Dumfries and Galloway 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

43 of 274 Councils

Councillors

Overall

87%

Average

87%

Median

90%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour Party

Novantae

Independent

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

Attendance by party

Scottish National Party(11)

94%

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party(10)

90%

Scottish Labour Party(8)

86%

Novantae(4)

80%

Independent(3)

90%

Dumfries and Galloway Independent Group(3)

54%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
John Campbell
Scottish National Party
100%
2
Julie Currie
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
100%
3
Ben Dashper
Scottish National Party
100%

Lowest attendance

1
Ian Carruthers
Dumfries and Galloway Independent Group
45%
2
Andrew S Wood
Dumfries and Galloway Independent Group
60%
3
Chrissie Hill
Novantae
63%

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#	Name	Party	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	John Campbell	Scottish National Party	58/58	100%	Good
2	Julie Currie	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	1/1	100%	Good
3	Ben Dashper	Scottish National Party	52/52	100%	Good
4	John Denerley	Unknown	19/19	100%	Good
5	Andy Ferguson	Scottish National Party	30/30	100%	Good
6	Richard Marsh	Novantae	30/30	100%	Good
7	Carolyne Wilson	Scottish Labour Party	52/52	100%	Good
8	Tracey Little	Scottish National Party	32/33	97%	Good
9	Kim Lowe	Scottish National Party	50/52	96%	Good
10	Jackie McCamon	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	35/37	95%	Good
11	Davie Stitt	Scottish Labour Party	41/43	95%	Good
12	Ian Blake	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	50/54	93%	Good
13	Lynne Davis	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	38/41	93%	Good
14	Linda Dorward	Scottish Labour Party	38/41	93%	Good
15	Maureen Johnstone	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	41/44	93%	Good
16	Pauline Drysdale	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	36/39	92%	Good
17	Andy McFarlane	Scottish National Party	56/61	92%	Good
18	Stephen Thompson	Scottish National Party	44/48	92%	Good
19	Richard Brodie	Scottish Liberal Democrats	43/47	91%	Good
20	Jim H Dempster	Independent	40/44	91%	Good
21	Tony Berretti	Scottish National Party	46/51	90%	Good
22	Iain Howie	Democratic Alliance	43/48	90%	Good
23	Emma Jordan	Scottish Labour Party	36/40	90%	Good
24	Gail Macgregor	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	47/52	90%	Good
25	Katie Hagmann	Scottish National Party	34/38	89%	Fair
26	David Inglis	Novantae	47/53	89%	Fair
27	Denis Male	Independent	24/27	89%	Fair
28	David R Slater	Independent	49/55	89%	Fair
29	Graham Bell	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	23/26	88%	Fair
30	George Jamieson	Scottish National Party	33/39	85%	Fair
31	John Young	Scottish National Party	28/33	85%	Fair
32	Ivor Hyslop	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	42/50	84%	Fair
33	Archie Dryburgh MBE	Scottish Labour Party	38/46	83%	Fair
34	Malcolm Johnstone	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	40/50	80%	Fair
35	Sean W Marshall	Scottish Labour Party	49/62	79%	Fair
36	Dougie Campbell	Democratic Alliance	28/36	78%	Fair
37	Andrew Giusti	Novantae	39/51	76%	Fair
38	Paula Stevenson	Scottish Labour Party	26/35	74%	Low
39	Keith Walters	Scottish Labour Party	34/48	71%	Low
40	Karen Carruthers	Dumfries and Galloway Independent Group	20/31	65%	Low
41	Chrissie Hill	Novantae	31/49	63%	Low
42	Andrew S Wood	Dumfries and Galloway Independent Group	15/25	60%	Low
43	Ian Carruthers	Dumfries and Galloway Independent Group	23/51	45%	Poor