Councillors' interests

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Each councillor entry in the register of interests can be viewed on the relevant councillors' page or inspected at the Civic Centre in Swinton.

Minutes of meetings are also available on the website, showing what interests have been declared in a meeting.

Registering interests

Councillors are required to declare their personal and financial interests, and any interests that might be seen as prejudicing their decision making.

Interests need to be declared in relation to:

  • Any employment, office, trade or profession or vocation carried out for profit or gain
  • Sponsorships received
  • Contracts between them and the council, or contracts with companies they are involved in
  • Land in the area of the city council they own or control or have an interest in
  • Licences to occupy land in the city
  • Corporate tenancies where the council is the landlord
  • Securities, significant shareholdings worth more than £25,000
  • Bodies to which they are appointed or nominated by the council
  • Interests in charities, societies and other bodies
  • Gifts and hospitality received in excess of £100 in value

Declaring interests in meetings

In addition to registering interests, councillors are required to declare them at council and committee meetings that they attend as members, where they relate to an item of business for that meeting.

Where the interest declared is a personal one, it is noted and the councillor can take part in the meeting. Where the interest declared is a pecuniary or prejudical one they must leave the meeting while that item of business is dealt with, so there can be no suggestion they were able to influence any decisions made in the meeting.

Any interests declared at the meeting are recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

This page was last updated on 18 April 2017

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