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Wigan Metropolitan Borough 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

245 of 274 Councils

Councillors

75

Overall

77%

Average

78%

Median

81%

Perfect (100%)

13

Below 75%

26

Party attendance over time

Monthly attendance rate by party

Party attendance aggregates

Labour(57)
76%
Independent(7)
73%
Labour and Co-operative(5)
95%
Independent Network(3)
69%
Reform UK(2)
86%
Conservative(1)
86%

Councillor attendance distribution

90-100%
22
80-89%
21
70-79%
11
60-69%
11
Below 60%
10

Highest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Charles Rigby

    Charles Rigby

    Labour and Co-operative

    100%
  2. 2Photo of Eunice Smethurst

    Eunice Smethurst

    Labour

    100%
  3. 3Photo of Debra Susan Ann Wailes B.A (Hons) and MSc

    Debra Susan Ann Wailes B.A (Hons) and MSc

    Labour

    100%

Lowest councillor attendance

  1. 1Photo of Matt Dawber

    Matt Dawber

    Labour

    13%
  2. 2Photo of Sheila Ramsdale, M.A Ed.

    Sheila Ramsdale, M.A Ed.

    Labour

    18%
  3. 3Photo of Mark Tebbutt

    Mark Tebbutt

    Labour

    41%

Highest attended committees

  1. 1

    Licensing Sub

    3 meetings · 11/11 attended

    100%
  2. 2

    Housing Advisory Panel

    5 meetings · 28/30 attended

    93%
  3. 3

    Council

    6 meetings · 374/447 attended

    84%

Lowest attended committees

  1. 1

    Health and Wellbeing Board

    2 meetings · 5/10 attended

    50%
  2. 2

    Audit, Governance and Standards Committee

    8 meetings · 35/62 attended

    56%
  3. 3

    Regulation Committee

    4 meetings · 34/57 attended

    60%
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