaint	Status / updates
2023/01	CYC	Parish	18/01/23	The complainant alleges the Cllr made false accusations and offensive statements via the comments section on the York Press website therefore breaching the code of conduct by failing to treat others with respect.	Referred to Assessment Sub-Committee to determine whether complaint should progress to investigation. Parties notified. Assessment Sub-Committee determined no breach of the code was found, parties notified. Complaint closed.
2022/13	Parish	Parish	29/04/22	The complainant alleges the Parish Councillor has routinely refused to comply with the Parish Council’s Code of Conduct at multiple Parish Council meetings.	This complaint is currently being assessed by the Deputy Monitoring Officer. Views of the IP sought. Complaint assessed and will progress to investigation. Parties notified. A draft report has been prepared and circulated to parties for comment. Comments received in response are now being analysed and a final report is expected to be completed by the end of January 2023. Complaint withdrawn by complainant 08/03/23.
2022/14	Parish	Parish	29/04/22	The complainant alleges the Parish Councillor did not declare an interest with regards to a Motion at a Parish Council meeting and did vote in favour of the Motion.	This complaint is currently being assessed by the Deputy Monitoring Officer. Views of the IP sought. Complaint assessed and will progress to investigation. Parties notified. A draft report has been prepared and circulated to parties for comment. Comments received in response are now being analysed and a final report is expected to be completed by the end of January 2023. Complaint withdrawn by complainant 08/03/23.
2022/16	CYC	CYC	23/05/22	The complainant alleges the Cllr breached the code of conduct in a comment made online. The complainant alleges the comment breached the code and brings the Local Authority into disrepute.	This complaint is being assessed by the Monitoring Officer. Views of the IP sought. Complaint assessed and will progress to investigation. Parties notified. This investigation has been delayed by staff sickness absence. Due to difficulty identifying mutually convenient dates for interviews, witness evidence is now being collated via written questions. Investigation concluded and found no breach of the code. Parties notified and complaint closed.
2022/17	CYC	CYC	23/05/22	The complainant alleges the Cllr breached the code of conduct in a comment made online. The complainant alleges the comment breached sections 5.1 and 6 of the code.	This complaint is being assessed by the Monitoring Officer. Views of the IP sought. Complaint assessed and will progress to investigation. Parties notified. This investigation has been delayed by staff sickness absence. Due to difficulty identifying mutually convenient dates for interviews, witness evidence is now being collated via written questions.
2023/02	CYC	CYC	21/01/23	The complainant alleges the Cllr made false accusations and offensive statements via the comments section on the York Press website therefore breaching the code of conduct by failing to treat others with respect, bringing the council into disrepute and attempting to bully and intimidate.	Referred to Assessment Sub-Committee to determine whether complaint should progress to investigation. Parties notified. Assessment Sub-Committee determined a breach of the code was found and agreed to seek informal resolution by way of a written apology. Parties notified and complaint will be closed if informal resolution is accepted. Informal resolution was not accepted, complaint referred to a second JSC sub-committee for further review. Assessment Sub-Committee determined no breach of the code was found. Parties notified and complaint closed.
2023/03	CYC	Resident	22/02/23	The complainant alleges the Councillor was disrespectful by prematurely throwing away flowers left at a grave.	Referred to Assessment Sub-Committee to determine whether complaint should progress to investigation. Parties notified. Assessment Sub-Committee determined no breach of the code was found. Parties notified and complaint closed.
2023/05	CYC & Parish	Parish	15/03/23	The complainant alleges the Councillor has not responded to resident queries or provided evidence to back up any claims the Councillor made in public.	This complaint is currently being assessed by the Monitoring Officer. The Monitoring Officer has applied a filter to this complaint and concludes that there is no evidence to demonstrate conduct capable of constituting disrespect in breach of the Code. Complaint closed, parties notified.
2023/09	Parish	CYC	02/05/23	The complainant alleges the Councillor was disrespectful in an online comments section and used inappropriate language.	This complaint is currently being assessed by the Monitoring Officer. The Monitoring Officer has applied a filter to this complaint and concludes that there is no evidence to demonstrate conduct capable of constituting disrespect in breach of the Code. Complaint closed.