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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
100%90%80%70%60%3 Years2 YearsCurrent Year79%78%79%77%74%74%88%87%87%87%86%88%82%82%79%

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

  1. 1

    Councillor Marshall Douglas

    Scottish National Party

    96%
  2. 2

    Councillor Hannah Steel

    Liberal Democrats

    96%
  3. 3

    Councillor Elaine Thornton-Nicol

    Scottish National Party

    96%

Lowest attendance

  1. 1

    Councillor Annette Smart

    Scottish National Party

    55%
  2. 57%
  3. 58%

All councillors

Showing 34 of 34 councillors

#NamePartyMeetingsAttendanceStatus
1Councillor Marshall Douglas
Scottish National Party
94/98
96%
Good
2Councillor Hannah Steel
Liberal Democrats
23/24
96%
Good
3Councillor Elaine Thornton-Nicol
Scottish National Party
50/52
96%
Good
4Councillor John PatonDay
Scottish National Party
42/45
93%
Good
5Councillor Robin Tatler
Independent
41/44
93%
Good
6Councillor John Greenwell
Conservative
34/37
92%
Good
7Councillor Euan Jardine
Conservative
34/37
92%
Good
8Councillor Viv Thomson
Scottish National Party
46/50
92%
Good
9Councillor Drummond Begg
Liberal Democrats
26/29
90%
Good
10Councillor Carol Hamilton
Conservative
28/31
90%
Good
11Councillor Donald Moffat
Scottish National Party
33/37
89%
Fair
12Councillor Neil Richards
Conservative
63/71
89%
Fair
13Councillor Jenny Linehan
Conservative
26/30
87%
Fair
14Councillor Mark Rowley
Conservative
11/13
85%
Fair
15Councillor Eric Small
Conservative
54/64
84%
Fair
16Councillor Watson McAteer
Independent
15/18
83%
Fair
17Councillor Clair Ramage
Independent
17/21
81%
Fair
18Councillor Euan Robson
Liberal Democrats
29/36
81%
Fair
19Councillor Simon Mountford
Conservative
41/51
80%
Fair
20Councillor Sandy Scott
Conservative
37/46
80%
Fair
21Councillor Neil Mackinnon
Scottish Green Party
19/24
79%
Fair
22Councillor Caroline Cochrane
Independent
25/33
76%
Fair
23Councillor Jane Cox
Conservative
42/56
75%
Fair
24Councillor Leagh Douglas
Conservative
29/39
74%
Low
25Councillor Fay Sinclair
Scottish National Party
32/43
74%
Low
26Councillor James Anderson
Independent
27/37
73%
Low
27Councillor Scott Hamilton
Conservative
30/41
73%
Low
28Councillor Stuart Marshall
Independent
12/18
67%
Low
29Councillor Julie Pirone
Conservative
39/58
67%
Low
30Councillor David Parker
Independent
31/47
66%
Low
31Councillor Tom Weatherston
Conservative
37/56
66%
Low
32Councillor John Bathgate
Conservative
22/38
58%
Low
33Councillor Aileen Orr
Independent
20/35
57%
Low
34Councillor Annette Smart
Scottish National Party
24/44
55%
Low