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London Borough of Southwark

About this data:
- 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

220 of 274 Councils

Councillors

63

Overall

79%

Average

78%

Median

80%

Perfect (100%)

2

Below 75%

25

Party attendance over time

Monthly attendance rate by party

Party attendance aggregates

Labour(45)
80%
Liberal Democrats(11)
72%
Green and Independent Alliance Group(6)
79%
Independent(1)
75%

Councillor attendance distribution

90-100%
13
80-89%
19
70-79%
13
60-69%
10
Below 60%
8

Highest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Rachel Bentley

    Rachel Bentley

    Liberal Democrats

    100%
  2. 2Photo of Andy Simmons

    Andy Simmons

    Labour

    100%
  3. 3Photo of Richard Livingstone

    Richard Livingstone

    Labour

    97%

Lowest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Hamish McCallum

    Hamish McCallum

    Liberal Democrats

    33%
  2. 2Photo of Nick Johnson

    Nick Johnson

    Liberal Democrats

    46%
  3. 3Photo of Mohamed Deen

    Mohamed Deen

    Labour

    53%

Highest attended committees

  1. 1

    Cabinet

    8 meetings · 70/79 attended

    89%
  2. 2

    Licensing Sub-Committee

    40 meetings · 111/127 attended

    87%
  3. 3

    Planning Committee (Major Applications) A

    7 meetings · 42/49 attended

    86%

Lowest attended committees

  1. 1

    Joint IT Committee (Brent, Lewisham and Southwark)

    4 meetings · 0/8 attended

    0%
  2. 2

    Environment Scrutiny Commission

    2 meetings · 0/15 attended

    0%
  3. 3

    Audit, Governance and Standards Committee

    6 meetings · 32/92 attended

    35%
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