ROB CRUTE: Putting the people and communities of the Blackhall Ward first

Rob is a member of Durham County Council representing the people and communities of the Blackhall Division, which includes Blackhall Colliery, Blackhall Rocks, Crimdon, The Hesledens, Castle Eden, Station Town, Hutton Henry, Sheraton and Hulam. This news site will keep you up to date with just a few of the activities Rob is involved with in the community and at county hall. For casework and enquiries please contact: rob.crute@durham.gov.uk

Friday, 7 April 2017

Purdah guidelines in the run up to the local elections

You may know already that local elections are scheduled to be held across County Durham on Thursday 4 May 2017.

Although we don't normally use our blog for party political purposes we thought it best to make it clear that we are governed by purdah guidelines in the period before an election and that we intend to comply with the convention dictating the conduct of local councillors during the purdah period.

This means that we will remain politically impartial in our reporting on this site and that we will continue to use our blog solely as a direct means of communicating our work on behalf of our constituents.

Purdah guidelines however do not interfere with our role as councillors so if you have any queries or concerns you would like us to deal with please continue to contact us in the usual way.