Middlesbrough 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

223 of 274 Councils

Councillors

Overall

79%

Average

76%

Median

81%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Labour

Unknown

Independent

Conservative

Reform UK

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

Attendance by party

Labour(25)

80%

Unknown(11)

75%

Independent(4)

85%

Conservative(4)

77%

Reform UK(2)

88%

Liberal Democrats(1)

74%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Councillor Joanne Rush
Reform UK
100%
2
Councillor Jim Platt
Independent
96%
3
Councillor Jill Ewan
Labour
94%

Lowest attendance

1
Councillor Michael Saunders
Unknown
34%
2
Councillor Naweed Hussain
Labour
36%
3
Councillor Jo Nicholson
Labour
40%

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#	Name	Party	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Councillor Joanne Rush	Reform UK	1/1	100%	Good
2	Councillor Jim Platt	Independent	25/26	96%	Good
3	Councillor Jill Ewan	Labour	51/54	94%	Good
4	Councillor Ian Morrish	Unknown	33/35	94%	Good
5	Councillor David Coupe	Conservative	54/58	93%	Good
6	Councillor David Jackson	Unknown	54/59	92%	Good
7	Councillor Graham Wilson	Unknown	42/46	91%	Good
8	Councillor David Branson	Labour	52/58	90%	Good
9	Councillor Stephen Hill	Unknown	26/29	90%	Good
10	Councillor Nicky Walker	Labour	26/29	90%	Good
11	Councillor Julia Rostron	Labour	33/37	89%	Fair
12	Councillor Zafar Uddin	Labour	34/38	89%	Fair
13	Councillor Jackie Young	Independent	16/18	89%	Fair
14	Councillor Christine Cooper	Reform UK	22/25	88%	Fair
15	Councillor Sharon Platt	Independent	21/24	88%	Fair
16	Chris Cooke - Elected Mayor	Labour	34/39	87%	Fair
17	Councillor Luke Henman	Labour	27/31	87%	Fair
18	Councillor Lewis Young	Labour	33/38	87%	Fair
19	Councillor Dorothy Davison	Unknown	19/22	86%	Fair
20	Councillor John Kabuye	Labour	49/57	86%	Fair
21	Councillor Tom Mohan	Labour	23/27	85%	Fair
22	Councillor Peter Gavigan	Labour	37/44	84%	Fair
23	Councillor Anne Romaine	Labour	43/52	83%	Fair
24	Councillor Edward Clynch	Labour	26/32	81%	Fair
25	Councillor Mieka Smiles	Conservative	8/10	80%	Fair
26	Councillor Ian Blades	Labour	30/39	77%	Fair
27	Councillor Janet Thompson	Labour	24/31	77%	Fair
28	Councillor Jack Banks	Labour	19/25	76%	Fair
29	Councillor Linda Lewis	Labour	37/49	76%	Fair
30	Councillor Julia Cooke	Labour	21/28	75%	Fair
31	Councillor Tom Livingstone	Liberal Democrats	28/38	74%	Low
32	Councillor Jan Ryles	Labour	27/38	71%	Low
33	Councillor Philippa Storey	Labour	34/48	71%	Low
34	Councillor Jason McConnell	Unknown	9/13	69%	Low
35	Councillor Joan McTigue	Independent	18/26	69%	Low
36	Councillor Theo Furness	Labour	20/31	65%	Low
37	Councillor Brian Hubbard	Unknown	18/28	64%	Low
38	Councillor Donna Jones	Unknown	18/28	64%	Low
39	Councillor Luke Hurst	Conservative	9/15	60%	Low
40	Councillor Tony Alan Grainge	Unknown	10/17	59%	Low
41	Councillor Mary Nugent	Labour	17/29	59%	Low
42	Councillor Stella Tranter	Labour	11/19	58%	Low
43	Councillor Dennis McCabe	Unknown	8/19	42%	Poor
44	Councillor Luke Mason	Conservative	8/20	40%	Poor
45	Councillor Jo Nicholson	Labour	4/10	40%	Poor
46	Councillor Naweed Hussain	Labour	5/14	36%	Poor
47	Councillor Michael Saunders	Unknown	13/38	34%	Poor