Newcastle City 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

207 of 274 Councils

Councillors

Overall

80%

Average

78%

Median

83%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Labour Party

Liberal Democrat

Labour and Co-operative Party

Independent

East End and Associates Independent Group

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

Attendance by party

Labour Party(27)

80%

Liberal Democrat(22)

85%

Labour and Co-operative Party(7)

82%

Independent(6)

80%

East End and Associates Independent Group(6)

55%

Green Party(4)

83%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Councillor Marc Donnelly
Independent
100%
2
Councillor John Hall
Liberal Democrat
100%
3
Councillor Nick Hartley
Green Party
100%

Lowest attendance

1
Councillor Maureen Lowson
Labour Party
0%
2
Councillor John Stokel-Walker
East End and Associates Independent Group
25%
3
Councillor Miriam Mafemba
Labour Party
33%

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#	Name	Party	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Councillor Marc Donnelly	Independent	13/13	100%	Good
2	Councillor John Hall	Liberal Democrat	13/13	100%	Good
3	Councillor Nick Hartley	Green Party	19/19	100%	Good
4	Councillor Tracey Mitchell	Newcastle Independents	13/13	100%	Good
5	Councillor Henry Gallagher	Liberal Democrat	34/35	97%	Good
6	Councillor Barry Phillipson	Labour Party	33/34	97%	Good
7	Councillor Greg Stone	Liberal Democrat	35/36	97%	Good
8	Councillor Susan Anthony	Labour Party	22/23	96%	Good
9	Councillor Daniel Greenhough	Labour Party	19/20	95%	Good
10	Councillor Stephen Fairlie	Labour Party	16/17	94%	Good
11	Councillor Lawrence Hunter	Independent	16/17	94%	Good
12	Councillor Pauline Allen	Liberal Democrat	14/15	93%	Good
13	Councillor Philip Browne	Liberal Democrat	14/15	93%	Good
14	Councillor Rob Higgins	Labour Party	64/69	93%	Good
15	Councillor Mark Mitchell	Liberal Democrat	37/40	93%	Good
16	Councillor Jacqui Robinson	Labour Party	38/41	93%	Good
17	Councillor Margaret Donnelly	Independent	12/13	92%	Good
18	Councillor Sarah Peters	Green Party	11/12	92%	Good
19	Councillor Stephen Barry-Stanners	Labour and Co-operative Party	29/32	91%	Good
20	Councillor Hazel Stephenson	Labour Party	20/22	91%	Good
21	Councillor Wendy Taylor	Liberal Democrat	43/47	91%	Good
22	Councillor Mike Cookson	Liberal Democrat	18/20	90%	Good
23	Councillor Lara Ellis	Labour Party	27/30	90%	Good
24	Councillor Colin Ferguson	Liberal Democrat	40/45	89%	Fair
25	Councillor Alexander Hay	Labour Party	34/38	89%	Fair
26	Councillor Joanne Kingsland	Labour Party	17/19	89%	Fair
27	Councillor Peter Allen	Liberal Democrat	29/33	88%	Fair
28	Councillor Dr Teresa Cairns	Labour Party	38/43	88%	Fair
29	Councillor Adam Mitchell	Newcastle Independents	14/16	88%	Fair
30	Councillor Clare Penny-Evans	Labour and Co-operative Party	21/24	88%	Fair
31	Councillor Dr Juna Sathian	Labour Party	22/25	88%	Fair
32	Councillor Gareth Kane	Liberal Democrat	20/23	87%	Fair
33	Councillor Doreen Huddart	Liberal Democrat	36/42	86%	Fair
34	Councillor George Pattison	Labour Party	44/51	86%	Fair
35	Councillor James Coles	Liberal Democrat	11/13	85%	Fair
36	Councillor Paula Maines	Labour and Co-operative Party	32/38	84%	Fair
37	Councillor Doc Anand	Conservative Party	10/12	83%	Fair
38	Councillor Robin Ashby	Liberal Democrat	10/12	83%	Fair
39	Councillor Deborah Burns	Liberal Democrat	10/12	83%	Fair
40	Councillor Karen Kilgour	Labour Party	29/35	83%	Fair
41	Councillor Joyce McCarty	Labour and Co-operative Party	33/40	83%	Fair
42	Councillor Hayder Qureshi	Labour Party	10/12	83%	Fair
43	Councillor Habib Rahman	Independent	10/12	83%	Fair
44	Councillor Mehrban Sadiq	Labour Party	14/17	82%	Fair
45	Councillor Tom Woodwark	Liberal Democrat	14/17	82%	Fair
46	Councillor Adam Walker	Labour Party	22/27	81%	Fair
47	Councillor Rob Austin	Liberal Democrat	20/25	80%	Fair
48	Councillor Alistair Chisholm	Green Party	37/46	80%	Fair
49	Councillor Peter Lovatt	Liberal Democrat	35/44	80%	Fair
50	Councillor Jane Byrne	Independent	14/18	78%	Fair
51	Councillor Nabeela Ali	Labour Party	20/26	77%	Fair
52	Councillor Andrew Herridge	Labour and Co-operative Party	34/45	76%	Fair
53	Councillor Stephen Powers	Labour and Co-operative Party	16/21	76%	Fair
54	Councillor Ged Bell	Labour Party	12/16	75%	Fair
55	Councillor Rebecca Shatwell	Labour Party	12/16	75%	Fair
56	Councillor Christine Morrissey	Liberal Democrat	13/18	72%	Low
57	Councillor Marion Williams	East End and Associates Independent Group	34/47	72%	Low
58	Councillor Laura Cummings	Labour and Co-operative Party	12/17	71%	Low
59	Councillor PJ Morrissey	Liberal Democrat	22/32	69%	Low
60	Councillor Irim Ali	Labour Party	18/27	67%	Low
61	Councillor Linda Hobson	Labour Party	10/15	67%	Low
62	Councillor Abdul Samad	Labour Party	17/27	63%	Low
63	Councillor Khaled Musharraf	Green Party	7/12	58%	Low
64	Councillor Karen Robinson	Liberal Democrat	14/24	58%	Low
65	Councillor Nick Kemp	East End and Associates Independent Group	14/25	56%	Low
66	Councillor Nix Joanne	Newcastle Independents	7/13	54%	Low
67	Councillor Linda Wright	Labour Party	19/36	53%	Low
68	Councillor Ali Avaei	Liberal Democrat	11/21	52%	Low
69	Councillor Stephen Lambert	Labour Party	16/31	52%	Low
70	Councillor Stevie Wood	East End and Associates Independent Group	7/16	44%	Poor
71	Councillor Dave Wood CBE	East End and Associates Independent Group	5/12	42%	Poor
72	Councillor Margaret Wood	East End and Associates Independent Group	5/12	42%	Poor
73	Councillor Thom Campion	Independent	7/17	41%	Poor
74	Councillor Miriam Mafemba	Labour Party	5/15	33%	Poor
75	Councillor John Stokel-Walker	East End and Associates Independent Group	3/12	25%	Poor
76	Councillor Maureen Lowson	Labour Party	0/13	0%	Poor