Committee Details

The Standards and Conduct Committee have appointed a Consideration Sub-Committee to consider and determine written allegations that a member or co-opted member of Leeds City Council has failed to comply with the authority’s code of conduct.  Following a determination of whether or not a member or co-opted member of Leeds City Council has failed to comply with the code of conduct, they also consider whether or not further action might be necessary and can make recommendations on the form of action.  

The Sub-Committee is also responsible for the consideration and determination of written allegations against members and co-opted members of Parish and Town Councils in the Leeds area, although it is up to the Parish or Town Council to decide whether further action might be necessary and what form this action would take.

The membership for each meeting of the Sub-Committee will be made up of three members of the Standards and Conduct Committee, one of whom must be from the same political group as the subject Member (wherever possible), but not all of the Members will be from the same political group.  The Chair will be elected from among the membership at the beginning of the meeting, but cannot be from the same political group as the subject Member.

If the complaint relates to a Parish or Town Councillor, one of the co-opted Parish Members will be invited to attend the Sub-Committee meeting.  The Parish Member will not be entitled to vote at the meeting, but will be entitled to speak at the discretion of the Chair.