Case ref	City or Parish	Complainant	Date Received	Nature of Complaint	Status / updates
2024/07	CYC	CYC	04/05/24	The complainant alleges the Councillor breached the code through the misuse of council resources when delivering leaflets for the recent election. Comments on a local news site shared as evidence of the alleged breach.	This complaint was assessed by the Deputy Monitoring Officer. The decision was made that the complaint is not in scope in accordance with paragraph 4 of the case handling procedure. This is because the subject member was not acting in their capacity as a councillor when the alleged breach occurred. There was no reference in the comment or the username to their role as an elected member, and there is no evidence or suggestion that any council resources were used.

Case ref

City or Parish

Complainant

Date Received

Nature of Complaint

Status / updates

2024/07

CYC

04/05/24

The complainant alleges the Councillor breached the code through the misuse of council resources when delivering leaflets for the recent election. Comments on a local news site shared as evidence of the alleged breach.

This complaint was assessed by the Deputy Monitoring Officer. The decision was made that the complaint is not in scope in accordance with paragraph 4 of the case handling procedure. This is because the subject member was not acting in their capacity as a councillor when the alleged breach occurred. There was no reference in the comment or the username to their role as an elected member, and there is no evidence or suggestion that any council resources were used.