Updated 10:16pm 31 May 2012

Convicted councillor whose leaflets smeared rival ‘broke no code of conduct’

Cllr Walton said: “This undermines confidence in the Standards Board. You think to yourself, what’s the point of complaining to them because nothing happens.

“You’ve got someone found guilty under the Representation of the People Act yet the standards board says he was not acting in his official capacity.

“As far as I’m concerned, every time I step out of the front door I’m acting in my official capacity.”

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