The former leader of Suffolk CC has been disqualified from standing for election for 12 months. Jane Hore was banned following a Standards for England investigation into allegations that she voted twice at a full council meeting held on 25 September 2008. The Adjudication Panel for England found that Ms Hore brought her office and the local authority into disrepute by misusing the council's electronic voting system. Dr Robert Chilton, chair of Standards for England, said: ‘Although Ms Hore's extra vote was not enough to affect the council's decision on this occasion, casting two votes was a clear abuse of procedure and undermined the integrity of the democratic process.' Ms Hore, who lost her Labour seat in Lowestoft this year, said: ‘My conscience is clear. I know what I did not do. The board does not consider formal evidence. It relies on tittle-tattle.'