Councillor News

A Reform Party councillor has become the first politician in the country to defect to the Labour Party, citing Reform's lack of a serious plan.

Joel James has returned as a councillor in RCT after winning a by-election, having previously served as a councillor before becoming an MS.

A councillor claimed during a debate on a holiday let that a seaside village has been 'taken over by outsiders' and the Welsh language is 'no longer heard'.

A Reform Party councillor, Tanya Brasted, has resigned from the party amidst a dispute over alleged missing funds, stating she has nothing to hide.

A Toronto councillor attempted to cancel FordFest, an annual barbecue organized by Premier Doug Ford, after a resident expressed concerns about the event held i

A councillor accused of creating a fake heritage society to embezzle funds reportedly blamed a deceased colleague, Tony Brewer, for the missing money, claiming

Robin Brown, a Liberal Democrat councillor for Richmond upon Thames, has died at 62 from brain cancer, after dedicating nearly a decade to public service, inclu

Joseph Kushner, described as 'Canada's longest serving councillor,' is retiring after 49 years on St. Catharines council, with a new edition of his biography hi

An Aberaeron councillor is urging parents to discuss animal welfare with their children after reports of crabs being intentionally harmed and run over in the ha

An independent councillor in Nottinghamshire, Jason Zadrozny, allegedly scammed the local authority out of thousands by setting up a fake heritage group to clai

SNP councillor Tracy Carragher has been reinstated after an independent advocate cleared her of complaints related to Jordan Linden, with the North Lanarkshire

A new tracker by Best For Britain indicates that the Reform Party is losing a newly-elected councillor every three days, with 35 having quit or been suspended s

Sunderland City Councillor Glenn Gibbins, 66, has been suspended by the Reform party and is set to appear in court over an alleged offensive social media post f

Jules and Bob Rogers, a councillor couple on Pontypool Community Council, have lost their positions after failing to attend meetings for over six months.

Paul Henke, a diver, businessman, novelist, and councillor, passed away on July 20, 2026, at the age of 76.

A Green Party councillor in Birmingham has been charged with assaulting five individuals, including three police officers. West Midlands Police responded to rep

Kemi Badenoch has defended the Conservative Party's decision to allow Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-Nazi jailed for antisemitic abuse, to stand as a counc

Two mayors have urged Cllr Wayne Erasmus to consider resigning from his position after he was found to have kept animals in 'appalling' conditions.

A Green London councillor, Hau-Yu Tam, has been cleared of breaching the Council's Code of Conduct following an investigation into her retweets on X, which incl

The Ward 22 councillor in Coimbatore has resigned from the DMK party.

A Kerala BJP councillor, detained under KAAPA, retook his oath inside Viyyur prison after the Kerala High Court permitted it, sparking a political controversy o

A Scottish council meeting was disrupted when a councillor was observed driving while participating remotely.