Councillor Tony Page was elected as a teenager in 1973 and has announced he will retire from local politics at the next elections in May 2024.

Reading's longest-serving councillor to retire from local politics

Councillor Padraig McShane was arrested at an Orange Order Parade in 2016.

Councillor suspended after Ballycastle arrest 

Cllr Samantha Townsend has told how the targeted campaigns of name calling, fat-shaming and constant bullying of her character.

Cllr Cameron Beart represented Queenborough and Halfway on Swale Borough Council and he was also Deputy Mayor at Queenborough Town Council.

Cllr Geoff Brodie was rebuked from the public gallery during the full council meeting while telling fellow councillors why he would not stand.

A teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by a councillor will have to stand in the witness box once again.

Copeland Borough Council is set to cut its councillor numbers from 51 to 33.


Breckland Council in Norfolk had suspended the Conservative councillor over allegations that he made offensive remarks to a hunt protestor. 

The 56-year-old Dumfries and Galloway councillor was rushed to hospital but Doctors couldn't save him