Labour's Cllr Pete Kilbane, City of York Council's deputy leader, said the safety of elected members seemed to be more under threat than it had been previously. Opposition Liberal Democrat leader Cllr Nigel Ayre said the addresses of other properties which councillors have an interest in should not necessarily be kept private. A report produced as part of the LGA's Debate Not Hate campaign stated threats were seen as more serious due to the availability of councillors' addresses online. In March 2024, the then Conservative Local Government Minister Simon Hoare told councils councils to look sympathetically at requests to withold addresses. A City of York Council report stated there had been historically been very few requests to treat members' interests as sensitive.