Burnley Borough Council

About this data:
- Attendance records are scraped monthly from council websites.
- Current data covers 27 January 2025 to 27 January 2026.
- Not all councils could be scraped.

Council Attendance Ranking

180 of 274 Councils

Councillors

Overall

81%

Average

81%

Median

85%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Labour

Independent

Liberal Democrats

Conservative

Green Party

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

Attendance by party

Labour(11)

83%

Independent(11)

82%

Liberal Democrats(7)

84%

Conservative(7)

84%

Green Party(5)

70%

Labour & Co-operative Party(2)

88%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Councillor Howard Baker
Liberal Democrats
100%
2
Councillor Margaret Brindle
Labour
100%
3
Councillor Sue Graham
Labour
100%

Lowest attendance

1
Councillor Shaun Sproule
Labour
44%
2
Councillor Alex Hall
Green Party
47%
3
Councillor Shiraz Ahmed
Independent
50%

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#	Name	Party	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Councillor Howard Baker	Liberal Democrats	20/20	100%	Good
2	Councillor Margaret Brindle	Labour	29/29	100%	Good
3	Councillor Sue Graham	Labour	20/20	100%	Good
4	Councillor Gordon Lishman	Liberal Democrats	10/10	100%	Good
5	Councillor Musharaf Parvez	Independent	4/4	100%	Good
6	Councillor Paul Reynolds	Labour	11/11	100%	Good
7	Councillor Aurangzeb Ali	Independent	28/29	97%	Good
8	Councillor Afrasiab Anwar	Independent	25/26	96%	Good
9	Councillor Barbara Dole	Labour	40/42	95%	Good
10	Councillor Ivor Emo	Conservative	37/39	95%	Good
11	Councillor Mark Townsend	Labour & Co-operative Party	29/31	94%	Good
12	Councillor Jamie McGowan	Conservative	32/35	91%	Good
13	Councillor Mike Steel	Conservative	29/32	91%	Good
14	Councillor John Harbour	Labour	18/20	90%	Good
15	Councillor Mohammed Ishtiaq	Independent	18/20	90%	Good
16	Councillor Shah Hussain	Independent	24/27	89%	Fair
17	Councillor Gail Barton	Labour	15/17	88%	Fair
18	Councillor Margaret Lishman	Liberal Democrats	23/26	88%	Fair
19	Councillor Sehrish Lone	Independent	21/24	88%	Fair
20	Councillor Anne Kelly	Liberal Democrats	45/52	87%	Fair
21	Councillor Martyn Hurt	Green Party	19/22	86%	Fair
22	Councillor Gemma Haigh	Labour & Co-operative Party	39/46	85%	Fair
23	Councillor Bill Horrocks	Labour	17/20	85%	Fair
24	Councillor Alun Lewis	Labour	19/23	83%	Fair
25	Councillor Beki Hughes	Green Party	11/14	79%	Fair
26	Councillor Gordon Birtwistle	Liberal Democrats	26/34	76%	Fair
27	Councillor Joanne Broughton	Conservative	19/25	76%	Fair
28	Councillor Ashley Brown	Labour	19/25	76%	Fair
29	Councillor Lubna Khan	Independent	26/34	76%	Fair
30	Councillor Jeff Sumner	Reform UK	9/12	75%	Fair
31	Councillor Helen Bridges	Green Party	17/23	74%	Low
32	Councillor Charlie Briggs	Liberal Democrats	16/22	73%	Low
33	Councillor Jacqueline Inckle	Liberal Democrats	22/30	73%	Low
34	Councillor Jack Launer	Green Party	22/30	73%	Low
35	Councillor Don Whitaker	Conservative	21/29	72%	Low
36	Councillor Saeed Chaudhary	Independent	15/21	71%	Low
37	Councillor Lee Ashworth	Conservative	7/10	70%	Low
38	Councillor Nussrat Kazmi	Independent	17/25	68%	Low
39	Councillor Neil Mottershead	Conservative	7/11	64%	Low
40	Councillor Andy Waddington	Labour	15/24	63%	Low
41	Councillor Christine Sollis	Independent	15/26	58%	Low
42	Councillor Alan Hosker	Reform UK	15/29	52%	Low
43	Councillor Shiraz Ahmed	Independent	1/2	50%	Low
44	Councillor Alex Hall	Green Party	14/30	47%	Poor
45	Councillor Shaun Sproule	Labour	12/27	44%	Poor