https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/councillor-blasts-cowardly-disgraceful-critics-17302845

Councillor Mark Weldon was lead Executive Councillor on the biggest incidence of planning corruption I have found at Stockport:

Is Vicki Bates, Monitoring Officer at Stockport Council, guilty of offences under the Fraud Act 2006?
Vicki Bates, Monitoring Officer Stockport Council, says asking questions about missing community facilities is “vexatious”.
Vicki Bates, Monitoring Officer at Stockport Council, does she ever uphold the law?
Vicki Bates, Stockport Council Monitoring Officer, at ease with financial corruption.
LibDem planning corruption at Stockport – Monitoring Officer fine with this.