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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

183 of 274 Councils

Councillors

76

Overall

81%

Average

78%

Median

83%

Perfect (100%)

5

Below 75%

22

Attendance trend by party

Labour Party
Liberal Democrat
Labour and Co-operative Party
Independent
East End and Associates Independent Group
100%90%80%70%60%50%3 Years2 YearsCurrent Year81%81%81%85%85%85%81%81%81%79%79%79%55%55%55%

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

Attendance by party

Labour Party(27)
81%
Liberal Democrat(22)
85%
Labour and Co-operative Party(7)
81%
Independent(6)
79%
East End and Associates Independent Group(6)
55%
Green Party(4)
85%

Attendance distribution

90-100%
23
80-89%
26
70-79%
11
60-69%
2
Below 60%
14

Highest attendance

  1. 1

    Nick Hartley

    Green Party

    100%
  2. 2

    Tracey Mitchell

    Newcastle Independents

    100%
  3. 3

    Marc Donnelly

    Independent

    100%

Lowest attendance

  1. 1

    Maureen Lowson

    Labour Party

    0%
  2. 2

    John Stokel-Walker

    East End and Associates Independent Group

    25%
  3. 3

    Miriam Mafemba

    Labour Party

    36%

All councillors

Showing 76 of 76 councillors

#CouncillorMeetingsAttendanceStatus
1

Nick Hartley

Green Party

Byker

20/20
100%
Good
2

Tracey Mitchell

Newcastle Independents

Denton and Westerhope

13/13
100%
Good
3

Marc Donnelly

Independent

Chapel

13/13
100%
Good
4

Daniel Greenhough

Labour Party

Denton and Westerhope

18/18
100%
Good
5

John Hall

Liberal Democrat

Fawdon and West Gosforth

12/12
100%
Good
6

Greg Stone

Liberal Democrat

Manor Park

33/34
97%
Good
7

Mark Mitchell

Liberal Democrat

West Fenham

37/38
97%
Good
8

Barry Phillipson

Labour Party

Lemington

35/36
97%
Good
9

Henry Gallagher

Liberal Democrat

Dene and South Gosforth

34/35
97%
Good
10

Lawrence Hunter

Independent

Chapel

18/19
95%
Good
11

Susan Anthony

Labour Party

Benwell and Scotswood

20/21
95%
Good
12

Stephen Barry-Stanners

Labour and Co-operative Party

Lemington

30/32
94%
Good
13

Rob Higgins

Labour Party

Benwell and Scotswood

63/67
94%
Good
14

Stephen Fairlie

Labour Party

Callerton and Throckley

16/17
94%
Good
15

Pauline Allen

Liberal Democrat

Parklands

15/16
94%
Good
16

Philip Browne

Liberal Democrat

North Jesmond

14/15
93%
Good
17

Margaret Donnelly

Independent

Chapel

12/13
92%
Good
18

Sarah Peters

Green Party

South Jesmond

12/13
92%
Good
19

Alexander Hay

Labour Party

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall

36/39
92%
Good
20

Jacqui Robinson

Labour Party

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall

39/43
91%
Good
21

Mike Cookson

Liberal Democrat

Ouseburn

18/20
90%
Good
22

Hazel Stephenson

Labour Party

Benwell and Scotswood

19/21
90%
Good
23

Lara Ellis

Labour Party

Heaton

27/30
90%
Good
24

Wendy Taylor

Liberal Democrat

Dene and South Gosforth

40/45
89%
Fair
25

Peter Allen

Liberal Democrat

North Jesmond

28/32
88%
Fair
26

Dr Juna Sathian

Labour Party

Blakelaw

22/25
88%
Fair
27

Mehrban Sadiq

Labour Party

Heaton

14/16
88%
Fair
28

Dr Teresa Cairns

Labour Party

Monument

38/43
88%
Fair
29

Colin Ferguson

Liberal Democrat

Gosforth

39/45
87%
Fair
30

Gareth Kane

Liberal Democrat

Ouseburn

20/23
87%
Fair
31

George Pattison

Labour Party

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall

44/51
86%
Fair
32

Karen Kilgour

Labour Party

West Fenham

32/37
86%
Fair
33

James Coles

Liberal Democrat

North Jesmond

11/13
85%
Fair
34

Joanne Kingsland

Labour Party

Arthur's Hill

16/19
84%
Fair
35

Doreen Huddart

Liberal Democrat

Manor Park

37/44
84%
Fair
36

Peter Lovatt

Liberal Democrat

Fawdon and West Gosforth

36/43
84%
Fair
37

Clare Penny-Evans

Labour and Co-operative Party

Heaton

20/24
83%
Fair
38

Alistair Chisholm

Green Party

Ouseburn

35/42
83%
Fair
39

Habib Rahman

Independent

Elswick

10/12
83%
Fair
40

Hayder Qureshi

Labour Party

Byker

10/12
83%
Fair
41

Doc Anand

Conservative Party

Gosforth

10/12
83%
Fair
42

Robin Ashby

Liberal Democrat

Parklands

10/12
83%
Fair
43

Rob Austin

Liberal Democrat

Fawdon and West Gosforth

20/24
83%
Fair
44

Deborah Burns

Liberal Democrat

Manor Park

10/12
83%
Fair
45

Joyce McCarty

Labour and Co-operative Party

Wingrove

31/38
82%
Fair
46

Paula Maines

Labour and Co-operative Party

Kenton

32/39
82%
Fair
47

Adam Mitchell

Newcastle Independents

Denton and Westerhope

14/17
82%
Fair
48

Tom Woodwark

Liberal Democrat

Gosforth

13/16
81%
Fair
49

Stephen Powers

Labour and Co-operative Party

Arthur's Hill

16/20
80%
Fair
50

Jane Byrne

Independent

Monument

15/19
79%
Fair
51

Adam Walker

Labour Party

Callerton and Throckley

22/28
79%
Fair
52

Christine Morrissey

Liberal Democrat

Parklands

14/18
78%
Fair
53

Ged Bell

Labour Party

Kenton

13/17
76%
Fair
54

Rebecca Shatwell

Labour Party

Wingrove

12/16
75%
Fair
55

Nabeela Ali

Labour Party

Monument

20/27
74%
Low
56

Andrew Herridge

Labour and Co-operative Party

Castle

32/43
74%
Low
57

PJ Morrissey

Liberal Democrat

West Fenham

24/33
73%
Low
58

Marion Williams

East End and Associates Independent Group

Blakelaw

37/51
73%
Low
59

Linda Hobson

Labour Party

Blakelaw

10/14
71%
Low
60

Irim Ali

Labour Party

Wingrove

19/27
70%
Low
61

Laura Cummings

Labour and Co-operative Party

South Jesmond

11/16
69%
Low
62

Abdul Samad

Labour Party

Arthur's Hill

16/26
62%
Low
63

Linda Wright

Labour Party

Callerton and Throckley

22/37
59%
Low
64

Khaled Musharraf

Green Party

Elswick

7/12
58%
Low
65

Karen Robinson

Liberal Democrat

Dene and South Gosforth

14/25
56%
Low
66

Ali Avaei

Liberal Democrat

Castle

11/20
55%
Low
67

Stephen Lambert

Labour Party

Kenton

17/31
55%
Low
68

Nix Joanne

Newcastle Independents

Lemington

7/13
54%
Low
69

Nick Kemp

East End and Associates Independent Group

Byker

14/26
54%
Low
70

Margaret Wood

East End and Associates Independent Group

Walker

5/12
42%
Poor
71

Dave Wood CBE

East End and Associates Independent Group

Walker

5/12
42%
Poor
72

Stevie Wood

East End and Associates Independent Group

Walkergate

7/17
41%
Poor
73

Thom Campion

Independent

Castle

7/19
37%
Poor
74

Miriam Mafemba

Labour Party

Elswick

5/14
36%
Poor
75

John Stokel-Walker

East End and Associates Independent Group

Walker

3/12
25%
Poor
76

Maureen Lowson

Labour Party

Walkergate

0/13
0%
Poor