Independent Candidate Maidstone South /Conservative Party Member

Dear S Davis

Thank you for your email.

I acknowledge your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Assuming we hold this information, I will endeavour
to supply the data to you as soon as possible but no later than 16th June
2009 (20 working days from date of receipt).

I will advise you as soon as possible if we do not hold this information
or if there are exemptions to be considered and/or any costs for providing
the information. Please quote our reference - FOI/09/546 - in any
communication regarding this particular request.

Best regards

Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...

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Dear S Davis

Thank you for your request for information.

Kent County Council can confirm that a person called Fiona Garland did
propose Sheena Williams, the Independent candidate. However we cannot
ascertain from the information held whether she is the wife of Christopher
Garland, the Conservative Leader of Maidstone Borough Council or even if
she is related to him in any way.

Further information about the forthcoming County Council elections is
available from KCC's website
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ... .
The election process is managed by the District Councils in Kent so even
though the elections are for County Councillors, they may hold more
information than KCC does. Consequently, you may want to approach
Maidstone Borough Council if you have not already done so.

If you are unhappy with this response, and believe KCC has not complied
with legislation, please ask for a review by following our complaints
process; details can be found at this link
[2]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...
on our website. Please quote reference FOI/09/546.

If you still remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you can
appeal to the Information Commissioner, who oversees compliance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Details of what you need to do, should
you wish to pursue this course of action, are available from the
Information Commissioner's website
[3]http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/freedom...

Best regards

Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
[4]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...

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Dear S Davis

Thank you for your request for information.

Kent County Council does not hold or maintain the electoral register, this
is a function of District and Borough Councils in Kent, and KCC has no
more right of access to it than a member of the public. Therefore we do
not know what address the Leader of Maidstone Borough Council's voting
forms would have been sent to and whether this address is the same as that
of the person who proposed the Independent candidate for Maidstone South
in the recent County Council elections. To reiterate what was suggested in
our 22nd May response to your original request on this subject, you should
therefore redirect your request to Maidstone Borough Council who may hold
the information you require.
[1]http://www.digitalmaidstone.co.uk/your_c...

The Council would like to forewarn you that future requests for
information on this subject will be refused. The Council believes that the
volume, extent, frequency and repeated nature of your requests, and
the inevitable follow-on queries and complaint to the response, has now
become such that your correspondence is taking up a disproportionate
amount of time and public resources to respond to. This is manifestly
unreasonable and could be construed as obsessive and a deliberate attempt
to disrupt the Council's operations. The Council has no obligation to
respond to requests that are perceived to be vexatious under section 14 of
FOIA and it is considered that collectively, your requests are vexatious.
Although your requests are not necessarily "repeated" in the sense that
they are requests for the exactly same information, when taken together
they form a pattern of obsessive requests of a similar nature such that
the Council may reasonably regard as vexatious. Neither the FOIA, nor
scarce public resources, are intended to be used in this way and,
accordingly, no further correspondence will be entered into in response to
your requests for information on these or related topics.

If you are unhappy with this response, and believe KCC has not complied
with legislation, please ask for a review by following our complaints
process; details can be found at this link
[2]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...
on our website. Please quote reference FOI/09/593.

If you still remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you can
appeal to the Information Commissioner, who oversees compliance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Details of what you need to do, should
you wish to pursue this course of action, are available from the
Information Commissioner's website
[3]http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/freedom...

Best regards

Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
[4]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...

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