How to complain about a councillor
Complaints that a councillor may have broken the Code of Conduct are looked at by the monitoring officer and by the standards committee.
A member conduct complaint form is available below. You can print it out and return it by post, or you can complete it electronically and send it to us by email.
| Member Conduct Complaint Form (Word) |  (Word 98 KB) |
| Member Conduct Complaint Form (PDF) |  (PDF 190 KB) |
If you want to complain about the conduct of a councillor of Chesterfield Borough Council, Staveley Town Council or Brimington Parish Council, please send your complaint to:
The Monitoring Officer
Town Hall
Rose Hill
Chesterfield
S40 1LP
or email councillorcomplaints@chesterfield.gov.uk.
The council can only look at complaints about the behaviour of a member. If you make a complaint it must be about why you think a member has not followed the code of conduct.
Complaints will be looked at in accordance with the procedure below.
| Chesterfield Borough Council code of conduct for members | (PDF 33 KB) |
| Procedure for reported breach of member code of conduct | (PDF 154 KB) |
Further information
Monitoring Officer:
Sian Roxborough
Phone: 01246 959617
Email: sian.roxborough@chesterfield.gov.uk
or
Deputy Monitoring Officer:
Marcia Paulucci
Phone: 01246 959778
Email: marcia.paulucci@chesterfield.gov.uk