Governance

Warwickshire County Council’s Code of Conduct relating to members set out the general requirements of the Code of Conduct and the seven principles of public life contained in the Localism Act.

The Act makes it a duty for members to register and declare any “pecuniary and other interests”.

Pecuniary interests include:

• Any employment or vocation carried out for profit or gain
• Any sponsorship or financial benefit in respect of expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as a member, or towards their election expenses
• Certain contracts between a member and the council under which goods or services are to be provided or works carried out
• Beneficial interests in land within the council’s area of relevant authority, and any licence to occupy land in the council’s area
• Tenancies where the council is the landlord and the tenant is a body in which the member has a beneficial interest
• Beneficial interests in securities or bodies that have a place of business in the council’s area and set limits (£25,000 or share capital of more than 1%) are exceeded.

The Act does not define “other interests”. The council’s Code of Conduct notes that members’ public roles may, from time to time, overlap or conflict with their personal or professional lives. Members might have a non-pecuniary interest where such overlap or conflict could reasonably be regarded as being so significant that it is likely to prejudice their judgement in council matters. Members should register and / or declare any such non-pecuniary interests

View the Funds full Conflict of Interest Policy for Fund Officers and Members