Cheshire East Council

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- 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

110 of 274 Councils

Councillors

Overall

84%

Average

83%

Median

84%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Conservative

Labour

Independent

Labour and Co-Operative

Non-Grouped

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

Attendance by party

Conservative(34)

82%

Labour(22)

89%

Independent(13)

80%

Labour and Co-Operative(6)

89%

Non-Grouped(3)

76%

Green Party(1)

100%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Councillor Sarah Bennett-Wake
Labour
100%
2
Councillor Khumi Burton
Conservative
100%
3
Councillor Alan Coiley
Labour
100%

Lowest attendance

1
Councillor Laura Smith
Independent Socialist
43%
2
Councillor Margaret Simon
Conservative
52%
3
Councillor George Hayes
Conservative
53%

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#	Name	Party	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Councillor Sarah Bennett-Wake	Labour	29/29	100%	Good
2	Councillor Khumi Burton	Conservative	2/2	100%	Good
3	Councillor Alan Coiley	Labour	13/13	100%	Good
4	Councillor Anthony Harrison	Conservative	15/15	100%	Good
5	Councillor John Knight	Green Party	2/2	100%	Good
6	Councillor Roger Morris	Conservative	14/14	100%	Good
7	Councillor Hannah Moss	Conservative	26/26	100%	Good
8	Councillor Mike Sewart	Conservative	19/19	100%	Good
9	Councillor Jill Rhodes	Labour	41/42	98%	Good
10	Councillor Carol Bulman	Labour and Co-Operative	37/38	97%	Good
11	Councillor Stewart Gardiner	Conservative	54/56	96%	Good
12	Councillor Heather Seddon	Labour	27/28	96%	Good
13	Councillor Tony Dean	Conservative	40/42	95%	Good
14	Councillor Linda Buchanan	Labour	17/18	94%	Good
15	Councillor Nicola Cook	Independent	17/18	94%	Good
16	Councillor Hazel Faddes	Labour	16/17	94%	Good
17	Councillor Andrew Kolker	Conservative	16/17	94%	Good
18	Councillor Geoff Smith	Labour	15/16	94%	Good
19	Councillor Russell Chadwick	Conservative	14/15	93%	Good
20	Councillor Martin Edwards	Labour	14/15	93%	Good
21	Councillor Mary Brooks	Labour	12/13	92%	Good
22	Councillor Michael Gorman	Independent	35/38	92%	Good
23	Councillor Dawn Clark	Labour	31/34	91%	Good
24	Councillor Arthur Moran	Independent	21/23	91%	Good
25	Councillor Ben Wye	Labour	20/22	91%	Good
26	Councillor Sally Holland	Conservative	18/20	90%	Good
27	Councillor Brian Puddicombe	Labour	26/29	90%	Good
28	Councillor Nick Mannion	Labour	39/44	89%	Fair
29	Councillor John Place	Labour	17/19	89%	Fair
30	Councillor Judy Snowball	Labour and Co-Operative	24/27	89%	Fair
31	Councillor Anna Burton	Labour and Co-Operative	21/24	88%	Fair
32	Councillor Ken Edwards	Labour and Co-Operative	15/17	88%	Fair
33	Councillor Mark Goldsmith	Independent	22/25	88%	Fair
34	Councillor Fiona Wilson	Labour	34/39	87%	Fair
35	Councillor Allen Gage	Conservative	19/22	86%	Fair
36	Councillor Emma Hall	Conservative	6/7	86%	Fair
37	Councillor Thelma Jackson	Conservative	18/21	86%	Fair
38	Councillor Sam Corcoran	Labour and Co-Operative	17/20	85%	Fair
39	Councillor Alison Heler	Conservative	23/27	85%	Fair
40	Councillor Patrick Redstone	Conservative	17/20	85%	Fair
41	Councillor Michael Beanland	Conservative	26/31	84%	Fair
42	Councillor Laura Crane	Labour and Co-Operative	27/32	84%	Fair
43	Councillor Rod Fletcher	Liberal Democrat	21/25	84%	Fair
44	Councillor Jos Saunders	Conservative	26/31	84%	Fair
45	Councillor Liz Braithwaite	Labour	19/23	83%	Fair
46	Councillor David Edwardes	Independent	25/30	83%	Fair
47	Councillor Rob Vernon	Labour	15/18	83%	Fair
48	Councillor Hayley Whitaker	Conservative	10/12	83%	Fair
49	Councillor Sue Adams	Conservative	25/31	81%	Fair
50	Councillor Joy Bratherton	Labour	13/16	81%	Fair
51	Councillor David Jefferay	Independent	17/21	81%	Fair
52	Councillor Craig Browne	Independent	12/15	80%	Fair
53	Councillor Garnet Marshall	Independent	24/30	80%	Fair
54	Councillor Julie Smith	Non-Grouped	12/15	80%	Fair
55	Councillor Reg Kain	Reform UK	7/9	78%	Fair
56	Councillor Becky Posnett	Non-Grouped	14/18	78%	Fair
57	Councillor Liz Wardlaw	Conservative	25/32	78%	Fair
58	Councillor David Brown	Conservative	17/22	77%	Fair
59	Councillor Janet Clowes	Conservative	27/35	77%	Fair
60	Councillor Brian Drake	Labour	17/22	77%	Fair
61	Councillor Lata Anderson	Independent	13/17	76%	Fair
62	Councillor James Pearson VR	Conservative	13/17	76%	Fair
63	Councillor Clair Chapman	Labour	6/8	75%	Fair
64	Councillor John Priest	Labour	6/8	75%	Fair
65	Councillor John Wray	Conservative	12/16	75%	Fair
66	Councillor Emma Gilman	Independent	16/22	73%	Low
67	Councillor Lesley Smetham	Conservative	19/26	73%	Low
68	Councillor Kate Hague	Conservative	5/7	71%	Low
69	Councillor James Pratt	Conservative	5/7	71%	Low
70	Councillor Mike Muldoon	Conservative	14/20	70%	Low
71	Councillor Mick Warren	Independent	16/23	70%	Low
72	Councillor Rachel Bailey	Conservative	11/16	69%	Low
73	Councillor John Smith	Non-Grouped	9/13	69%	Low
74	Councillor Marilyn Houston	Labour	12/18	67%	Low
75	Councillor Rob Moreton	Independent	13/20	65%	Low
76	Councillor Peter Coan	Conservative	9/15	60%	Low
77	Councillor Steven Edgar	Conservative	13/22	59%	Low
78	Councillor Chris O'Leary	Conservative	13/23	57%	Low
79	Councillor John Bird	Independent	9/17	53%	Low
80	Councillor George Hayes	Conservative	9/17	53%	Low
81	Councillor Margaret Simon	Conservative	11/21	52%	Low
82	Councillor Laura Smith	Independent Socialist	3/7	43%	Poor