Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

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Council Ranking

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Councillors

Overall

83%

Average

82%

Median

86%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Labour

Independent

Reform UK

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

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

Attendance by party

Labour(50)

84%

Independent(8)

82%

Reform UK(2)

96%

Liberal Democrat(2)

59%

Conservative(1)

67%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Darren Byford
Labour
100%
2
Samantha Harvey
Reform UK
100%
3
Matthew Morley JP
Labour
100%

Lowest attendance

1
Allan Garbutt
Labour
23%
2
Mohammed Ayub
Labour
44%
3
Faith Heptinstall
Labour
45%

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#	Councillor	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Darren Byford Labour Horbury and South Ossett - Ward 8	14/14	100%	Good
2	Samantha Harvey Reform UK Wakefield Rural - Ward 18	13/13	100%	Good
3	Matthew Morley JP Labour Stanley and Outwood East - Ward 15	18/18	100%	Good
4	Gwen Page Labour Horbury and South Ossett - Ward 8	27/27	100%	Good
5	David Pickersgill Labour Wakefield North - Ward 17	24/24	100%	Good
6	Josie Pritchard Labour Altofts and Whitwood - Ward 3	14/14	100%	Good
7	Les Shaw Labour Airedale and Ferry Fryston - Ward 2	21/21	100%	Good
8	Duncan Smith Labour Ossett - Ward 11	19/19	100%	Good
9	Natalie Walton Labour Wakefield East - Ward 16	9/9	100%	Good
10	Daniel Wilton Labour Normanton - Ward 10	17/17	100%	Good
11	Stuart Heptinstall Labour Wakefield East - Ward 16	28/29	97%	Good
12	Richard Forster Labour Castleford Central and Glasshoughton - Ward 4	23/24	96%	Good
13	Elizabeth Rhodes Labour Wakefield North - Ward 17	23/24	96%	Good
14	Jack Hemingway Labour Stanley and Outwood East - Ward 15	21/22	95%	Good
15	Shabaan Ali Saleem Labour Wakefield South - Ward 19	21/22	95%	Good
16	Jacquie Speight Labour Altofts and Whitwood - Ward 3	20/21	95%	Good
17	Brendan Fraser Labour Wrenthorpe and Outwood West - Ward 21	16/17	94%	Good
18	Scott Haslam Labour Featherstone - Ward 6	15/16	94%	Good
19	Kevin Swift Independent Wakefield West - Ward 20	15/16	94%	Good
20	Clive Tennant Labour Pontefract North - Ward 12	16/17	94%	Good
21	Deb Nicholls Labour Horbury and South Ossett - Ward 8	25/27	93%	Good
22	Helen Antcliff Labour Pontefract North - Ward 12	11/12	92%	Good
23	Nick Farmer Reform UK Ossett - Ward 11	11/12	92%	Good
24	Pete Girt Independent Knottingley - Ward 9	12/13	92%	Good
25	Maureen Tennant-King Labour Featherstone - Ward 6	21/23	91%	Good
26	Usman Ali Labour Crofton, Ryhill and Walton - Ward 5	9/10	90%	Good
27	Olivia Rowley Independent Ossett - Ward 11	31/35	89%	Fair
28	Hannah Appleyard Labour Pontefract North - Ward 12	21/24	88%	Fair
29	Maureen Cummings Labour Crofton, Ryhill and Walton - Ward 5	14/16	88%	Fair
30	Julie Medford Labour Normanton - Ward 10	13/15	87%	Fair
31	Margaret Isherwood Labour Wakefield North - Ward 17	19/22	86%	Fair
32	Denise Jeffery Labour Castleford Central and Glasshoughton - Ward 4	19/22	86%	Fair
33	Brian Mayhew Labour Pontefract South - Ward 13	12/14	86%	Fair
34	Hilary Mitchell Labour Wakefield West - Ward 20	18/21	86%	Fair
35	Laura Jones Labour Hemsworth - Ward 7	11/13	85%	Fair
36	Steve Vickers Labour Featherstone - Ward 6	23/27	85%	Fair
37	Michelle Collins Labour South Elmsall and South Kirkby - Ward 14	19/23	83%	Fair
38	Jackie Ferguson Labour Airedale and Ferry Fryston - Ward 2	18/22	82%	Fair
39	Michael Graham Independent Wakefield West - Ward 20	9/11	82%	Fair
40	Melanie Jones Labour Hemsworth - Ward 7	12/15	80%	Fair
41	Jakob Williamson Independent Hemsworth - Ward 7	11/14	79%	Fair
42	Stan Bates Independent South Elmsall and South Kirkby - Ward 14	10/13	77%	Fair
43	Julie Craig Labour Pontefract South - Ward 13	23/30	77%	Fair
44	Andy Nicholls Labour Wakefield Rural - Ward 18	20/26	77%	Fair
45	Charlie Keith Labour Wrenthorpe and Outwood West - Ward 21	13/17	76%	Fair
46	Armaan Khan Labour Normanton - Ward 10	13/17	76%	Fair
47	Jessica Carrington Labour Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton - Ward 1	12/16	75%	Fair
48	Kathryn Scott Labour Airedale and Ferry Fryston - Ward 2	22/30	73%	Low
49	George Ayre Labour Pontefract South - Ward 13	13/18	72%	Low
50	Lynn Masterman Labour Stanley and Outwood East - Ward 15	7/10	70%	Low
51	Nadiah Sharp Independent Wrenthorpe and Outwood West - Ward 21	11/16	69%	Low
52	Nadeem Ahmed Conservative Wakefield South - Ward 19	12/18	67%	Low
53	Katrina Law Labour Wakefield South - Ward 19	11/17	65%	Low
54	Martin Roberts Independent Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton - Ward 1	9/14	64%	Low
55	Jordan Bryan Labour Wakefield Rural - Ward 18	5/8	63%	Low
56	Jo Hepworth Labour Altofts and Whitwood - Ward 3	5/8	63%	Low
57	Adele Hayes Liberal Democrat Knottingley - Ward 9	10/17	59%	Low
58	Rachel Speak Liberal Democrat Knottingley - Ward 9	10/17	59%	Low
59	Steve Tulley Labour South Elmsall and South Kirkby - Ward 14	17/29	59%	Low
60	Anthony Wallis Labour Castleford Central and Glasshoughton - Ward 4	12/21	57%	Low
61	Faith Heptinstall Labour Crofton, Ryhill and Walton - Ward 5	5/11	45%	Poor
62	Mohammed Ayub Labour Wakefield East - Ward 16	8/18	44%	Poor
63	Allan Garbutt Labour Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton - Ward 1	3/13	23%	Poor