Standards Committee

Carlisle City Council's Standards Committee was created in response to the Local Government Act 2000. Its responsibility is to promote high standards of ethical conduct among elected councillors, independent and co-opted members. The Standards Committee now also has responsibility for considering any complaint that a member has breached the Members Code of Conduct.

If you would like to apply to become an Independant member of the Standards Committee for Carlisle City Council you can find more details along with an application form on our "Join the Standards Committee" page.

If you want to complain that a Councillor or co-opted member of Carlisle City Council or a Councillor on any Town or Parish Council within the District of Carlisle has failed to comply with the Code of Conduct applicable to members of those Authorities, then you should make your complaint in writing to:

The Chairman of the Standards Committee/Standards Sub-Committee (initial assessment),

c/o M D Lambert, Monitoring Officer
Carlisle City Council
Civic Centre
CARLISLE
CA3 8QG

You must state the nature of the complaint and provide relevant evidence to substantiate your allegation.

A complaint form is available from the Monitoring Officer or below in the downloadable documents. If you first want to discuss your complaint with the Monitoring Officer, please contact Mark Lambert at the address below.

M D Lambert
Assistant Director (Governance)
Carlisle City Council
Civic Centre
CARLISLE
CA3 8QG

Tel: 01228 817019

Email: Standardscttee@carlisle.gov.uk

Please note: The Standards Committee or one of its Sub-Committees can only deal with complaints about the alleged behaviour and conduct of a member (Councillor). It will not deal with complaints about any of the Council’s departments or matters not covered by the Council’s Code of Conduct.


Downloadable Documents

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Microsoft Word formatCode of Conduct Complaint Form in Word format66 Kb9 secs @ 56k, 0 secs @ 2mb
Adobe PDF format - download the viewerInformation for Potential Complainants in PDF format100 Kb14 secs @ 56k, 0 secs @ 2mb
Adobe PDF format - download the viewerStandards Committee - Assessment criteria in PDF format53 Kb8 secs @ 56k, 0 secs @ 2mb
Adobe PDF format - download the viewerStandards Committee - Procedure for the Initial Assessment of Complaints in PDF format51 Kb7 secs @ 56k, 0 secs @ 2mb

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