Dorset 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

157 of 274 Councils

Councillors

Overall

82%

Average

82%

Median

83%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Liberal Democrats

Conservative

Independents for Dorset

Green Party

Labour & Co-operative

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

Attendance by party

Liberal Democrats(42)

85%

Conservative(30)

77%

Independents for Dorset(4)

86%

Green Party(4)

83%

Labour & Co-operative(1)

88%

Labour(1)

77%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Councillor Derek Beer
Liberal Democrats
100%
2
Councillor Carole Jones
Conservative
100%
3
Councillor Stella Jones
Liberal Democrats
100%

Lowest attendance

1
Councillor Claudia Webb
Green Party
54%
2
Councillor Barry Goringe
Conservative
61%
3
Councillor Julie Robinson
Conservative
63%

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#	Name	Party	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Councillor Derek Beer	Liberal Democrats	17/17	100%	Good
2	Councillor Carole Jones	Conservative	22/22	100%	Good
3	Councillor Stella Jones	Liberal Democrats	15/15	100%	Good
4	Councillor Steve Murcer	Conservative	14/14	100%	Good
5	Councillor Andrew Starr	Liberal Democrats	25/25	100%	Good
6	Councillor Chris Tomes	Conservative	2/2	100%	Good
7	Councillor Nick Ireland	Liberal Democrats	34/35	97%	Good
8	Councillor Shane Bartlett	Liberal Democrats	23/24	96%	Good
9	Councillor Neil Eysenck	Liberal Democrats	24/25	96%	Good
10	Councillor Barrie Cooper	Liberal Democrats	19/20	95%	Good
11	Councillor Richard Biggs	Liberal Democrats	32/34	94%	Good
12	Councillor Ryan Holloway	Liberal Democrats	15/16	94%	Good
13	Councillor Steve Robinson	Liberal Democrats	25/27	93%	Good
14	Councillor Pete Roper	Independents for Dorset	26/28	93%	Good
15	Councillor Gill Taylor	Liberal Democrats	28/30	93%	Good
16	Councillor Piers Brown	Conservative	11/12	92%	Good
17	Councillor Jon Orrell	Green Party	12/13	92%	Good
18	Councillor Byron Quayle	Conservative	12/13	92%	Good
19	Councillor Roland Tarr	Liberal Democrats	12/13	92%	Good
20	Councillor Andy Todd	Liberal Democrats	24/26	92%	Good
21	Councillor Peter Dickenson	Conservative	10/11	91%	Good
22	Councillor Andrew Parry	Conservative	21/23	91%	Good
23	Councillor Jon Andrews	Liberal Democrats	17/19	89%	Fair
24	Councillor Dave Bolwell	Liberal Democrats	24/27	89%	Fair
25	Councillor Alex Brenton	Liberal Democrats	25/28	89%	Fair
26	Councillor Simon Christopher	Conservative	16/18	89%	Fair
27	Councillor Beryl Ezzard	Liberal Democrats	25/28	89%	Fair
28	Councillor Jack Jeanes	Liberal Democrats	16/18	89%	Fair
29	Councillor Belinda Bawden	Green Party	28/32	88%	Fair
30	Councillor Andy Canning	Liberal Democrats	14/16	88%	Fair
31	Councillor Rob Hughes	Independents for Dorset	15/17	88%	Fair
32	Councillor Paul Kimber	Labour & Co-operative	14/16	88%	Fair
33	Councillor Carl Woode	Liberal Democrats	23/26	88%	Fair
34	Councillor Duncan Sowry-House	Liberal Democrats	26/30	87%	Fair
35	Councillor Scott Florek	Liberal Democrats	19/22	86%	Fair
36	Councillor Les Fry	Independents for Dorset	18/21	86%	Fair
37	Councillor David Taylor	Liberal Democrats	24/28	86%	Fair
38	Councillor Clare Sutton	Green Party	29/34	85%	Fair
39	Councillor Simon Clifford	Liberal Democrats	21/25	84%	Fair
40	Councillor David Shortell	Conservative	21/25	84%	Fair
41	Councillor Matt Bell	Liberal Democrats	20/24	83%	Fair
42	Councillor Louise Bown	Liberal Democrats	24/29	83%	Fair
43	Councillor Will Chakawhata	Liberal Democrats	10/12	83%	Fair
44	Councillor Ryan Hope	Liberal Democrats	20/24	83%	Fair
45	Councillor Simon Gibson	Conservative	13/16	81%	Fair
46	Councillor Nocturin Lacey-Clarke	Conservative	12/15	80%	Fair
47	Councillor Richard Crabb	Liberal Democrats	22/28	79%	Fair
48	Councillor Cathy Lugg	Conservative	11/14	79%	Fair
49	Councillor Craig Monks	Conservative	34/43	79%	Fair
50	Councillor David Northam	Liberal Democrats	19/24	79%	Fair
51	Councillor Bridget Bolwell	Liberal Democrats	18/23	78%	Fair
52	Councillor Gary Suttle	Conservative	14/18	78%	Fair
53	Councillor Andy Skeats	Conservative	17/22	77%	Fair
54	Councillor David Tooke	Liberal Democrats	27/35	77%	Fair
55	Councillor Kate Wheller	Labour	17/22	77%	Fair
56	Councillor Alex Fuhrmann	Liberal Democrats	16/21	76%	Fair
57	Councillor Sally Holland	Liberal Democrats	16/21	76%	Fair
58	Councillor Sherry Jespersen	Conservative	15/20	75%	Fair
59	Councillor Chris Kippax	Liberal Democrats	15/20	75%	Fair
60	Councillor Ben Wilson	Liberal Democrats	21/28	75%	Fair
61	Councillor Ray Bryan	Conservative	14/19	74%	Low
62	Councillor Louie O'Leary	Conservative	20/27	74%	Low
63	Councillor Val Pothecary	Conservative	14/19	74%	Low
64	Councillor Belinda Ridout	Conservative	17/23	74%	Low
65	Councillor Jindy Atwal	Liberal Democrats	8/11	73%	Low
66	Councillor Mike Baker	Liberal Democrats	8/11	73%	Low
67	Councillor Jill Haynes	Conservative	22/30	73%	Low
68	Councillor Emma Parker	Conservative	11/15	73%	Low
69	Councillor Hannah Hobbs-Chell	Independents for Dorset	13/18	72%	Low
70	Councillor Sarah Williams	Liberal Democrats	26/36	72%	Low
71	Councillor David Morgan	Liberal Democrats	15/21	71%	Low
72	Councillor Mike Parkes	Conservative	10/14	71%	Low
73	Councillor Laura Beddow	Conservative	9/13	69%	Low
74	Councillor Toni Coombs	Conservative	23/34	68%	Low
75	Councillor Jane Somper	Conservative	13/19	68%	Low
76	Councillor Robin Legg	Liberal Democrats	10/15	67%	Low
77	Councillor James Vitali	Conservative	10/15	67%	Low
78	Councillor Spencer Flower	Conservative	23/35	66%	Low
79	Councillor Rory Major	Liberal Democrats	12/19	63%	Low
80	Councillor Julie Robinson	Conservative	10/16	63%	Low
81	Councillor Barry Goringe	Conservative	14/23	61%	Low
82	Councillor Claudia Webb	Green Party	7/13	54%	Low