FI14354

Request

Provide me all documents, briefings, emails, communications from the to newly elected councillors following the Local Elections relating to them beginning their new role.

Response

The information you have sought is attached.  Any personal information contained in the attached documents is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act and has been redacted from the information provided to you.  The Council considers the names and contact details of individual members of staff to be personal data.  The names of staff working in public authorities are personal data as defined by Article 4(1) of GDPR and also Section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the release of this data would contravene the data protection principles. 

In addition to the attached documents, the Council had a prospective councillor page that in the run up to and immediately following the election held details for candidates and new members. That has been changed since in preparation for 2027 elections but some of the information remains there still from May 2023 - https://www.dover.gov.uk/Council--Democracy/Councillors,-Decisions--Meetings/Prospective-Councillors-2027.aspx.

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