Councillors who were regular attenders at a football club, or who had season tickets, should declare that interest when it came to voting on a contentious planning application made by that club. Traditions of party members voting along party lines on sub-committees exercising statutory functions were capable of amounting to maladministration. The commissioner could investigate even though the complainant might have an action, if it was not reasonable to expect that person to take action in this case.
Citations:
Times 03-Mar-2000
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Local Government
Updated: 05 May 2022; Ref: scu.88543