Local Councillors
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Members Expenses 2008/2009
The 2008/2009 Member
Expenses are now available to view.
The 2010/2011 Member
allowances are now available to view.
Cabinet
Bassetlaw District Council is run by a Cabinet of six
Elected Councillors.
Cabinet works with various Scrutiny & Review Panels who
monitor performance and spending for each of the Council's priority
areas.
Full Council acts as a watchdog, making sure that the Cabinet's
decisions are in the best interests of the people of Bassetlaw. The
Cabinet refers many key decisions to Council, because they are so
important that all Councillors need to be involved.
Councillor Facts
- The Council is made up of 48
democratically-elected Councillors - voted for by local people, in
local elections.
- Following the May 2008 elections,
there are currently 30 Conservative, 16 Labour and 2
Independent Councillors.
- The Conservative Group forms the Political
Administration of the Council.
- The Leader of the Council is Councillor Mike
Quigley and the Deputy Leader is Councillor Terry Yates.
- The Leader of the Labour Group is Councillor
Graham Oxby.
- The Leader of the Independent Group is
Councillor Hugh Burton.
- The Council's decisions are made by the Cabinet
which meets every month.
Visit our Find your local councillor page for the
contact details.
View our latest Committee Reports.
View our Membership of Council Meetings
document.
Making a Complaint about a Councillor
A new procedure came into force in May 2008 to
help you make a complaint about the conduct of a Bassetlaw District
Councillor or a Parish Councillor.
The complaint, which must be in writing, will
be considered with a view to investigation and if appropriate
referred to the Standards Committee of this Council. This committee
is is responsible for all complaints. Made up of three District
Councillors, three Parish Councillors and six independent members,
the committee is responsible for maintaining and promoting high
ethical standards. All six of the independent members are not
councillors or employees of the Council.
Standards Committee will not be able to
look into other types of complaint such as, employees of the
Council, the way that the Council conducts or records its meetings,
actions or decisions by the Council.
A similar process applies to complaints
about County Councillors which are dealt with by the
Nottinghamshire County Council.
If you wish to make a complaint of the
nature described then you should write to:
The Monitoring Officer, Bassetlaw District
Council, Queens Buildings, Worksop S80 2AH
Further information and guidance relating to
complaints is also available on the website Standards Board
website.
Last Updated - 09/03/2010