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Newark and Sherwood District 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

163 of 274 Councils

Councillors

39

Overall

82%

Average

81%

Median

85%

Perfect (100%)

3

Below 75%

9

Attendance trend by party

Conservative
Labour
Independents for Newark and District
Independent
Liberal Democrat
100%90%80%70%60%3 Years2 YearsCurrent Year85%83%84%88%86%84%90%91%86%77%78%76%76%74%70%

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

Attendance by party

Conservative(12)
84%
Labour(10)
84%
Independents for Newark and District(6)
86%
Independent(3)
76%
Liberal Democrat(3)
70%
Reform UK(2)
100%

Attendance distribution

90-100%
12
80-89%
14
70-79%
4
60-69%
4
Below 60%
5

Highest attendance

  1. 100%
  2. 100%
  3. 100%

Lowest attendance

  1. 45%
  2. 2

    Councillor Debbie Darby

    Newark and Sherwood District Independents

    47%
  3. 50%

All councillors

Showing 39 of 39 councillors

#NamePartyMeetingsAttendanceStatus
1Councillor Neil Allen
Conservative
21/21
100%
Good
2Councillor Michelle Home
Reform UK
2/2
100%
Good
3Councillor Kay Smith
Reform UK
2/2
100%
Good
4Councillor Penny Rainbow
Conservative
31/32
97%
Good
5Councillor Jack Kellas
Conservative
25/26
96%
Good
6Councillor Paul Peacock
Labour
27/28
96%
Good
7Councillor Linda Dales
Conservative
18/19
95%
Good
8Councillor Neil Ross
Independents for Newark and District
16/17
94%
Good
9Councillor Simon Haynes
Conservative
18/20
90%
Good
10Councillor Sylvia Michael
Conservative
18/20
90%
Good
11Councillor Claire Penny
Labour
26/29
90%
Good
12Councillor Paul Taylor
Labour
26/29
90%
Good
13Councillor David Moore
Independents for Newark and District
33/37
89%
Fair
14Councillor Mike Pringle
Labour
17/19
89%
Fair
15Councillor Tim Wendels
Conservative
17/19
89%
Fair
16Councillor Irene Brown
Independent
7/8
88%
Fair
17Councillor Rhona Holloway
Independent
20/23
87%
Fair
18Councillor Celia Brooks
Labour
25/29
86%
Fair
19Councillor Susan Crosby
Independents for Newark and District
24/28
86%
Fair
20Councillor Lee Brazier
Labour
28/33
85%
Fair
21Councillor Rowan Cozens
Independents for Newark and District
23/27
85%
Fair
22Councillor Simon Forde
Independents for Newark and District
32/38
84%
Fair
23Councillor Keith Melton
Liberal Democrat
16/19
84%
Fair
24Councillor Linda Tift
Labour
21/25
84%
Fair
25Councillor Jean Hall
Independents for Newark and District
24/29
83%
Fair
26Councillor Alice Brazier
Labour
18/22
82%
Fair
27Councillor Karen Roberts
Liberal Democrat
15/19
79%
Fair
28Councillor Maurice Shakeshaft
Labour
21/27
78%
Fair
29Councillor Roger Jackson
Conservative
16/21
76%
Fair
30Councillor Tim Wildgust
Conservative
18/24
75%
Fair
31Councillor Andy Freeman
Labour
23/34
68%
Low
32Councillor Tom Smith
Conservative
11/17
65%
Low
33Councillor Tina Thompson
Newark and Sherwood District Independents
13/20
65%
Low
34Councillor Matthew Spoors
Green Party
12/20
60%
Low
35Councillor Sue Saddington
Conservative
13/22
59%
Low
36Councillor Peter Harris
Liberal Democrat
14/26
54%
Low
37Councillor Phil Farmer
Conservative
5/10
50%
Low
38Councillor Debbie Darby
Newark and Sherwood District Independents
8/17
47%
Poor
39Councillor Johno Lee
Independent
5/11
45%
Poor