Limited support for Somerset

We do not currently provide detailed weekly summaries for Somerset Council. Running the service is expensive, and we need to cover our costs.

You can still subscribe!

If you're a professional subscriber and need support for this council, get in touch with us at community@opencouncil.network and we can enable it for you.

If you're a resident, subscribe below and we'll start sending you updates when they're available. We're enabling councils rapidly across the UK in order of demand, so the more people who subscribe to your council, the sooner we'll be able to support it.

If you represent this council and would like to have it supported, please contact us at community@opencouncil.network.

Standards Committee - Thursday, 16 April 2026 - 10.00 am

April 16, 2026 at 10:00 am Standards Committee View on council website  Watch video of meeting

Chat with this meeting

Subscribe to our professional plan to ask questions about this meeting.

“What ethical standards will be reviewed?”

Subscribe to chat
AI Generated

Summary

Open Council Network is an independent organisation. We report on Somerset and are not the council. About us

Automated meeting summaries are not enabled for this council yet. If you would like to see them on Open Council Network, you can contact your councillors to request support.

Attendees

Profile image for Councillor John Bailey
Councillor John Bailey Liberal Democrat Martock
Profile image for Councillor Brian Smedley
Councillor Brian Smedley Labour Bridgwater South
Profile image for Councillor Hugh Davies
Councillor Hugh Davies Independent Watchet & Stogursey
Profile image for Councillor Martin Dimery
Councillor Martin Dimery Green Party Frome West
Profile image for Councillor Bente Height
Councillor Bente Height Leader of the Reform Group Reform UK Party Shepton Mallet
Profile image for Councillor Frances Nicholson
Councillor Frances Nicholson Opposition Lead Member for Children, Families and Education Conservative Dulverton & Exmoor
Alan Hemsley Standards Committee
Profile image for Councillor Ewan Cameron
Councillor Ewan Cameron Associate Lead Member for Transformation & Prevention Liberal Democrat Glastonbury
Profile image for Councillor Andy Kendall
Councillor Andy Kendall Liberal Democrat Yeovil Central

Topics

No topics have been identified for this meeting yet.

Meeting Documents

Agenda

Agenda frontsheet 16th-Apr-2026 10.00 Standards Committee.pdf

Reports Pack

Public reports pack 16th-Apr-2026 10.00 Standards Committee.pdf

Additional Documents

Standards Committee Click here to join the online meeting.pdf
Public Guidance Notes for Committee.pdf
Standards Committee - Annual Report to Full Council 2025-26.pdf
Standards Committee - Annual Report to Full Council 2025-26- Appendix 1 Chairs Report.pdf
Councillor reminder for declaring interests.pdf
Code of Conduct Complaints 2025-2026 - Quarterly Update - Q4.pdf
Code of Conduct Quarterly Complaints Update Q4 2025-26 Appendix 1 - Complaints Summary.pdf
Minutes of Previous Meeting.pdf
Standards Committee Work Programme - April 2026.pdf