Your local Councillor has the following roles and responsibilities:
- Collectively be the ultimate policy-makers and carry out a number of strategic and corporate management functions
- Be involved in decision-making, having due regard for the needs of the borough, district, ward and council
- Participate in the governance and management of the Council and, where necessary, be involved in the exercise of the Council’s quasi-judicial functions
- Contribute to the good governance of the area, at borough and district level, and actively encourage community participation, citizen involvement and self-help
- Balance different interests identified within the borough, ward or electoral division and represent the borough, ward or electoral division as a whole
- Deal with individual casework, enquiries and representations, acting fairly and impartially as an advocate
- Represent the work of the council to local people
- Be an active and visible community leader on behalf of the whole community
- Encourage and support local people to play a positive and active role in building a confident and ambitious borough where everybody does their bit
- Act as corporate parents to looked after children in the borough
- Maintain the highest standards of conduct and ethics in line with the Council’s code of conduct
- Commit to their ongoing development throughout their time as a councillor, attending such training, development and briefing sessions as may be relevant to any of the responsibilities they take on as a councillor
- Be available to sit on an overview and scrutiny committee except for those members appointed to the Cabinet
- Be available to represent the Council on other bodies
- Act as an ambassador for the borough and the council at a local, regional and national level
- To find out more about how your local Councillor handles your personal data, please see the Privacy Notice and data protection policy