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Oldham’s town hall has called for a tighter crackdown on ‘badly behaved’ councillors. A number of elected representatives want to introduce tougher consequences for those who break the council’s code of conduct.

Councillors Holly Harrison and Graham Shuttleworth want to ‘restore faith in democracy’ by introducing harsher punishments on bullying and other toxic behaviour at local authorities. The call comes after the townhall was found to have one of the highest numbers of standards complaints of any other Greater Manchester council – with a total of 22 ongoing investigations conducted during 2025.

In a recently concluded case, Councillor Mark Kenyon was told to apologise after a £10k investigation found him in breach of Oldham ’s code of conduct for ‘spying’ on a meeting

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