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Scottish Borders 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
193 of 274 Councils
Councillors
34
Overall
81%
Average
80%
Median
81%
Perfect (100%)
0
Below 75%
11
Attendance trend by party
Conservative
Independent
Scottish National Party
Liberal Democrats
Scottish Green Party
Shows how party attendance has changed over time, from 3-year average to the most recent year.
Attendance by party
Conservative(15)
79%
Independent(8)
74%
Scottish National Party(7)
87%
Liberal Democrats(3)
88%
Scottish Green Party(1)
79%
Attendance distribution
90-100%
10
80-89%
10
70-79%
7
60-69%
4
Below 60%
3
Highest attendance
- 196%
Scottish National Party
- 296%
Liberal Democrats
- 396%
Councillor Elaine Thornton-Nicol
Scottish National Party
Lowest attendance
- 155%
Scottish National Party
- 257%
Independent
- 358%
Conservative
All councillors
Showing 34 of 34 councillors
| # | Name | Party | Meetings | Attendance | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Councillor Marshall Douglas | Scottish National Party | 94/98 | 96% | Good |
| 2 | Councillor Hannah Steel | Liberal Democrats | 23/24 | 96% | Good |
| 3 | Councillor Elaine Thornton-Nicol | Scottish National Party | 50/52 | 96% | Good |
| 4 | Councillor John PatonDay | Scottish National Party | 42/45 | 93% | Good |
| 5 | Councillor Robin Tatler | Independent | 41/44 | 93% | Good |
| 6 | Councillor John Greenwell | Conservative | 34/37 | 92% | Good |
| 7 | Councillor Euan Jardine | Conservative | 34/37 | 92% | Good |
| 8 | Councillor Viv Thomson | Scottish National Party | 46/50 | 92% | Good |
| 9 | Councillor Drummond Begg | Liberal Democrats | 26/29 | 90% | Good |
| 10 | Councillor Carol Hamilton | Conservative | 28/31 | 90% | Good |
| 11 | Councillor Donald Moffat | Scottish National Party | 33/37 | 89% | Fair |
| 12 | Councillor Neil Richards | Conservative | 63/71 | 89% | Fair |
| 13 | Councillor Jenny Linehan | Conservative | 26/30 | 87% | Fair |
| 14 | Councillor Mark Rowley | Conservative | 11/13 | 85% | Fair |
| 15 | Councillor Eric Small | Conservative | 54/64 | 84% | Fair |
| 16 | Councillor Watson McAteer | Independent | 15/18 | 83% | Fair |
| 17 | Councillor Clair Ramage | Independent | 17/21 | 81% | Fair |
| 18 | Councillor Euan Robson | Liberal Democrats | 29/36 | 81% | Fair |
| 19 | Councillor Simon Mountford | Conservative | 41/51 | 80% | Fair |
| 20 | Councillor Sandy Scott | Conservative | 37/46 | 80% | Fair |
| 21 | Councillor Neil Mackinnon | Scottish Green Party | 19/24 | 79% | Fair |
| 22 | Councillor Caroline Cochrane | Independent | 25/33 | 76% | Fair |
| 23 | Councillor Jane Cox | Conservative | 42/56 | 75% | Fair |
| 24 | Councillor Leagh Douglas | Conservative | 29/39 | 74% | Low |
| 25 | Councillor Fay Sinclair | Scottish National Party | 32/43 | 74% | Low |
| 26 | Councillor James Anderson | Independent | 27/37 | 73% | Low |
| 27 | Councillor Scott Hamilton | Conservative | 30/41 | 73% | Low |
| 28 | Councillor Stuart Marshall | Independent | 12/18 | 67% | Low |
| 29 | Councillor Julie Pirone | Conservative | 39/58 | 67% | Low |
| 30 | Councillor David Parker | Independent | 31/47 | 66% | Low |
| 31 | Councillor Tom Weatherston | Conservative | 37/56 | 66% | Low |
| 32 | Councillor John Bathgate | Conservative | 22/38 | 58% | Low |
| 33 | Councillor Aileen Orr | Independent | 20/35 | 57% | Low |
| 34 | Councillor Annette Smart | Scottish National Party | 24/44 | 55% | Low |