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Bedford Borough Council

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- Data is scraped periodically from council websites.
- Current data covers 5 May 2025 to 5 May 2026.
- Not all councils could be scraped.

Council Ranking

72 of 274 Councils

Councillors

47

Overall

85%

Average

85%

Median

87%

Perfect (100%)

2

Below 75%

6

Party attendance over time

Monthly attendance rate by party

Party attendance aggregates

Conservative(15)
82%
Labour(12)
82%
Liberal Democrats(11)
90%
Independent(3)
84%
Liberal Democrat(2)
96%
Green(2)
86%

Councillor attendance distribution

90-100%
18
80-89%
19
70-79%
6
60-69%
3
Below 60%
1

Highest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Henry Vann

    Henry Vann

    Liberal Democrat

    100%
  2. 2Photo of Paul Edmonds

    Paul Edmonds

    Green

    100%
  3. 3Photo of Jonathan Abbott

    Jonathan Abbott

    Liberal Democrats

    97%

Lowest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Alison Foster

    Alison Foster

    Conservative

    44%
  2. 2Photo of Mohammed Mahboob Din

    Mohammed Mahboob Din

    Independent

    61%
  3. 3Photo of Abu Sultan

    Abu Sultan

    Labour

    66%

Highest attended committees

  1. 1

    (Licensing Act 2003) Licensing Sub-Committee

    11 meetings · 33/33 attended

    100%
  2. 2

    Bedfordshire Local Pension Board

    4 meetings · 4/4 attended

    100%
  3. 3

    Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee

    8 meetings · 63/64 attended

    98%

Lowest attended committees

  1. 1

    Employee Partnership Committee

    3 meetings · 5/19 attended

    26%
  2. 2

    Bedford Schools' Forum

    4 meetings · 3/8 attended

    38%
  3. 3

    Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel

    7 meetings · 14/22 attended

    64%
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