Constitution of the council

The constitution sets out the rules of the council. It contains important information on procedures and processes from dealing with petitions to rules of conduct for council employees and councillors.

Current constitution

Constitution, current

Constitution, full (PDF 2.49MB)

Constitution contents (PDF 160.07KB)

Constitution chapter 1 - the constitution

Constitution chapter 1 – the constitution (PDF 349.88KB)

Constitution chapter 1, part 1 – summary (PDF 95.93KB)

Constitution chapter 1, part 2, article 1 – the constitution (PDF 102.56KB)

Constitution chapter 1, part 2, article 2 – members of the council (PDF 86.41KB)

Constitution chapter 1, part 2, article 3 – residents and the council (PDF 215.48KB)

Constitution chapter 1, part 2, article 12 – officers (PDF 103.97KB)

Constitution chapter 1, part 2, article 13 – decision-making and allocation of functions between the council and executive (PDF 96.61KB)

Constitution chapter 1, part 2, article 15 – review and revision of the constitution (PDF 78.11KB)

Constitution chapter 1, part 2, article 16 – suspension, interpretation and publication of the constitution (PDF 72.71KB)

Constitution chapter 2 - the full council

Constitution chapter 2 – the full council (PDF 301.04KB)

Constitution chapter 2, part 1, article 4 – the council (PDF 85.38KB)

Constitution chapter 2, part 1, article 5 – the mayor and the chair of the council (PDF 74.67KB)

Constitution chapter 2, part 2 – council procedure and rules (PDF 263.35KB)

Constitution chapter 2, part 3 – responsibility for council functions (PDF 89.47KB)

Constitution chapter 3 - the leader and cabinet executive

Constitution chapter 3 – the leader and cabinet executive (PDF 278.60KB)

Constitution chapter 3, part 1, article 7 – the leader and cabinet executive (PDF 94.05KB)

Constitution chapter 3, part 2 – leader and cabinet procedure rules (PDF 158.12KB)

Constitution chapter 3, part 3 – budget and policy framework procedure rules (PDF 106.09KB)

Constitution chapter 3, part 4 – functions which the Leader has allocated to the cabinet, cabinet committees or individual cabinet members (PDF 142.44KB)

Constitution chapter 4 - overview and scrutiny

Constitution chapter 4 – overview and scrutiny (PDF 237.83KB)

Constitution chapter 4, part 1, article 6 – overview and scrutiny (PDF 108.94KB)

Constitution chapter 4, part 2 – terms of reference of overview and scrutiny committees (PDF 105.31KB)

Constitution chapter 4, part 3 – scrutiny procedure rules (PDF 172.45KB)

Constitution chapter 5 - committees

Constitution chapter 5 – committees (PDF 410.83KB)

Constitution chapter 5, part 1, article 8 – committees and sub-committees of council (PDF 82.31KB)

Constitution chapter 5, part 2 – committee procedure rules (PDF 111.44KB)

Constitution chapter 5, part 3 – planning committee (PDF 208.71KB)

Constitution chapter 5, part 4 – licensing committee (PDF 140.14KB)

Constitution chapter 5, part 5 – terms of reference of other committees (PDF 168.12KB)

Constitution chapter 6 - scheme of delegation to officers

Constitution chapter 6 – scheme of delegation to officers (PDF 190.79KB)

Constitution chapter 6, part 1 – functions which are delegated to officers (PDF 152.53KB)

Constitution chapter 6, part 2 – statutory functions which are allocated to officers (PDF 113.19KB)

Constitution chapter 7 - ethical governance

Constitution chapter 7 – ethical governance (PDF 496.85KB)

Constitution chapter 7, part 1, article 9 – the standards functions (PDF 87.84KB)

Constitution chapter 7, part 2 – procedure for making complaints against a councillor for breach of the code of conduct (PDF 112.82KB)

Constitution chapter 7, part 3 – members' code of conduct (PDF 213.63KB)

Constitution chapter 7, part 4 – officers' code of conduct (PDF 185.91KB)

Constitution chapter 7, part 5 – protocol for member and officer relations (PDF 128.15KB)

Constitution chapter 7, part 6 – politically restricted posts (PDF 140.48KB)

Constitution chapter 8 - access to information procedure rules

Constitution chapter 8 – access to information procedure rules (PDF 158.69KB)

Constitution chapter 9 - rules, codes and protocols

Constitution chapter 9 – rules, codes and protocols (PDF 593.32KB)

Constitution chapter 9, part 1, article 14 – finance, contracts and legal matters (PDF 76.42KB)

Constitution chapter 9, part 2 – contract procedure rules (PDF 170.20KB)

Constitution chapter 9, part 3 – finance procedure rules (PDF 300.23KB)

Constitution chapter 9, part 4 – indemnities for members and officers (PDF 89.38KB)

Constitution chapter 9, part 5 – protocol for recording of council, cabinet, committee and sub-committee meetings (PDF 111.10KB)

Constitution chapter 10 - officer employment procedure rules

Constitution chapter 10 – officer employment procedure rules (PDF 101.60KB)

Constitution chapter 11 - member's allowances

Constitution chapter 11 – members' allowances (PDF 132.75KB)

Constitution chapter 12 - partnership arrangements and outside bodies

Constitution chapter 12 – partnership arrangements and outside bodies (PDF 185.56KB)

Constitution chapter 12, part 1, article 10, article 11 – area committees and forums, joint arrangements (PDF 81.82KB)

Constitution chapter 12, part 2 – outside bodies (PDF 173.34KB)