Jim Speechley

William James Speechley from Crowland is a former Conservative Party councillor and former leader of the Lincolnshire County Council. He was awarded a CBE in 1992, which was later stripped[1] after his 2004 conviction for "misconduct in a public office" related to the route of the A1073 road (Spalding to Eye bypass), after not declaring a conflict of interest that land he owned would increase significantly in value as a result. It was confirmed in court that he instructed a planning officer to alter the road route to benefit his own land's value to a considerable extent.[2] He was sentenced to 18 months in jail.[3][4]

In March 2006 Speechley's successor as council leader, Ian Croft was banned from being a county councillor for 15 months for "breaching the code of conduct for people in public office" during his campaign to get rid of chief executive, David Bowles, who had initially reported Speechley to the police and given evidence against him.[5]

References
  1. "County leader is stripped of CBE". News.bbc.co.uk. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. Ex-council leader jailed for misconduct, The Guardian
  3. "Former council leader is jailed". BBC News. 2 April 2004. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. "Revelations in Echo forced councillor's resignation". HoldtheFrontPage. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. "Ex-leader banned from authority". BBC News. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Robert Parker		 Leader of Lincolnshire County Council
1997–2002		 Succeeded by
Ian Croft
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