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• Election results for Doncaster

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/the-council-democracy/election-results-for-doncaster

  The results of all Referendums, Parliamentary, Mayoral, City Councillors and Parish/Town elections are available on this page using the links below. The election results are arranged in date order, most recent first.

• How to complain about a Councillor

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/the-council-democracy/how-to-complain-about-a-councillor

  If you are unhappy about the way a Councillor, a Co-opted Member of the council or a Parish/Town Councillor has behaved, you can make a complaint in writing to the Council’s Monitoring Officer.

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Governance

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/the-council-democracy/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-governance

  The Governance Profile forms part of the Councils Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Framework.

• Voting and Elections

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/the-council-democracy/voting-and-elections

  Follow the links below for election results and details of voting:

• Code of Conduct for Councillors

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/the-council-democracy/code-of-conduct-for-members

  Within two months of being elected as a councillor, or appointed as a co-opted member, individuals must sign a Declaration of Acceptance of Office before performing their role as a councillor. On 21st May 2021, City of Doncaster Council adopted the new Local Government Association Model Code of Conduct. All Councillors automatically sign up to abide by this Code upon being elected. A copy of the Code can be viewed under the 'Downloads and Resources' section on this page.

• The Local Government Ombudsman

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/get-in-touch/the-local-government-ombudsman

  The Local Government Ombudsmen investigate complaints about councils. They aim to get the council to put things right if they have gone wrong and if this has affected you directly.

• Neighbourhood plans

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/planning/neighbourhood-plans

  Through the Localism Act the government is giving local communities powers to have a direct say in the future development of their neighbourhood, parish or town through the development of Neighbourhood Plans.

• SAPAT - Protection of Property

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/sapat-protection-of-property

  Councils have a legal duty to provide protection of property under s47 of the Care Act 2014. This applies where a person is admitted to hospital, residential or nursing care or removed from their home and relocated under the Care Act and no one has been identified as being able to protect the property on behalf of the client.

• Council Tax discount for Care Leavers

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/council-tax-benefits/council-tax-discount-for-care-leavers

  Using discretionary powers given to Local Councils under Section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, City of Doncaster Council has introduced a new policy providing additional support to young people leaving its care and entering into their initial years of independent living.

• LGA Corporate Peer Challenge

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/the-council-democracy/lga-corporate-peer-challenge

  A peer challenge is not an inspection. Peer challenges are improvement-orientated and tailored to meet individual councils’ needs. Indeed they are designed to complement and add value to a council’s own performance and improvement focus. The peers used their experience and knowledge to reflect on the evidence presented to them by people they met, things they saw and material that they read