Parish council complaints league table

Herefordshire Council has released a league table of complaints made against parish councillors.

The list was presented at this week’s audit and governance committee and includes a total of 18 councils to receive complaints against its members.

Walford was top with a total of nine complaints against its members, followed closely by Marden, Cradley and Border Group which had eight, six and five respectively.

Ledbury and Leominster town councils received four and three respectively, while Belmont Rural and Llangarron had two each.

The remaining parish councils of Almeley, Bartestree, Dinedor, Garway, How Caple, Ocle Pychard, Pencombe, Sutton St Nicholas and Tarrington along with Hereford city council received one each.

The vast majority of these complaints were dismissed with but two were upheld against Border group and Cradley parish councillors and one each at Hereford and Pencombe.