Swale Borough Council

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- Data is scraped periodically from council websites.
- Current data covers 23 February 2025 to 23 February 2026.
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Council Ranking

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Councillors

Overall

77%

Average

75%

Median

79%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Labour

Conservative

Swale Independents Alliance

Liberal Democrats

Reform UK

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

Attendance by party

Labour(15)

84%

Conservative(10)

68%

Swale Independents Alliance(8)

77%

Liberal Democrats(5)

73%

Reform UK(5)

80%

Green Party(2)

90%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Shelley Cheesman
Labour
100%
2
Tim Gibson
Labour
100%
3
Karen Watson
Labour
100%

Lowest attendance

1
Roger Clark
Conservative
13%
2
Rich Lehmann
Independent
14%
3
Mark Tucker
Conservative
32%

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#	Councillor	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Shelley Cheesman Labour Homewood	28/28	100%	Good
2	Tim Gibson Labour Roman	26/26	100%	Good
3	Karen Watson Labour Roman	29/29	100%	Good
4	Ashley Wise Labour Kemsley	37/37	100%	Good
5	Tony Winckless Labour Milton Regis	37/38	97%	Good
6	Dolley Wooster Labour Sheerness	32/33	97%	Good
7	Terry Thompson Green Party East Downs	39/41	95%	Good
8	Angela Harrison Labour Sheerness	41/44	93%	Good
9	Carole Jackson Labour St. Ann's	25/28	89%	Fair
10	Mark Last Labour Murston	31/35	89%	Fair
11	Hayden Brawn Labour Sheerness	37/42	88%	Fair
12	James Hunt Conservative The Meads	43/49	88%	Fair
13	Sarah Stephen Swale Independents Alliance Woodstock	22/25	88%	Fair
14	Mike Whiting Independent Queenborough and Halfway	21/24	88%	Fair
15	Ben J Martin Liberal Democrats Watling	36/42	86%	Fair
16	Peter Marchington Conservative Queenborough and Halfway	40/47	85%	Fair
17	Alastair Gould Green Party Boughton and Courtenay	34/40	85%	Fair
18	Peter MacDonald Reform UK Minster Cliffs	33/39	85%	Fair
19	Tom Nundy Swale Independents Alliance Minster Cliffs	21/25	84%	Fair
20	Ann Cavanagh Labour Borden and Grove Park	35/42	83%	Fair
21	Hannah Perkin Liberal Democrats Abbey	24/29	83%	Fair
22	Charles Gibson Liberal Democrats Abbey	29/36	81%	Fair
23	Lloyd Chapman Reform UK Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow	22/27	81%	Fair
24	Monique Bonney Swale Independents Alliance West Downs	30/38	79%	Fair
25	Chris Palmer Reform UK Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch	19/24	79%	Fair
26	Richard Palmer Reform UK Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch	30/38	79%	Fair
27	Elliott Jayes Swale Independents Alliance Sheppey Central	31/40	78%	Fair
28	Charlie Miller Labour Chalkwell	23/30	77%	Fair
29	Andy Booth Conservative Minster Cliffs	24/31	77%	Fair
30	Kieran Mishchuk Reform UK Milton Regis	23/30	77%	Fair
31	Carrie Pollard Swale Independents Alliance Murston	20/26	77%	Fair
32	Lee-Anne Moore Conservative Sheppey East	25/33	76%	Fair
33	Paul Stephen Swale Independents Alliance Woodstock	26/34	76%	Fair
34	Derek Carnell Swale Independents Alliance Kemsley	34/46	74%	Low
35	Lloyd Bowen Conservative Teynham and Lynsted	25/37	68%	Low
36	Mike Baldock Swale Independents Alliance Borden and Grove Park	24/36	67%	Low
37	Julien Speed Conservative Teynham and Lynsted	30/46	65%	Low
38	Tara Noe Conservative Sheppey East	18/28	64%	Low
39	Simon Clark Labour Homewood	30/48	63%	Low
40	Alex Eyre Liberal Democrats Priory	19/30	63%	Low
41	Ashley Shiel Labour Queenborough and Halfway	12/22	55%	Low
42	Claire Martin Liberal Democrats Watling	14/30	47%	Poor
43	Pete Neal Conservative Sheppey Central	12/26	46%	Poor
44	Kieran Golding Labour St. Ann's	12/35	34%	Poor
45	Mark Tucker Conservative Sheppey Central	6/19	32%	Poor
46	Rich Lehmann Independent Boughton and Courtenay	4/29	14%	Poor
47	Roger Clark Conservative Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow	2/16	13%	Poor