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About this data:
- Data is scraped periodically from council websites.
- Current data covers 23 February 2025 to 23 February 2026.
- Not all councils could be scraped.

Council Ranking

154 of 274 Councils

Councillors

82

Overall

82%

Average

82%

Median

83%

Perfect (100%)

5

Below 75%

24

Attendance trend by party

Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Independents for Dorset
Green Party
Labour & Co-operative
100%90%80%70%3 Years2 YearsCurrent Year85%85%85%77%77%77%88%88%88%82%82%82%88%88%88%

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

Attendance by party

Liberal Democrats(42)
85%
Conservative(30)
77%
Independents for Dorset(4)
88%
Green Party(4)
82%
Labour & Co-operative(1)
88%
Labour(1)
73%

Attendance distribution

90-100%
23
80-89%
24
70-79%
27
60-69%
6
Below 60%
2

Highest attendance

  1. 1

    Derek Beer

    Liberal Democrats

    100%
  2. 2

    Chris Tomes

    Conservative

    100%
  3. 3

    Carole Jones

    Conservative

    100%

Lowest attendance

  1. 1

    Claudia Webb

    Green Party

    50%
  2. 2

    Julie Robinson

    Conservative

    58%
  3. 3

    Rory Major

    Liberal Democrats

    61%

All councillors

Showing 82 of 82 councillors

#CouncillorMeetingsAttendanceStatus
120/20
100%
Good
2

Chris Tomes

Conservative

Swanage

3/3
100%
Good
320/20
100%
Good
417/17
100%
Good
515/15
100%
Good
6

Nick Ireland

Liberal Democrats

Crossways

34/35
97%
Good
7

Neil Eysenck

Liberal Democrats

Eggardon

26/27
96%
Good
8

Pete Roper

Independents for Dorset

Portland

27/28
96%
Good
9

Les Fry

Independents for Dorset

Dorchester West

22/23
96%
Good
1024/25
96%
Good
1132/34
94%
Good
1225/27
93%
Good
1325/27
93%
Good
1426/28
93%
Good
1513/14
93%
Good
1612/13
92%
Good
17

Scott Florek

Liberal Democrats

Corfe Mullen

21/23
91%
Good
1810/11
91%
Good
1921/23
91%
Good
2026/29
90%
Good
21

Gill Taylor

Liberal Democrats

Chickerell

28/31
90%
Good
22

Beryl Ezzard

Liberal Democrats

Wareham

28/31
90%
Good
2318/20
90%
Good
24

Jon Andrews

Liberal Democrats

Sherborne East

17/19
89%
Fair
2517/19
89%
Fair
26

Ryan Holloway

Liberal Democrats

Wareham

16/18
89%
Fair
2717/19
89%
Fair
28

Rob Hughes

Independents for Dorset

Portland

14/16
88%
Fair
29

Ryan Hope

Liberal Democrats

Westham

21/24
88%
Fair
30

Carl Woode

Liberal Democrats

Gillingham

22/25
88%
Fair
31

Paul Kimber

Labour & Co-operative

Portland

15/17
88%
Fair
3229/33
88%
Fair
3313/15
87%
Fair
3424/28
86%
Fair
35

Simon Clifford

Liberal Democrats

Chickerell

22/26
85%
Fair
36

Matt Bell

Liberal Democrats

Radipole

22/26
85%
Fair
3728/33
85%
Fair
38

Dave Bolwell

Liberal Democrats

Bridport

23/27
85%
Fair
39

David Taylor

Liberal Democrats

Charminster St Marys

22/26
85%
Fair
4025/30
83%
Fair
4110/12
83%
Fair
4236/44
82%
Fair
43

Louise Bown

Liberal Democrats

Radipole

27/33
82%
Fair
4413/16
81%
Fair
4528/35
80%
Fair
4612/15
80%
Fair
478/10
80%
Fair
4822/28
79%
Fair
4922/28
79%
Fair
5019/24
79%
Fair
51

Gary Suttle

Conservative

Swanage

14/18
78%
Fair
5210/13
77%
Fair
5320/26
77%
Fair
54

Alex Fuhrmann

Liberal Democrats

Westham

17/22
77%
Fair
5513/17
76%
Fair
5612/16
75%
Fair
579/12
75%
Fair
58

Sally Holland

Liberal Democrats

Chesil Bank

15/20
75%
Fair
5917/23
74%
Low
6026/35
74%
Low
6114/19
74%
Low
6214/19
74%
Low
6314/19
74%
Low
6416/22
73%
Low
65

Sarah Williams

Liberal Democrats

Bridport

29/40
73%
Low
6616/22
73%
Low
67

Mike Baker

Liberal Democrats

West Purbeck

8/11
73%
Low
68

Bridget Bolwell

Liberal Democrats

Bridport

16/22
73%
Low
6913/18
72%
Low
70

Robin Legg

Liberal Democrats

Sherborne Rural

10/14
71%
Low
7110/14
71%
Low
7210/14
71%
Low
73

Jane Somper

Conservative

Beacon

14/20
70%
Low
74

Chris Kippax

Liberal Democrats

Yetminster

14/20
70%
Low
75

Hannah Hobbs-Chell

Independents for Dorset

Ferndown South

13/19
68%
Low
7616/24
67%
Low
7724/36
67%
Low
78

Toni Coombs

Conservative

Verwood

21/33
64%
Low
7915/24
63%
Low
80

Rory Major

Liberal Democrats

Dorchester East

11/18
61%
Low
8111/19
58%
Low
827/14
50%
Low