Gateshead 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

185 of 274 Councils

Councillors

Overall

81%

Average

80%

Median

81%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Labour

Liberal Democrats

Independent

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

Attendance by party

Labour(45)

82%

Liberal Democrats(18)

81%

Independent(2)

35%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Councillor Steve Ronchetti
Labour
100%
2
Councillor John Adams
Labour
97%
3
Councillor Pamela Burns
Labour
97%

Lowest attendance

1
Councillor Robert Waugh
Independent
0%
2
Councillor Jane McCoid
Independent
48%
3
Councillor Sheila Gallagher
Labour
59%

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#	Name	Party	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Councillor Steve Ronchetti	Labour	20/20	100%	Good
2	Councillor John Adams	Labour	29/30	97%	Good
3	Councillor Pamela Burns	Labour	31/32	97%	Good
4	Councillor Paul Diston	Liberal Democrats	33/34	97%	Good
5	Councillor Judith Gibson	Labour	33/34	97%	Good
6	Councillor Judith Turner	Labour	29/30	97%	Good
7	Councillor John McElroy	Labour	27/28	96%	Good
8	Councillor Freda Geddes	Labour	18/19	95%	Good
9	Councillor Amanda Wintcher	Liberal Democrats	37/39	95%	Good
10	Councillor Maureen Goldsworthy	Labour	17/18	94%	Good
11	Councillor Chris Buckley	Labour	26/28	93%	Good
12	Councillor Ron Beadle	Liberal Democrats	28/31	90%	Good
13	Councillor Maria Hall	Labour	35/39	90%	Good
14	Councillor Michael McNestry	Labour	17/19	89%	Fair
15	Councillor Kathryn Walker	Labour	31/35	89%	Fair
16	Councillor George Kasfikis	Labour	14/16	88%	Fair
17	Councillor Hugh Kelly	Labour	40/46	87%	Fair
18	Councillor Marilynn Ord	Liberal Democrats	26/30	87%	Fair
19	Councillor Jonathan Wallace	Liberal Democrats	20/23	87%	Fair
20	Councillor Bill Dick	Labour	24/28	86%	Fair
21	Councillor Angela Douglas	Labour	30/35	86%	Fair
22	Councillor Jill Green	Labour	32/37	86%	Fair
23	Councillor Ian Patterson	Liberal Democrats	51/59	86%	Fair
24	Councillor Kathleen McCartney	Labour	35/41	85%	Fair
25	Councillor Jonathan Mohammed	Liberal Democrats	22/26	85%	Fair
26	Councillor Barry Turnbull	Labour	22/26	85%	Fair
27	Councillor Sonya Dickie	Labour	26/31	84%	Fair
28	Councillor Gary Haley	Labour	32/38	84%	Fair
29	Councillor Rachel Hart	Labour	18/22	82%	Fair
30	Councillor Jamie Park	Labour	18/22	82%	Fair
31	Councillor Malcolm Brain	Labour	13/16	81%	Fair
32	Councillor John Eagle	Labour	13/16	81%	Fair
33	Councillor Alex Geddes	Labour	26/32	81%	Fair
34	Councillor Eileen McMaster	Labour	21/26	81%	Fair
35	Councillor Julie Simpson	Labour	30/37	81%	Fair
36	Councillor Dawn Welsh	Liberal Democrats	26/32	81%	Fair
37	Councillor Peter Craig BEM	Liberal Democrats	12/15	80%	Fair
38	Councillor Leanne Brand	Liberal Democrats	22/28	79%	Fair
39	Councillor Peter Maughan	Liberal Democrats	19/24	79%	Fair
40	Councillor Vicky Anderson	Liberal Democrats	28/36	78%	Fair
41	Councillor Dot Burnett	Labour	36/46	78%	Fair
42	Councillor Lynne Caffrey	Labour	36/46	78%	Fair
43	Councillor Martin Gannon	Labour	29/37	78%	Fair
44	Councillor Stuart Green	Labour	18/23	78%	Fair
45	Councillor Lee-Ann Moir	Labour	23/30	77%	Fair
46	Councillor Keith Wood	Labour	24/31	77%	Fair
47	Councillor Jim Turnbull	Labour	16/21	76%	Fair
48	Councillor Catherine Donovan	Labour	18/24	75%	Fair
49	Councillor Leigh Kirton	Labour	24/32	75%	Fair
50	Councillor Sharron Potts	Labour	28/38	74%	Low
51	Councillor Christopher Ord	Liberal Democrats	24/34	71%	Low
52	Councillor Brenda Clelland	Labour	31/44	70%	Low
53	Councillor Joe Sowerby	Liberal Democrats	19/27	70%	Low
54	Councillor Paul Elliott	Liberal Democrats	18/26	69%	Low
55	Councillor Kathryn Henderson	Labour	23/34	68%	Low
56	Councillor Daniel Weatherley	Labour	26/38	68%	Low
57	Councillor Daniel Duggan	Liberal Democrats	6/9	67%	Low
58	Councillor Bernadette Oliphant	Labour	24/36	67%	Low
59	Councillor Amelia Ord	Liberal Democrats	16/24	67%	Low
60	Councillor Kevin Dodds	Labour	16/25	64%	Low
61	Councillor Denise Robson	Labour	17/27	63%	Low
62	Councillor Susan Craig	Liberal Democrats	9/15	60%	Low
63	Councillor Sheila Gallagher	Labour	13/22	59%	Low
64	Councillor Jane McCoid	Independent	13/27	48%	Poor
65	Councillor Robert Waugh	Independent	0/10	0%	Poor