Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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- Data is scraped periodically from council websites.
- Current data covers 23 February 2025 to 23 February 2026.
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Council Ranking

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Councillors

Overall

82%

Average

81%

Median

84%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Labour

Liberal Democrats

Independent

Conservative

Shows how party attendance has changed over time, from 3-year average to the most recent year.

Attendance by party

Labour(46)

83%

Liberal Democrats(12)

76%

Independent(3)

79%

Conservative(1)

91%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Tim Shepherd
Labour
100%
2
Alex Burnett
Labour
100%
3
Margaret Sheard
Labour
98%

Lowest attendance

1
Abi Moore
Labour
11%
2
Kath Mitchell
Labour
36%
3
Ian Shirt
Labour
41%

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#	Councillor	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Tim Shepherd Labour Hoyland Milton	25/25	100%	Good
2	Alex Burnett Labour Penistone East	17/17	100%	Good
3	Margaret Sheard Labour Monk Bretton	39/40	98%	Good
4	Steve Green Labour Monk Bretton	34/35	97%	Good
5	James Higginbottom Labour Wombwell	35/36	97%	Good
6	Martin Morrell Labour Dearne North	31/32	97%	Good
7	Ken Richardson Msc Labour Monk Bretton	25/26	96%	Good
8	Chris Wray Liberal Democrats Dodworth	23/24	96%	Good
9	Wendy Cain Labour Dearne North	39/41	95%	Good
10	Joe Hayward Labour Cudworth	34/36	94%	Good
11	Robin Franklin Labour Hoyland Milton	34/36	94%	Good
12	Jo Newing Labour Old Town	34/36	94%	Good
13	Andrew Wray Independent Rockingham	25/27	93%	Good
14	Kevin Osborne Labour Darfield	37/40	93%	Good
15	Mick Stowe Labour Hoyland Milton	26/28	93%	Good
16	Neil Wright Labour St. Helen's	24/26	92%	Good
17	Stephen Bullcock Liberal Democrats Kingstone	24/26	92%	Good
18	Philip Wright Liberal Democrats Kingstone	23/25	92%	Good
19	Deborah Pearson Labour Dearne South	36/39	92%	Good
20	Sharon Howard Labour Darton West	33/36	92%	Good
21	Robert Frost Labour Wombwell	33/36	92%	Good
22	Robert Barnard Conservative Penistone East	30/33	91%	Good
23	Phillip Lofts Labour Old Town	27/30	90%	Good
24	Paul Murray Labour Stairfoot	25/28	89%	Fair
25	Caroline Makinson Labour Royston	31/35	89%	Fair
26	Janine Moyes Labour Central	50/56	89%	Fair
27	Brenda Eastwood Labour Wombwell	32/37	86%	Fair
28	Pauline McCarthy Labour Royston	25/29	86%	Fair
29	Jake Lodge Independent Worsbrough	24/28	86%	Fair
30	Ruth Booker Labour North East	23/27	85%	Fair
31	Ashley Peace Labour North East	37/44	84%	Fair
32	Dickie Denton Liberal Democrats Darton East	27/32	84%	Fair
33	Roy Bowser Labour Worsbrough	40/48	83%	Fair
34	Sarah Tattersall Labour St. Helen's	33/40	83%	Fair
35	Hannah Kitching Liberal Democrats Penistone West	14/17	82%	Fair
36	John Roberts Labour Penistone East	21/26	81%	Fair
37	Nicola Sumner Labour Central	22/27	81%	Fair
38	Anita Cherryholme Labour Cudworth	37/46	80%	Fair
39	Steve Hunt Liberal Democrats Darton East	20/25	80%	Fair
40	Sue Bellamy Labour Dearne North	27/34	79%	Fair
41	Sir Stephen Houghton CBE Labour Cudworth	31/39	79%	Fair
42	Martin O'Donoghue Labour Central	26/33	79%	Fair
43	Dorothy Coates Labour North East	31/40	78%	Fair
44	Trevor Cave Labour Darton West	24/31	77%	Fair
45	Dave Leech Labour St. Helen's	18/24	75%	Fair
46	Janine Bowler Labour Dearne South	20/27	74%	Low
47	Pauline Markham Labour Darfield	19/26	73%	Low
48	Sherry Holling Labour Rockingham	22/31	71%	Low
49	Karen Dyson Labour Stairfoot	17/24	71%	Low
50	Leyla Nayeri Liberal Democrats Darton East	14/21	67%	Low
51	Andy Waters Liberal Democrats Dodworth	18/27	67%	Low
52	Mandy Lowe-Flello Liberal Democrats Penistone West	10/15	67%	Low
53	Dave Webster Labour Royston	14/21	67%	Low
54	Will Fielding Liberal Democrats Dodworth	17/27	63%	Low
55	David Greenhough Liberal Democrats Penistone West	18/29	62%	Low
56	John Clarke JP Labour Worsbrough	14/23	61%	Low
57	Alice Cave Labour Darton West	11/18	61%	Low
58	Trevor Smith Independent Darfield	15/26	58%	Low
59	Clive Pickering Liberal Democrats Old Town	14/25	56%	Low
60	Ian Shirt Labour Stairfoot	7/17	41%	Poor
61	Kath Mitchell Labour Kingstone	12/33	36%	Poor
62	Abi Moore Labour Dearne South	3/28	11%	Poor