Constitution Part 5 - Code of conduct for elected members and co-opted members

About the code of conduct

This Code has been adopted by Hartlepool Borough Council in compliance with the requirements set out in Chapter 7 of the Localism Act 2011. 

This Code defines the standards of conduct which will be required of all Members and co-opted Members of the Council. 

This Code of Conduct is based on the Local Government Association Model Councillor Code of Conduct, which was developed in 2020 and approved by Full Council on 30 September 2021. 

Any person may make a written complaint to the Monitoring Officer that a Member or Co-opted Member has breached the Code. 

Details about how to complain and the way that complaints are dealt can be found on the Council’s website:

Complaints about councillors or parish councillors

or, by contacting:

Hayley Martin, Monitoring Officer
Hartlepool Borough Council
Civic Centre
Hartlepool
TS24 8AY

Tel: 01429 523002 
Email: Hayley.martin@hartlepool.gov.uk