In November 2021, Maldon Council descended into chaos after independent member Chrisy Morris took issue with a minute’s silence being observed to honour late local MP David Amess.
In December 2020, at the height of the pandemic, the Cheshire council had a planning meeting that ended up going viral after the non-elected commissioner, Jackie Weaver, took charge of the Zoom call.
And most famously, the parish council meeting to end all parish council meetings.
Briercliffe Parish Council Allotments Meeting is not a title that screams excitement, so it was shocking to all involved when a full-blown fist fight broke out in 2014.
Parish councillor David Darling and borough councillor Colin Pease, both in their 70s, provoked each other over a local dispute to the point of punches being thrown.
