A motion was tabled during a meeting of the Police and Crime Panel on Friday (January 30) where Mrs Bourne was quizzed about her decision to join the protest in Crowborough.
She took part in the 4,000-strong march in November, where she told reporters the plan had been “dumped on everybody” with “no consultation” and later urged the government to look into making asylum seekers wear electronic tags.
Tabling the motion, Paul Keene, of Lewes District Council, said the panel had “lost confidence in the commissioner and the commissioner’s conduct”.
He added: “Her lack of impartiality has brought the office of commissioner and policing into disrepute. We therefore censure her for her actions.”
Despite being warned that they did not have the power to hand out discipline this way, most panel members supported the motion.
Mrs Bourne said she would be complaining to the monitoring officer, calling the motion and the line of questioning she had faced – including references to a petition calling for her to resign – “harassment”.
She added: “I feel threatened by it. You know my history of having been stalked and I think it’s a very unreasonable abuse of your powers and your responsibilities and you’re not behaving as a critical friend, as you should be.”
Since the march in November, the first 27 men have arrived at the Crowborough site and protests have continued.
Kelvin Williams, of Wealden District Council, questioned whether joining the march had been the “responsible” thing to do.
Mr Williams said the protest marches were attracting “far right agitators” and there had been “a lot of intimidation”, including social media abuse and town councillors being followed home and harangued.
He added: “I think it’s the responsibility of all politicians to effectively calm the community and give them some reassurance that everyone is there for them and how we are looking to keep things safe.”
Mrs Bourne is the Conservative candidate for Mayor of Sussex.
It was pointed out by Christine Bayliss, of Rother District Council, that she had not made it clear on social media that she was talking in that capacity, rather than as Police and Crime Commissioner.
Mrs Bayliss added: “It is very regrettable that you chose to become politically involved in the scenario.”
Michael Jones, of Crawley Borough Council, said the motion was not harassment but was “holding the Commissioner to account”.
He added that, before she stood for mayor, he was not aware of her attending any demonstrations.
Christian Mitchell, of West Sussex County Council, was critical of the fact that the motion was sprung on the meeting and had not been mentioned beforehand to allow Mrs Bourne time to react and give members of the public notice about what was happening.
Defending her decision to attend the march, Mrs Bourne said: “I’m the voice of the public in policing. My job is to listen to the public and understand their concerns.
“There is a lot of misinformation out there about exactly what my stance is in this and what I have done.
“I went on the first [march]; I walked at the back and I spoke to lots and lots of residents. The idea was for me to understand the strength of feeling, to understand why people were out there in the first place.
“I took that back to the police and was able to represent that, which is my job to do.”
She added: “I have not stood on any platforms with left or right of politics or however you want to pull politics into this.
“My comments in the media have been very careful, to make sure that I do my job as Police and Crime Commissioner.
“I think I’ve represented the public’s views and their concerns in the way I should in my role.”
The motion was carried by ten votes to four with one abstention. The chairman said he would discuss the situation with the clerk about the next steps.
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