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London Borough of Newham

About this data:
- 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

261 of 274 Councils

Councillors

66

Overall

71%

Average

69%

Median

75%

Perfect (100%)

4

Below 75%

32

Party attendance over time

Monthly attendance rate by party

Party attendance aggregates

Labour(56)
73%
Unknown(4)
56%
Green(3)
75%
Independent(3)
49%

Councillor attendance distribution

90-100%
9
80-89%
15
70-79%
16
60-69%
9
Below 60%
17

Highest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Aktharul Alam

    Aktharul Alam

    Labour

    100%
  2. 2Photo of Lester Hudson

    Lester Hudson

    Labour

    100%
  3. 3Photo of Amar Virdee

    Amar Virdee

    Labour

    100%

Lowest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Lewis Godfrey

    Lewis Godfrey

    Independent

    15%
  2. 2Photo of Mariam Dawood

    Mariam Dawood

    Labour

    18%
  3. 3Photo of Stephanie Garfield

    Stephanie Garfield

    Labour

    20%

Highest attended committees

  1. 1

    Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

    25 meetings · 70/80 attended

    88%
  2. 2

    Cabinet

    14 meetings · 80/96 attended

    83%
  3. 3

    Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Commission

    5 meetings · 42/52 attended

    81%

Lowest attended committees

  1. 1

    Newham Schools Forum

    5 meetings · 0/5 attended

    0%
  2. 2

    Inner North East London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (INEL JHOSC)

    3 meetings · 0/6 attended

    0%
  3. 3

    SACRE

    3 meetings · 7/14 attended

    50%
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