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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

229 of 274 Councils

Councillors

110

Overall

78%

Average

76%

Median

80%

Perfect (100%)

11

Below 75%

45

Attendance trend by party

Liberal Democrat
Conservative
Labour
Green Party
Reform UK Party
100%90%80%70%60%50%3 Years2 YearsCurrent Year79%79%79%77%77%77%79%79%79%64%64%64%75%75%75%

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

Attendance by party

Liberal Democrat(62)
79%
Conservative(31)
77%
Labour(5)
79%
Green Party(5)
64%
Reform UK Party(3)
75%
Independent(3)
78%

Attendance distribution

90-100%
29
80-89%
26
70-79%
20
60-69%
15
Below 60%
20

Highest attendance

  1. 1

    Ewan Cameron

    Liberal Democrat

    100%
  2. 2

    Mandy Chilcott

    Conservative

    100%
  3. 3

    Barry Clarke

    Conservative

    100%

Lowest attendance

  1. 17%
  2. 2

    Adam Boyden

    Liberal Democrat

    31%
  3. 3

    Jenny Kenton

    Liberal Democrat

    38%

All councillors

Showing 110 of 110 councillors

#CouncillorMeetingsAttendanceStatus
1

Ewan Cameron

Liberal Democrat

plans

6/6
100%
Good
2

Mandy Chilcott

Conservative

plans

8/8
100%
Good
3

Barry Clarke

Conservative

plans

31/31
100%
Good
4

Tom Deakin

Liberal Democrat

plans

7/7
100%
Good
5

Caroline Ellis

Liberal Democrat

plans

16/16
100%
Good
6

Liz Leyshon

Liberal Democrat

plans

42/42
100%
Good
7

Steven Pugsley

Conservative

plans

35/35
100%
Good
8

Jo Roundell Greene

Liberal Democrat

plans

9/9
100%
Good
9

Heather Shearer

Liberal Democrat

plans

35/35
100%
Good
10

Cara Strom

Liberal Democrat

plans

5/5
100%
Good
11

David Woan

Liberal Democrat

plans

7/7
100%
Good
12

Steve Ashton

Liberal Democrat

plans

33/34
97%
Good
13

Theo Butt Philip

Liberal Democrat

plans

36/37
97%
Good
14

Henry Hobhouse

Liberal Democrat

plans

30/31
97%
Good
15

Tim Kerley

Liberal Democrat

plans

32/33
97%
Good
16

Mike Stanton

Liberal Democrat

plans

28/29
97%
Good
17

Ros Wyke

Liberal Democrat

plans

19/20
95%
Good
18

Andy Hadley

Conservative

plans

25/27
93%
Good
19

Andy Kendall

Liberal Democrat

plans

28/30
93%
Good
20

Kevin Messenger

Liberal Democrat

plans

13/14
93%
Good
21

Evie Potts-Jones

Liberal Democrat

plans

14/15
93%
Good
22

Claire Sully

Liberal Democrat

plans

28/30
93%
Good
23

Mike Best

Liberal Democrat

plans

12/13
92%
Good
24

Leigh Redman

Labour

plans

22/24
92%
Good
25

Habib Farbahi

Liberal Democrat

plans

30/33
91%
Good
26

Bob Filmer

Conservative

plans

26/29
90%
Good
27

Tony Grimes

Conservative

plans

19/21
90%
Good
28

Bente Height

Reform UK Party

plans

9/10
90%
Good
29

Lucy Trimnell

Conservative

plans

27/30
90%
Good
30

Matthew Martin

Liberal Democrat

plans

23/26
88%
Fair
31

Frances Nicholson

Conservative

plans

22/25
88%
Fair
32

Nick O'Donnell

Liberal Democrat

plans

22/25
88%
Fair
33

Martin Lovell

Liberal Democrat

plans

48/55
87%
Fair
34

Tom Power

Conservative

plans

20/23
87%
Fair
35

Peter Seib

Liberal Democrat

plans

26/30
87%
Fair
36

Richard Wilkins

Liberal Democrat

plans

33/38
87%
Fair
37

Simon Coles

Liberal Democrat

plans

44/51
86%
Fair
38

Dawn Denton

Conservative

plans

25/29
86%
Fair
39

Norman Cavill

Conservative

plans

28/33
85%
Fair
40

Stephen Page

Liberal Democrat

plans

11/13
85%
Fair
41

Sarah Wakefield

Liberal Democrat

plans

37/44
84%
Fair
42

Martin Dimery

Green Party

plans

24/29
83%
Fair
43

Mike Murphy

Liberal Democrat

plans

24/29
83%
Fair
44

Oliver Patrick

Liberal Democrat

plans

10/12
83%
Fair
45

Hugh Davies

Independent

plans

18/22
82%
Fair
46

Alistair Hendry

Conservative

plans

23/28
82%
Fair
47

Marcus Kravis

Liberal Democrat

plans

32/39
82%
Fair
48

Gill Slocombe

Conservative

plans

18/22
82%
Fair
49

Martin Wale

Conservative

plans

27/33
82%
Fair
50

Brian Bolt

Conservative

plans

17/21
81%
Fair
51

Dawn Johnson

Liberal Democrat

plans

22/27
81%
Fair
52

Sue Osborne

Conservative

plans

30/37
81%
Fair
53

Mike Rigby

Liberal Democrat

plans

26/32
81%
Fair
54

Gwil Wren

Independent

plans

29/36
81%
Fair
55

Brian Smedley

Labour

plans

28/35
80%
Fair
56

Hazel Prior-Sankey

Not a member of any political group

plans

11/14
79%
Fair
57

Marcus Barr

Reform UK Party

plans

7/9
78%
Fair
58

Ben Ferguson

Liberal Democrat

plans

18/23
78%
Fair
59

Kathy Pearce

Labour

plans

18/23
78%
Fair
60

Bill Revans

Liberal Democrat

plans

29/37
78%
Fair
61

Hilary Bruce

Labour

plans

17/22
77%
Fair
62

Simon Carswell

Liberal Democrat

plans

36/47
77%
Fair
63

Faye Purbrick

Conservative

plans

10/13
77%
Fair
64

David Fothergill

Conservative

plans

13/17
76%
Fair
65

Mike Caswell

Conservative

plans

12/16
75%
Fair
66

John Bailey

Liberal Democrat

plans

14/19
74%
Low
67

Dave Mansell

Green Party

plans

23/31
74%
Low
68

Pauline Ham

Liberal Democrat

plans

22/30
73%
Low
69

Emily Pearlstone

Liberal Democrat

plans

19/26
73%
Low
70

Diogo Rodrigues

Conservative

plans

11/15
73%
Low
71

Adam Dance

Liberal Democrat

plans

5/7
71%
Low
72

Tony Lock

Liberal Democrat

plans

15/21
71%
Low
73

Alan Bradford

Conservative

plans

14/20
70%
Low
74

Wes Read

Liberal Democrat

plans

14/20
70%
Low
75

Rosemary Woods

Conservative

plans

21/30
70%
Low
76

Nicola Clark

Liberal Democrat

plans

9/13
69%
Low
77

Derek Perry

Liberal Democrat

plans

13/19
68%
Low
78

Andy Dingwall

Conservative

plans

10/15
67%
Low
79

Tessa Munt

Liberal Democrat

plans

4/6
67%
Low
80

Lee Baker

Liberal Democrat

plans

11/17
65%
Low
81

Peter Clayton

Conservative

plans

11/17
65%
Low
82

John Cook-Woodman

Reform UK Party

plans

11/17
65%
Low
83

John Hunt

Independent

plans

9/14
64%
Low
84

Connor Payne

Conservative

plans

7/11
64%
Low
85

Fran Smith

Liberal Democrat

plans

7/11
64%
Low
86

Susannah Hart

Conservative

plans

20/32
63%
Low
87

Mike Hewitson

Liberal Democrat

plans

12/19
63%
Low
88

Rob Reed

Liberal Democrat

plans

16/26
62%
Low
89

Tony Robbins

Liberal Democrat

plans

19/31
61%
Low
90

Lance Duddridge

Conservative

plans

9/15
60%
Low
91

Andy Sully

Liberal Democrat

plans

13/22
59%
Low
92

Jason Baker

Liberal Democrat

plans

7/12
58%
Low
93

Federica Smith-Roberts

Liberal Democrat

plans

20/35
57%
Low
94

Andrew Govier

Labour

plans

7/13
54%
Low
95

Harry Munt

Liberal Democrat

plans

7/13
54%
Low
96

Andy Soughton

Liberal Democrat

plans

14/26
54%
Low
97

Edric Hobbs

Liberal Democrat

plans

16/30
53%
Low
98

Jeny Snell

Liberal Democrat

plans

8/15
53%
Low
99

Ross Henley

Liberal Democrat

plans

12/23
52%
Low
100

Helen Kay

Green Party

plans

12/23
52%
Low
101

Michael Dunk

Green Party

plans

8/17
47%
Poor
102

Graham Oakes

Liberal Democrat

plans

13/28
46%
Poor
1033/7
43%
Poor
104

Hayward Burt

Conservative

plans

5/12
42%
Poor
105

Shane Collins

Green Party

plans

5/12
42%
Poor
106

Philip Ham

Conservative

plans

14/34
41%
Poor
107

Mark Healey MBE

Conservative

plans

6/15
40%
Poor
108

Jenny Kenton

Liberal Democrat

plans

5/13
38%
Poor
109

Adam Boyden

Liberal Democrat

plans

8/26
31%
Poor
1102/12
17%
Poor