Councillors are “publicly humiliated and ridiculed” with the standard of conduct at Liverpool Town Hall “at an all time low” according to a former Lord Mayor.
A motion had been laid down by Cllr Anna Rothery, leader of the Liverpool Community Independents group, calling for a debate during the full meeting of the city council on Wednesday on the impact of “bullying, intimidation and harassment” of elected members. Cllr Rothery, who served as Lord Mayor of the city from 2019 to 2021, said the “ridicule” of members not only impacted them personally, “but impacts on our ability to represent those who have elected us.”
Cllr Rothery, a former Labour member and candidate to be city mayor, is the second councillor to speak out in six months over treatment of elected members. In September, Cllr Kris Brown, Liberal Democrat member for Woolton and Gateacre, said abuse was coming in “thick and fast” and he could no longer stay silent after receiving a malicious email.
