Councillors, on the other hand, seem to be held to account
by this Orwellian-sounding "Council's Code of Conduct for Councillors".
That "code of conduct" sounds a bit like an employer's disciplinary
procedure to me.

Nothing Orwellian about it. People stand for election to represent 'the
people', and therefore are public servants. It takes approximately 3.2
seconds after the end of their acceptance speech for many of them to forget
this, and revel in the power.

There's nothing 'Orwellian' about reminding them of their public duty
(in vain though that reminder might be).

What's wrong with disciplining a power-hungry ******* who has betrayed those
who bothered to vote - let alone those who didn't, but are still entitled to
be represented by honest men (and women) ?

No rocket science involved, is there?
--

Andrew
"If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z.
Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." ~ Albert Einstein