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Southend-on-Sea City 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

63 of 274 Councils

Councillors

51

Overall

86%

Average

85%

Median

88%

Perfect (100%)

9

Below 75%

10

Party attendance over time

Monthly attendance rate by party

Party attendance aggregates

Labour Party(14)
90%
Conservative Party(14)
87%
Labour & Co-operative Party(5)
86%
Independent(5)
77%
Liberal Democrats(4)
88%
Reform UK(4)
76%

Councillor attendance distribution

90-100%
25
80-89%
11
70-79%
6
60-69%
5
Below 60%
4

Highest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Stuart Allen

    Stuart Allen

    Green Party

    100%
  2. 2Photo of Anne Jones

    Anne Jones

    Labour Party

    100%
  3. 3Photo of Nigel Folkard

    Nigel Folkard

    Conservative Party

    100%

Lowest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Martin Berry

    Martin Berry

    Non-Aligned

    53%
  2. 2Photo of Susan Badger

    Susan Badger

    Independent

    54%
  3. 3Photo of David Garston

    David Garston

    Conservative Party

    59%

Highest attended committees

  1. 1

    Cabinet Committee

    2 meetings · 6/6 attended

    100%
  2. 2

    Place Overview & Scrutiny Committee

    5 meetings · 66/66 attended

    100%
  3. 3

    Policy and Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee

    7 meetings · 87/88 attended

    99%

Lowest attended committees

  1. 1

    Southend Schools Forum

    2 meetings · 0/2 attended

    0%
  2. 2

    Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education

    4 meetings · 16/27 attended

    59%
  3. 3

    Southend on Sea Local Bus Forum

    3 meetings · 6/10 attended

    60%
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