Bottles of whisky, food hampers, flowers, tickets to a football match and a show were among the gifts offered to Gwynedd councillors.

The details have come in Cyngor Gwynedd’s gifts and hospitality register for members. It is due to be discussed at a meeting of the Standards Committee in November.

The council has as model code of conduct for members which makes it compulsory to provide written notification to the Monitoring Officer of any offer of a gift, hospitality material benefit or advantage above £25 within 28 days.

The offers must be registered whether accepted or not.

Nine items which had been offered or given, accepted or rejected, to members have been documented on the register between January 10, 2023 and October 10, 2026.

The first one, had seen flowers and a bottle of Prosecco offered as a gift. It had come after a member had helped a constituent with a planning application. The item was valued at above £25 but there was no information as to whether the councillor had accepted the gift.

Another ‘thank you’ on September 4, 2023, had seen gift vouchers given for thanks for helping with a planning application. The value was not known, but the gift had been returned to the family.

A bottle of whisky had arrived through the post for one councillor, without covering note or return address.

The report stated the “member believes that it was because of help given with a planning application. He had previously explained that he could not accept a gift”.

The gift, which had been valued between £25-27, was registered on March 25, 2023, was passed on to a local village hall as a raffle prize.

Later the same year, on August 23, a hamper of unknown value was also offered as ‘thanks’ for help with a planning application but was refused.

Tickets to a Wales Women’s International football match, the value unknown, were offered and refused, in an entry dated February 2, 2025.

Two more tickets to a Wales Women’s International football match, again value unknown were this time accepted, in two separate listings for February 27, 2025.

Two tickets to the theatre, for a member and one guest, were accepted, on September 28, 2026. The value was around £30. The invitation had been to attend the guest night of a play by Cwmni’r Fran Wen , Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd.

The most recent gift to a member, which was accepted, was from a charity in Caernarfon. It had been registered on October 15, 2026.

The charity supported women who have suffered domestic abuse, and the gift had included food and a T-shirt. The value was unknown. They had been visiting in the role as Chair.

A report noted the protocol for members on gifts and hospitality, which stated that members should: “Treat with extreme caution any offer, or a gift or hospitality made to you personally.

“A gift or hospitality should never be accepted as a reward or inducement to act in a particular way as a councillor or as a means of obtaining influence.”