By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter
Gloucester councillor Alastair Chambers is due in court this week after being charged with harassment.
The Matson, Robinswood and White City councillor, who leads the Community Independents at Gloucester City Council, has been charged under the Public Order Act.
The 45-year-old, of Quedgeley, who is also a County Councillor for Coney Hill and Matson is alleged to have used “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress” in an incident in October 2025.
He has told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that he will deny the allegation.
Chambers is due before Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on May 7.