EGM fiasco: Cllr Ecclestone to file complaint with authorities Councillor Christopher Ecclestone said he would lodge an official complaint with the Monitoring Officer at Test Valley Borough Council and the Department of Communities and Local Government against the backdrop of EGM fiasco that saw four councillors being excluded from the meeting on Thursday. Cllr Ecclestone called the EGM “a new low in local democracy” and accused the Proper Officer and mayor of excluding him from confidential sessions. Cllr Ecclestone told the Advertiser: “A new low in local democracy was reached at ATC's Extraordinary General Meeting held on the 21st of January to discuss whether to contest a Judicial Review being brought by three councillors against ATC for its repeated illegalities and irregularities.