questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what restrictions are in place that prevent people from becoming a local councillor due to (a) criminal convictions and (b) any other reason.
answerText: Candidates must declare anything that might disqualify them from standing for or holding local office, not doing so is a criminal offence. Certain criminal convictions will disqualify an individual from local government, such as criminal convictions that ...
heading: Councillors: Disqualification