Extreme heat and health alerts
Both the Met Office and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have extended the red alerts for Surrey and the south east until 11pm on Friday 26 June.
Local councillors
What councillors do, find your local councillor, the Leader of the Council, register of interests, code of conduct, allowances and expenses, become a councillor.
Councillors' code of conduct
We have adopted the Local Government Association's (LGA) Councillor Code of Conduct 2020 to ensure high standards in the way councillors (also known as members) undertake their duties.
Make a complaint about a councillor
If you feel that a councillor has failed to follow the code and wish to make a complaint, send your complaint, including any relevant evidence, to our Monitoring Officer.
Make a complaint about a councillor
Complaints about council services
If your complaint is about our services and not specifically about a councillor, go to make a complaint.
Our standards protocols
On 8 April 2021, we resolved that compliance of standards protocols is required to follow the Local Government Association’s model code of conduct.
Breaching the standards protocols could constitute a breach of the model code.
We have formally adopted 2 standards protocols.
Protocol for complaints submitted by members
This protocol applies to complaints submitted, under the members’ code of conduct, by a member against another member.
Protocol for members’ access to confidential information of council-owned companies
This protocol applies to members’ access to the confidential information of council-owned companies. Such information includes, but is not limited to, confidential board papers and confidential information imparted at board meetings.
How we manage standards allegations
Under Sections 28(6) and (7) of the Localism Act 2011, we must have arrangements in place to manage, investigate and make decisions on allegations that a member, or co-opted member, has failed to comply with our code of conduct.