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Topic: Hounslow Chronicle reveals background to Councillor's suspension
Posted by: David Giles
Date/Time: 29/07/13 19:21:00

The following article written by Robert Cumber appeared in the Hounslow Chronicle on 24th July, 2013.

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"A LABOUR councillor has been punished for sending an email which helped expose a disgraced party colleague, the Chronicle can reveal.

"Elizabeth Hughes, who has represented Heston West since 2006, was suspended by the Hounslow Labour Group earlier this month.

"A wall of silence had surrounded the reason for the sanction, but a leaked document obtained by the Chronicle reveals it was an email she sent complaining about fellow Labour councillor Mohinder Gill.

"That email ultimately led to Mr Gill being found by an appeals tribunal in May to have abused his powers in voting not to take enforcement action against the home of a former Labour candidate.

"Leaked minutes of the Labour group meeting at which Mrs Hughes' suspension was agreed, on July 5, give the reason as 'uncomradely behaviour and racist language'.

"The minutes show this refers to a private email from Mrs Hughes to the group's then chief whip Alan Barber in September 2010 complaining about Mr Gill's behaviour at a planning meeting the previous night.

"As the Chronicle revealed in May, she wrote: "It's all back to the Asian boys' club. I don't want the Labour Party dragged down by them."

"Her complaint was investigated by the council's standards committee, which found last summer Mr Gill had breached the members' code of conduct on five counts.

"An appeals tribunal subsequently ruled in May this year that Mr Gill had not known the property at the centre of the row was the home of former Labour candidate Harleen Atwal.

"However, Judge David Laverick upheld three of the breaches, finding the councillor had used his position to 'improperly secure an advantage for another person'.

"Mr Gill was stripped of his planning powers and is due to stand down at the next elections, but the party has never taken any internal action against him or apologised for his behaviour.

"It was a complaint by Mr Gill that prompted the motion to suspend Mrs Hughes, which was formally proposed by Councillor Balvir Sond and seconded by deputy council leader Colin Ellar.

"Mrs Hughes warned at the meeting that suspending her would make Labour councillors 'too frightened' to complain about a fellow member in future.

"She has appealed against her suspension to Labour's London regional group, which is due to consider her appeal this week.

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I wonder what was the outcome of Mrs Hughes' appeal ?

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         Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/07/13 22:07:00 John Kerr
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                           Re:Re:Hounslow Labour Party placed in Special Measures by Labour HQ27/07/13 18:35:00 David Giles
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                  Re:Re:Labour Party deeply divided and no longer fit to govern.03/08/13 00:41:00 Phil Andrews
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            Re:Re:Re:Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of the Council25/07/13 20:54:00 Chris Broadbent
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of the Council25/07/13 21:45:00 David Giles
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of the Council25/07/13 21:52:00 Jim Lawes
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of the Council25/07/13 22:13:00 John Kerr
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of the Council26/07/13 08:52:00 David Giles
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of the Council26/07/13 09:05:00 Paul Fisher
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of the Council26/07/13 09:24:00 David Giles
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of the Council27/07/13 19:07:00 Michael Brandt
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of the Council28/07/13 18:50:00 David Giles
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of the Council28/07/13 18:57:00 Anthony Waller
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                                             :Hounslow Chronicle story including Peter Thompson's remarks28/07/13 23:02:00 David Giles
                                                Hounslow Chronicle reveals background to Councillor's suspension29/07/13 19:21:00 David Giles
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                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Chronicle reveals background to Councillor's suspension31/07/13 00:37:00 David Giles
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Chronicle reveals background to Councillor's suspension31/07/13 10:18:00 Raymond Havelock
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Chronicle reveals background to Councillor's suspension02/08/13 08:05:00 David Giles
                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Chronicle reveals background to Councillor's suspension03/08/13 10:41:00 Raymond Havelock
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   Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension03/08/13 13:09:00 Simon Anderson
      Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 19:18:00 Peter Potter
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            Re:Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 21:16:00 Phil Andrews
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 21:45:00 Simon Anderson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 21:51:00 Phil Andrews
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 21:58:00 Simon Anderson
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 22:02:00 Phil Andrews
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 22:06:00 Simon Anderson
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 22:07:00 Phil Andrews
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 22:14:00 Simon Anderson
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 22:17:00 Phil Andrews
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         Re:Re:Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension18/08/13 19:50:00 Simon Anderson
   Re:Answers demanded over Labour councillor's suspension03/08/13 13:23:00 David Hughes
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