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Scottish Borders 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

200 of 274 Councils

Councillors

34

Overall

80%

Average

79%

Median

81%

Perfect (100%)

0

Below 75%

11

Party attendance over time

Monthly attendance rate by party

Party attendance aggregates

Conservative(14)
78%
Scottish National Party(7)
87%
Independent Group(5)
76%
Liberal Democrats(3)
85%
Scottish Borders Independent Group(2)
74%
Scottish Green Party(1)
80%

Councillor attendance distribution

90-100%
7
80-89%
11
70-79%
9
60-69%
6
Below 60%
1

Highest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Marshall Douglas

    Marshall Douglas

    Scottish National Party

    95%
  2. 2Photo of John PatonDay

    John PatonDay

    Scottish National Party

    94%
  3. 3Photo of Elaine Thornton-Nicol

    Elaine Thornton-Nicol

    Scottish National Party

    93%

Lowest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of John Bathgate

    John Bathgate

    Conservative

    58%
  2. 2Photo of Julie Pirone

    Julie Pirone

    Conservative

    61%
  3. 3Photo of Jane Cox

    Jane Cox

    Conservative

    62%

Highest attended committees

  1. 1

    Chambers Institution Trust

    13 meetings · 66/78 attended

    85%
  2. 2

    Hawick Common Good Fund Sub-Committee

    7 meetings · 35/42 attended

    83%
  3. 3

    Innerleithen Common Good Fund Sub-Committee

    3 meetings · 7/9 attended

    78%

Lowest attended committees

  1. 1

    Police, Fire & Rescue and Safer Communities Board

    2 meetings · 0/12 attended

    0%
  2. 2

    Pension Fund Investment and Performance Sub-Committee

    4 meetings · 0/28 attended

    0%
  3. 3

    Review of Non-Financial Support to Community Councils Working Group

    6 meetings · 14/36 attended

    39%
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