Pass a law requiring Councils to publish Development Control Committees votes.

Closed 273 signatures

What the petition asks

These committees take decisions affecting our lives. Their decisions can be worth £millions to developers. The current system where votes are counted on a show of hands is unsatisfactory. These committees are open to corruption. Parliament must pass a law requiring Councillor's votes be published.

This is a zero cost proposal; no public money needs to be spent. If this proposal is adopted these committees will be more democratic and more worthy of trust from the people that they represent. Cynicism is rife regarding local government Councillors. This proposal will go some way to reducing this. Councillors should be accountable to the people who vote for them. How can they be held to account if we can't know how they vote?

Timeline

18 Feb 2016	Petition opened for signatures
18 Aug 2016	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 273

Status Closed

Opened 18 Feb 2016

Closed 18 Aug 2016

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