Committee details
Standards Committee
Purpose of committee
The Standards Committee is responsible for promoting and enforcing high standards of conduct by Members and co-opted Members and assisting Members and co-opted Members to observe the Council’s code of conduct.
The membership of the committee comprises 5 Somerset Council members (with voting rights) and 5 independent co-opted members (without voting rights).
For further details, please see the Constitution or email Democratic Services on democraticservicesteam@somerset.gov.uk
Membership
- Councillor John Bailey (Chair)
- Councillor Brian Smedley (Vice-Chair)
- Councillor Hugh Davies - currently unavailable, please refer enquiries to Cllr John Hunt
- Councillor Martin Dimery
- Councillor Frances Nicholson
- Robin Horton independent co-opted committee member
- Paul Hooper independent co-opted committee member
- David Stripp independent co-opted committee member
- Alan Hemsley independent co-opted committee member
- Sally Foster independent co-opted committee member
- Ewan Jones
Contact information
Support officer: Democratic Services Email: democraticservicesteam@somerset.gov.uk.