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Introduce law to allow voters to recall local government councillors

Submitted by Karen Hawker on Saturday 13th September 2025

Published on Thursday 2nd October 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 2nd April 2026

Signatures: 544

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Allowance ~ Code ~ Concern ~ concerns ~ Councillor ~ Elections ~ Law ~ local ~ MP ~ Reasonable ~ Remove ~ Sanctions ~ Voters

Petition Action

Introduce law to allow voters to recall local government councillors

Petition Details

At present only MPs can be recalled by their electors in specific circumstances. There is no mechanism for voters to remove local councillors. We think there needs to be legislation covering all elected local government representatives and have unacceptable non-attendance as a reason for a recall.

Additional Information

We are concerned that it is possible to be elected to local government and not attend meetings/committees yet still be paid an allowance. Although the Local Government Code of Conduct allows for sanctions, there is no recall mechanism for electors.


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