Consultation outcome

Disqualification criteria for councillors and mayors

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 18 September 2017
• Last updated: 18 October 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Disqualification criteria for councillors and mayors: consultation response

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-5341-1

PDF, 313 KB, 21 pages

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Detail of outcome

The government consulted on proposals to update the disqualification criteria for councillors and mayors to bring it into line with both modern sentencing practice.

We will seek to legislate to ensure individuals are disqualified from standing for office as local authority members or mayors where behaviour has led to a conviction or enforcement action resulting in an individual being subject to one or more of the following:

• the notification requirements in the Sexual Offences Act 2003
• a Sexual Risk Order
• a civil injunction
• a Criminal Behaviour Order

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Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on updating disqualification criteria for local authority members.

This consultation ran from
9am on 18 September 2017 to 5pm on 8 December 2017

Consultation description

This consultation paper sets out the government’s proposals for updating the criteria disqualifying individuals from being elected, or holding office, as a local authority member or directly elected mayor.

Documents

Disqualification criteria for councillors and mayors

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-5102-8

PDF, 371 KB, 17 pages

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Published 18 September 2017
Last updated 18 October 2018 + show all updates

1. 18 October 2018

   Added summary of consultation responses and government response.

2. 18 September 2017

   First published.