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Wednesday
01  May

Keeping track of your councillor

 
06/11/2018 @ 11:41

Residents can now see what their local County Councillor has been up to after the online publication of their annual report.

The 2017-18 reports are produced by individual councillors and can be accessed here.

These reports provide a snapshot of a councillor’s activities over the last year including membership of committees and attendances, issues taken up on behalf of constituents, development sessions attended and other activities.

The reports were first introduced in 2012-13 as part of a Welsh Government initiative to strengthen local democracy. 

Click on the names below for the Welshpool county councillors:

 

Graham Breeze

Phil Pritchard

Francesca Jump


Writing annual reports is optional. However, those councillors who do not wish to take up the option of writing a “full” report, will have a less detailed report agreed with them, which will give details of membership of committees and attendances and development sessions attended.

This will ensure that residents can access basic information about all councillors.

Chair of the Council’s Democratic Services Committee, Councillor Matthew Dorrance said: “Annual reports give residents an insight into the work carried out by councillors in representing their constituents. The idea is to promote greater understanding of the councillor’s role, greater transparency and greater accountability.”

If a member of the public wants to comment on a report they can contact the councillor concerned.