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Wakefield Metropolitan District 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

112 of 274 Councils

Councillors

63

Overall

84%

Average

82%

Median

86%

Perfect (100%)

13

Below 75%

15

Party attendance over time

Monthly attendance rate by party

Party attendance aggregates

Labour(48)
85%
Independent(9)
78%
Reform UK(2)
96%
Liberal Democrat(2)
73%
Green Party(1)
82%
Conservative(1)
67%

Councillor attendance distribution

90-100%
26
80-89%
18
70-79%
9
60-69%
3
Below 60%
7

Highest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Darren Byford

    Darren Byford

    Labour

    100%
  2. 2Photo of Matthew Morley JP

    Matthew Morley JP

    Labour

    100%
  3. 3Photo of Stan Bates

    Stan Bates

    Independent

    100%

Lowest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Allan Garbutt

    Allan Garbutt

    Labour

    17%
  2. 2Photo of Faith Heptinstall

    Faith Heptinstall

    Labour

    30%
  3. 3Photo of Anthony Wallis

    Anthony Wallis

    Labour

    47%

Highest attended committees

  1. 1

    Licensing Sub-Committee

    18 meetings · 54/54 attended

    100%
  2. 2

    Cabinet

    11 meetings · 100/102 attended

    98%
  3. 3

    Appointments Panel

    8 meetings · 30/33 attended

    91%

Lowest attended committees

  1. 1

    Health and Wellbeing Board

    5 meetings · 7/15 attended

    47%
  2. 2

    Wakefield Schools Forum

    2 meetings · 1/2 attended

    50%
  3. 3

    Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee

    10 meetings · 41/77 attended

    53%
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