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Northumberland County Council

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Council Ranking

109 of 274 Councils

Councillors

69

Overall

84%

Average

83%

Median

86%

Perfect (100%)

8

Below 75%

12

Party attendance over time

Monthly attendance rate by party

Party attendance aggregates

Conservative(27)
84%
Reform UK(20)
84%
Labour(8)
86%
Independent Group(7)
84%
Liberal Democrats(3)
85%
Green Party(2)
93%

Councillor attendance distribution

90-100%
28
80-89%
19
70-79%
14
60-69%
4
Below 60%
4

Highest councillor attendance

  1. 1

    Caroline Susan Ball

    Labour

    100%
  2. 2

    Ben Audsley

    Reform UK

    100%
  3. 3

    Trevor Cessford

    Conservative

    100%

Lowest councillor attendance

  1. 1

    Shaun William Knowles

    Reform UK

    25%
  2. 2

    John Victor Allen

    Non Aligned

    33%
  3. 3

    Steven Christopher Bridgett

    Non Aligned

    46%

Highest attended committees

  1. 1

    Audit Committee

    2 meetings · 11/11 attended

    100%
  2. 2

    Corporate Services and Economic Growth OSC

    6 meetings · 75/79 attended

    95%
  3. 3

    County Council

    9 meetings · 517/558 attended

    93%

Lowest attended committees

  1. 1

    North Planning Committee

    3 meetings · 16/30 attended

    53%
  2. 2

    Castle Morpeth Community Partnership

    3 meetings · 24/42 attended

    57%
  3. 3

    Schools' Forum

    5 meetings · 8/14 attended

    57%
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