Be a Councillor Campaign Survey

Page 1 of 5

Closes 10 Jul 2025

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Part 1 - Your Local Council

Your local council is responsible for services including:

- Adult Social Care

- Council Social Housing

- Local Authority Maintained Schools 

- Waste Collection, Street Cleaning & Recycling 

- Planning Applications

- Elections & Electoral Registration

- Parks

 

Your local council is not responsible for services including:

- Operating Public Transport

- NHS and Healthcare Services

- Emergency Services (such as Police and Fire Service)

- Some Social Housing (such as Housing Associations)

1. Before starting this survey, how much did you know about what your local council does and the services it provides? Please select only one answer from the list below.
2. How familiar are you with how the local Council operates (e.g. Who makes the decisions? How are decisions made? How are decision makers appointed? Who implements the decisions?) Please select only one answer from the list below.
3. Where do you usually get information about your local council and how you can get involved? Please select all that apply from the list below.
4. How important is it to you personally to have the ability to influence decisions made in your local community? Please select only one answer from the list below.
5. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: I feel confident in my ability to influence or contribute to council decisions. Please select only one answer from the list below.
6. If you wanted to influence decisions in your local area how would you go about it? Please select all that apply from the list below.
7. Which, if any, of these might make it easier for you to influence decisions in your local area? Please select all that apply from the list below.