Councillors at Scottish Borders Council - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Councillors at Scottish Borders Council
FOI Number: 370
Date Received: 08/04/2022
Type of Request: FOI
Request or Question: 1) Please could you list how many councillors under your local authority left their councillor role before their 4-year term was complete?Please can this be broken down intoThose who were elected in 2012Those who were elected in 2017
2) Please could this information be broken down into how many councillors left in the first year of their term, their second, their third, and their fourth?
3) Finally, please could these figures be broken down into who voluntarily left their role, and who was sacked?
Response: 1)
2012 - 3
2017 - 2

2)
2012 – 2 in first year, 1 in second year
2017 – 1 in first year, 1 in fourth year

3)
2012 – 2 in first year left due to voluntary reasons, unfortunately 1 in second year died
2017 – 1 in first year left due to voluntary reasons, unfortunately 1 in forth year died