In section 20 of the 1987 Act (persons to have priority on housing list and allocation of housing) at the end there shall be added the following subsection—
“(3)A member of a local authority shall be excluded from a decision on the allocation of local authority housing, or of housing in respect of which the local authority may nominate the tenant, where—
(a)the house in question is situated; or
(b)the applicant for the house in question resides,
in the electoral division or ward for which that member is elected.”