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- 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

191 of 274 Councils

Councillors

34

Overall

81%

Average

80%

Median

83%

Perfect (100%)

0

Below 75%

10

Attendance trend by party

Conservative
Independent
Scottish National Party
Liberal Democrats
Scottish Green Party
100%90%80%70%60%3 Years2 YearsCurrent Year79%79%79%74%74%74%87%87%87%89%89%89%81%81%81%

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

Attendance by party

Conservative(15)
79%
Independent(8)
74%
Scottish National Party(7)
87%
Liberal Democrats(3)
89%
Scottish Green Party(1)
81%

Attendance distribution

90-100%
7
80-89%
13
70-79%
7
60-69%
5
Below 60%
2

Highest attendance

  1. 1

    Marshall Douglas

    Scottish National Party

    96%
  2. 2

    Hannah Steel

    Liberal Democrats

    95%
  3. 3

    Elaine Thornton-Nicol

    Scottish National Party

    94%

Lowest attendance

  1. 1

    Annette Smart

    Scottish National Party

    53%
  2. 2

    Aileen Orr

    Independent

    58%
  3. 3

    John Bathgate

    Conservative

    62%

All councillors

Showing 34 of 34 councillors

#CouncillorMeetingsAttendanceStatus
1

Marshall Douglas

Scottish National Party

Tweeddale East

88/92
96%
Good
2

Hannah Steel

Liberal Democrats

Galashiels & District

20/21
95%
Good
3

Elaine Thornton-Nicol

Scottish National Party

Selkirkshire

45/48
94%
Good
4

Robin Tatler

Independent

Tweeddale East

39/42
93%
Good
5

Viv Thomson

Scottish National Party

Tweeddale West

45/49
92%
Good
6

John PatonDay

Scottish National Party

Leaderdale & Melrose

36/39
92%
Good
7

Euan Jardine

Conservative

Galashiels & District

32/35
91%
Good
8

Drummond Begg

Liberal Democrats

Tweeddale West

24/27
89%
Fair
9

John Greenwell

Conservative

Mid Berwickshire

31/35
89%
Fair
10

Donald Moffat

Scottish National Party

Mid Berwickshire

30/34
88%
Fair
11

Neil Richards

Conservative

Hawick & Denholm

57/65
88%
Fair
12

Eric Small

Conservative

Tweeddale West

52/60
87%
Fair
13

Carol Hamilton

Conservative

East Berwickshire

25/29
86%
Fair
14

Jenny Linehan

Conservative

Leaderdale & Melrose

23/27
85%
Fair
15

Euan Robson

Liberal Democrats

Kelso & District

26/31
84%
Fair
16

Sandy Scott

Conservative

Jedburgh & District

35/42
83%
Fair
17

Simon Mountford

Conservative

Kelso & District

39/47
83%
Fair
18

Mark Rowley

Conservative

Mid Berwickshire

9/11
82%
Fair
19

Neil Mackinnon

Scottish Green Party

Galashiels & District

17/21
81%
Fair
20

Watson McAteer

Independent

Hawick & Hermitage

12/15
80%
Fair
21

Clair Ramage

Independent

Hawick & Denholm

14/18
78%
Fair
22

Fay Sinclair

Scottish National Party

Galashiels & District

30/39
77%
Fair
23

Caroline Cochrane

Independent

Selkirkshire

23/30
77%
Fair
24

Scott Hamilton

Conservative

Jedburgh & District

28/37
76%
Fair
25

Jane Cox

Conservative

Hawick & Hermitage

39/53
74%
Low
26

James Anderson

Independent

East Berwickshire

24/33
73%
Low
27

Tom Weatherston

Conservative

Kelso & District

35/50
70%
Low
28

Leagh Douglas

Conservative

Selkirkshire

24/36
67%
Low
29

Stuart Marshall

Independent

Hawick & Denholm

10/15
67%
Low
30

David Parker

Independent

Leaderdale & Melrose

28/43
65%
Low
31

Julie Pirone

Conservative

Tweeddale East

35/54
65%
Low
32

John Bathgate

Conservative

Jedburgh & District

21/34
62%
Low
33

Aileen Orr

Independent

East Berwickshire

19/33
58%
Low
34

Annette Smart

Scottish National Party

Hawick & Hermitage

20/38
53%
Low