Local councillors who sat as governors of one school should not have voted on a motion regarding the closure of a neighbouring school. They had a clear, if indirect, financial interest in the issue and should have declared the interest and declined to vote. Membership of a school governors council was not listed in the Code of Practice, but the Code was not a complete list of interests which might be declarable.
Citations:
Times 22-Nov-2000
Statutes:
National Code of Local Government Conduct (DoE Circular 8/90)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Local Government, Education
Updated: 05 June 2022; Ref: scu.88523