Wakefield Council has a Standards Committee, which promotes high standards of conduct in the Council. The Committee advises Councillors and has agreed a Code of Conduct for Councillors. The Code is similar to one which is used nationally.

All Councillors must follow the Code and if they break it then they can face sanctions up to and including disqualification as a Member of the Council for up to five years.

The Council's Standards Committee is the first point of contact for all written complaints against Elected and Co-opted Members. In appropriate cases, complaints may be referred by the Standards Committee to Standards for England (please see 'Related Links').

Agenda, Reports and Minutes

All documents relating to the Standards Committee are available online (see 'Related Links').

Meetings

The meetings calendar for the committee is available online (see 'Related Links'). If you have any queries regarding a Standards Committee meeting, please contact Committee Services.

Committee Members

The Committee has four independent Members, people who are not Councillors, four Parish Councillors and six Council Members. They are:

Independent Members

• The Very Reverend George Nairn-Briggs - (Chair)
• Vacancy
• Vacancy
• Mr Dennis Pattinson (Deputy Chair)

Councillors

• Mrs Tracey Austin
• Mrs Linda Broom
• Mr Allan Garbutt 
• Mr John Stone
• Mr Tony Wallis 
• Mr Simon Wilson

Parish/Town Councillors

• Vacancy 
• Ms Sarah Balfour 
• Mrs Laurie Heald
• Mr John Peebles

The independent Members can be contacted through the Monitoring Officer - tel: 01924 305177 or email: monitoringofficer@wakefield.gov.uk