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Epping Forest District 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

211 of 274 Councils

Councillors

54

Overall

79%

Average

78%

Median

81%

Perfect (100%)

6

Below 75%

18

Party attendance over time

Monthly attendance rate by party

Party attendance aggregates

Conservative Party(26)
78%
Loughton Residents Association(13)
79%
Liberal Democrats(7)
83%
Independent(3)
71%
Epping Forest Independents Group(2)
84%
Reform UK(1)
100%

Councillor attendance distribution

90-100%
18
80-89%
12
70-79%
10
60-69%
6
Below 60%
8

Highest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Sue Jones

    Sue Jones

    Conservative Party

    100%
  2. 2Photo of Chris Whitbread

    Chris Whitbread

    Conservative Party

    100%
  3. 3Photo of Bob Church

    Bob Church

    Conservative Party

    100%

Lowest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Ian Hadley

    Ian Hadley

    Conservative Party

    29%
  2. 2Photo of Nigel Bedford

    Nigel Bedford

    Conservative Party

    31%
  3. 3Photo of Elizabeth Gabbett

    Elizabeth Gabbett

    Green Party

    33%

Highest attended committees

  1. 1

    Cabinet

    11 meetings · 152/161 attended

    94%
  2. 2

    Planning Committee B

    7 meetings · 78/88 attended

    89%
  3. 3

    Council

    9 meetings · 408/486 attended

    84%

Lowest attended committees

  1. 1

    Appointments Panel

    3 meetings · 0/42 attended

    0%
  2. 2

    Licensing Committee

    3 meetings · 25/45 attended

    56%
  3. 3

    Constitution Working Group

    4 meetings · 21/36 attended

    58%
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