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Your councillors
- Search for your councillor
- Other information about Adur's councillors
- How do I complain about a councillor?
- Code of conduct for councillors
- How do I become a councillor?
Search for councillors by :
- Name : List all councillors - without photos (better for a slow modem link)
- Name : List all councillors - with photos (includes 80kb of photos)
- Search by address (road/street etc)
- Ward (including what ward do I live in?)
- Party
- Group
- Year of election
- Committee membership
- Cabinet membership
Select from the list above, then to get a particular councillor's full details select their name from the resultant list.
An A3 poster of all Adur's councillors is available on request (while stocks last) for details please contact the News Room on (01273) 263312 or send the News Room an e-mail.
Other information about Adur's councillors
Adur District Council has 14 wards in total. There are some 29 councillors, also known as 'members', of whom currently 11 are women and 18 are men. (Following the June 2004 elections the number of councillors, and the councillors elected, changed from 39 to 29).
You can speak to your district councillor about any of Adur District Council's services.
Following the elections in May 2008, the Conservatives continue to have overall control in Adur. The current political make up of the council is :
- Conservative : 26
- Independent (Shoreham Beach Resident) : 2
- Liberal Democrat : 1
How do I complain about a councillor?
Members of the public concerned about councillors’ conduct can now make complaints directly to Adur District Council.
All councillors have to keep to a Code of Conduct to ensure that they maintain the high ethical standards the public expect from them. If a complainant reveals that a potential breach of this Code has taken place, Adur District Council may refer the allegations for investigation or decide to take other action.
Investigations themselves will also be managed by Adur District Council, except in cases where a conflict of interest or other unusual circumstances mean that it would be more appropriate for the Standards Board to handle.
Once cases have been investigated, the authority’s independently-chaired standards committee will decide what action, if any, should be taken against the member. On rare occasions this responsibility will be given to the Adjudication Panel for England, an independent judicial tribunal.
Complaints, should be submitted, in writing, to the Monitoring Officer, Adur District Council, Civic Centre, Ham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6PR or send the Monitoring Officer or Deputy Monitoring Officer an e-mail.
The complaint should be set out in the complaint form (below).
- Complaint form to type into and e-mail back (.DOC 64kb)
- Complaint form to handwrite and post back (.PDF 37kb)
See also : Standards Board website (councillor complaints) (www.standardsboard.gov.uk/Makingacomplaint/)
Code of conduct for councillors
Councillors are required to sign up to and comply with a Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct was adopted by Adur District Council on 23rd July 2007. The council adopted two further sections to the code on 8th July 2008.
To see a copy of the of the adopted Code of Conduct please see Part 5 of Adur District Council's Constitution.
