The backlog includes former independent Jolene Bunting, Alliance's Patrick Brown and DUP man Luke Poots
A standards watchdog has amassed a backlog of dozens of unresolved complaints against councilllors - with some remaining on the books for six years.
Just nine of the complaints have reached adjudication, the final stage of the complaints process where the commissioner may conduct a formal hearing following an investigation. The backlog includes former DUP councillor Luke Poots, under investigation since 2018 following complaints over his alleged involvement in planning decisions lobbied for by his father, DUP minister Edwin Poots.
Alliance MLA Patrick Brown has also been under investigation by the watchdog for allegedly disclosing confidential information from a staff recruitment process when he was a councillor. She is accused of breaching the councillor code of conduct in several areas including bringing her role or Belfast City Council into disrepute.
He said: "Being the subject of a complaint can be distressing and difficult and NILGCS accepts that when there is delay this distress can be compounded."
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