Guildford 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

266 of 274 Councils

Councillors

Overall

72%

Average

67%

Median

76%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Liberal Democrats

Conservative

Residents for Guildford and Villages

Labour

Guildford Greenbelt Group

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

Attendance by party

Liberal Democrats(25)

75%

Conservative(10)

73%

Residents for Guildford and Villages(7)

63%

Labour(3)

82%

Guildford Greenbelt Group(3)

56%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Councillor Catherine Houston
Liberal Democrats
100%
2
Councillor James Walsh
Labour
100%
3
Councillor Richard Mills OBE
Conservative
97%

Lowest attendance

1
Councillor Sandy Lowry
Liberal Democrats
0%
2
Councillor Jason Fenwick
Guildford Greenbelt Group
25%
3
Councillor Steven Lee
Liberal Democrats
27%

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#	Name	Party	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Councillor Catherine Houston	Liberal Democrats	44/44	100%	Good
2	Councillor James Walsh	Labour	19/19	100%	Good
3	Councillor Richard Mills OBE	Conservative	34/35	97%	Good
4	Councillor Julia McShane	Liberal Democrats	37/39	95%	Good
5	Councillor Masuk Miah	Liberal Democrats	30/32	94%	Good
6	Councillor Joanne Shaw	Liberal Democrats	38/41	93%	Good
7	Councillor Vanessa King	Liberal Democrats	37/41	90%	Good
8	Councillor Gillian Harwood	Liberal Democrats	15/17	88%	Fair
9	The Deputy Mayor, Councillor Jane Tyson	Liberal Democrats	14/16	88%	Fair
10	Councillor Bilal Akhtar	Conservative	37/43	86%	Fair
11	Councillor Angela Goodwin	Liberal Democrats	24/28	86%	Fair
12	Councillor Carla Morson	Liberal Democrats	24/28	86%	Fair
13	Councillor Tom Hunt	Liberal Democrats	24/29	83%	Fair
14	Councillor Richard Lucas	Liberal Democrats	24/29	83%	Fair
15	Councillor George Potter	Liberal Democrats	24/29	83%	Fair
16	Councillor Cait Taylor	Liberal Democrats	25/30	83%	Fair
17	Councillor Philip Brooker	Conservative	22/27	81%	Fair
18	Councillor Stephen Hives	Liberal Democrats	29/36	81%	Fair
19	Councillor Patrick Oven	Guildford Greenbelt Group	32/40	80%	Fair
20	Councillor Bob Hughes	Conservative	15/19	79%	Fair
21	Councillor David Shaw	Residents for Guildford and Villages	7/9	78%	Fair
22	Councillor Sallie Barker MBE	Conservative	17/22	77%	Fair
23	The Mayor, Councillor Howard Smith	Labour	20/26	77%	Fair
24	Councillor Amanda Creese	Labour	26/34	76%	Fair
25	Councillor Catherine Young	Residents for Guildford and Villages	26/34	76%	Fair
26	Councillor Dominique Williams	Liberal Democrats	21/28	75%	Fair
27	Councillor Maddy Redpath	Residents for Guildford and Villages	25/36	69%	Low
28	Councillor Yves de Contades	Liberal Democrats	17/25	68%	Low
29	Councillor Joss Bigmore	Residents for Guildford and Villages	18/29	62%	Low
30	Councillor Fiona White	Liberal Democrats	22/36	61%	Low
31	Councillor Katie Steel	Liberal Democrats	13/22	59%	Low
32	Councillor Merel Rehorst-Smith	Liberal Democrats	20/36	56%	Low
33	Councillor Phil Bellamy	Liberal Democrats	11/20	55%	Low
34	Councillor David Bilbe	Conservative	12/22	55%	Low
35	Councillor Ruth Brothwell	Residents for Guildford and Villages	7/13	54%	Low
36	Councillor Honor Brooker	Conservative	8/16	50%	Low
37	Councillor Lizzie Griffiths	Liberal Democrats	13/26	50%	Low
38	Councillor Keith Witham	Conservative	5/10	50%	Low
39	Councillor Sue Wyeth-Price	Residents for Guildford and Villages	8/17	47%	Poor
40	Councillor Geoff Davis	Conservative	7/16	44%	Poor
41	Councillor Dawn Bennett	Residents for Guildford and Villages	5/15	33%	Poor
42	Councillor Matt Furniss	Conservative	3/9	33%	Poor
43	Councillor James Jones	Liberal Democrats	10/30	33%	Poor
44	Councillor Danielle Newson	Liberal Democrats	3/9	33%	Poor
45	Councillor James Brooker	Guildford Greenbelt Group	6/19	32%	Poor
46	Councillor Steven Lee	Liberal Democrats	4/15	27%	Poor
47	Councillor Jason Fenwick	Guildford Greenbelt Group	4/16	25%	Poor
48	Councillor Sandy Lowry	Liberal Democrats	0/16	0%	Poor