Somerset 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

227 of 274 Councils

Councillors

110

Overall

79%

Average

78%

Median

81%

Perfect (100%)

Below 75%

Attendance trend by party

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Green Party

Labour

Reform UK Party

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

Attendance by party

Liberal Democrat(62)

80%

Conservative(31)

78%

Green Party(5)

70%

Labour(5)

79%

Reform UK Party(3)

79%

Independent(3)

84%

Attendance distribution

90-100%

80-89%

70-79%

60-69%

Below 60%

Highest attendance

1
Councillor Marcus Barr
Reform UK Party
100%
2
Councillor Ewan Cameron
Liberal Democrat
100%
3
Councillor Mandy Chilcott
Conservative
100%

Lowest attendance

1
Councillor Suria Aujla - currently on leave
Conservative
22%
2
Councillor Adam Boyden
Liberal Democrat
33%
3
Councillor Mark Healey MBE
Conservative
36%

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#	Name	Party	Meetings	Attendance	Status
1	Councillor Marcus Barr	Reform UK Party	7/7	100%	Good
2	Councillor Ewan Cameron	Liberal Democrat	1/1	100%	Good
3	Councillor Mandy Chilcott	Conservative	7/7	100%	Good
4	Councillor Caroline Ellis	Liberal Democrat	15/15	100%	Good
5	Councillor Liz Leyshon	Liberal Democrat	41/41	100%	Good
6	Councillor Evie Potts-Jones	Liberal Democrat	14/14	100%	Good
7	Councillor Steven Pugsley	Conservative	34/34	100%	Good
8	Councillor Jo Roundell Greene	Liberal Democrat	8/8	100%	Good
9	Councillor Heather Shearer	Liberal Democrat	30/30	100%	Good
10	Councillor Cara Strom	Liberal Democrat	2/2	100%	Good
11	Councillor David Woan	Liberal Democrat	6/6	100%	Good
12	Councillor Steve Ashton	Liberal Democrat	30/31	97%	Good
13	Councillor Barry Clarke	Conservative	31/32	97%	Good
14	Councillor Tim Kerley	Liberal Democrat	31/32	97%	Good
15	Councillor Henry Hobhouse	Liberal Democrat	26/27	96%	Good
16	Councillor Mike Stanton	Liberal Democrat	27/28	96%	Good
17	Councillor Theo Butt Philip	Liberal Democrat	33/35	94%	Good
18	Councillor Ros Wyke	Liberal Democrat	17/18	94%	Good
19	Councillor Martin Dimery	Green Party	25/27	93%	Good
20	Councillor Andy Kendall	Liberal Democrat	27/29	93%	Good
21	Councillor Kevin Messenger	Liberal Democrat	13/14	93%	Good
22	Councillor Claire Sully	Liberal Democrat	26/28	93%	Good
23	Councillor Mike Best	Liberal Democrat	12/13	92%	Good
24	Councillor Andy Hadley	Conservative	24/26	92%	Good
25	Councillor Matthew Martin	Liberal Democrat	23/25	92%	Good
26	Councillor Habib Farbahi	Liberal Democrat	29/32	91%	Good
27	Councillor Leigh Redman	Labour	21/23	91%	Good
28	Councillor Hugh Davies	Independent	18/20	90%	Good
29	Councillor Bob Filmer	Conservative	26/29	90%	Good
30	Councillor Tony Grimes	Conservative	19/21	90%	Good
31	Councillor Martin Lovell	Liberal Democrat	50/56	89%	Fair
32	Councillor Lucy Trimnell	Conservative	25/28	89%	Fair
33	Councillor Richard Wilkins	Liberal Democrat	34/38	89%	Fair
34	Councillor Simon Coles	Liberal Democrat	42/48	88%	Fair
35	Councillor Bente Height	Reform UK Party	7/8	88%	Fair
36	Councillor Nick O'Donnell	Liberal Democrat	20/23	87%	Fair
37	Councillor Peter Seib	Liberal Democrat	26/30	87%	Fair
38	Councillor Frances Nicholson	Conservative	19/22	86%	Fair
39	Councillor Tom Power	Conservative	19/22	86%	Fair
40	Councillor Dawn Denton	Conservative	23/27	85%	Fair
41	Councillor Oliver Patrick	Liberal Democrat	11/13	85%	Fair
42	Councillor Hazel Prior-Sankey	Not a member of any political group	11/13	85%	Fair
43	Councillor Sarah Wakefield	Liberal Democrat	35/41	85%	Fair
44	Councillor Mike Rigby	Liberal Democrat	27/32	84%	Fair
45	Councillor Adam Dance	Liberal Democrat	5/6	83%	Fair
46	Councillor Tom Deakin	Liberal Democrat	5/6	83%	Fair
47	Councillor Mike Murphy	Liberal Democrat	24/29	83%	Fair
48	Councillor Sue Osborne	Conservative	29/35	83%	Fair
49	Councillor Martin Wale	Conservative	24/29	83%	Fair
50	Councillor Gwil Wren	Independent	29/35	83%	Fair
51	Councillor Simon Carswell	Liberal Democrat	37/45	82%	Fair
52	Councillor Hilary Bruce	Labour	17/21	81%	Fair
53	Councillor Mike Caswell	Conservative	13/16	81%	Fair
54	Councillor Ben Ferguson	Liberal Democrat	17/21	81%	Fair
55	Councillor Alistair Hendry	Conservative	22/27	81%	Fair
56	Councillor Dawn Johnson	Liberal Democrat	22/27	81%	Fair
57	Councillor Tony Lock	Liberal Democrat	17/21	81%	Fair
58	Councillor Bill Revans	Liberal Democrat	30/37	81%	Fair
59	Councillor Pauline Ham	Liberal Democrat	24/30	80%	Fair
60	Councillor Tessa Munt	Liberal Democrat	4/5	80%	Fair
61	Councillor Norman Cavill	Conservative	26/33	79%	Fair
62	Councillor Dave Mansell	Green Party	22/28	79%	Fair
63	Councillor Brian Smedley	Labour	27/34	79%	Fair
64	Councillor Rosemary Woods	Conservative	23/29	79%	Fair
65	Councillor Nicola Clark	Liberal Democrat	7/9	78%	Fair
66	Councillor John Hunt	Independent	10/13	77%	Fair
67	Councillor Marcus Kravis	Liberal Democrat	27/35	77%	Fair
68	Councillor Stephen Page	Liberal Democrat	10/13	77%	Fair
69	Councillor Faye Purbrick	Conservative	10/13	77%	Fair
70	Councillor David Fothergill	Conservative	12/16	75%	Fair
71	Councillor Emily Pearlstone	Liberal Democrat	18/24	75%	Fair
72	Councillor Alan Bradford	Conservative	14/19	74%	Low
73	Councillor Kathy Pearce	Labour	16/22	73%	Low
74	Councillor Diogo Rodrigues	Conservative	11/15	73%	Low
75	Councillor Fran Smith	Liberal Democrat	8/11	73%	Low
76	Councillor Brian Bolt	Conservative	13/18	72%	Low
77	Councillor John Bailey	Liberal Democrat	12/17	71%	Low
78	Councillor Lee Baker	Liberal Democrat	12/17	71%	Low
79	Councillor Gill Slocombe	Conservative	15/21	71%	Low
80	Councillor Peter Clayton	Conservative	11/16	69%	Low
81	Councillor Susannah Hart	Conservative	20/29	69%	Low
82	Councillor Helen Kay	Green Party	15/22	68%	Low
83	Councillor Tony Robbins	Liberal Democrat	19/28	68%	Low
84	Councillor Jason Baker	Liberal Democrat	8/12	67%	Low
85	Councillor Val Keitch - on leave of absence until 13 April 2026	Liberal Democrat	4/6	67%	Low
86	Councillor Derek Perry	Liberal Democrat	12/18	67%	Low
87	Councillor Andy Sully	Liberal Democrat	16/24	67%	Low
88	Councillor Wes Read	Liberal Democrat	13/20	65%	Low
89	Councillor John Cook-Woodman	Reform UK Party	9/14	64%	Low
90	Councillor Andrew Govier	Labour	7/11	64%	Low
91	Councillor Harry Munt	Liberal Democrat	7/11	64%	Low
92	Councillor Rob Reed	Liberal Democrat	15/24	63%	Low
93	Councillor Federica Smith-Roberts	Liberal Democrat	19/30	63%	Low
94	Councillor Mike Hewitson	Liberal Democrat	11/18	61%	Low
95	Councillor Ross Henley	Liberal Democrat	13/22	59%	Low
96	Councillor Lance Duddridge	Conservative	8/14	57%	Low
97	Councillor Hayward Burt	Conservative	5/9	56%	Low
98	Councillor Connor Payne	Conservative	5/9	56%	Low
99	Councillor Andy Dingwall	Conservative	7/13	54%	Low
100	Councillor Edric Hobbs	Liberal Democrat	15/29	52%	Low
101	Councillor Andy Soughton	Liberal Democrat	13/25	52%	Low
102	Councillor Jeny Snell	Liberal Democrat	7/14	50%	Low
103	Councillor Philip Ham	Conservative	16/35	46%	Poor
104	Councillor Jenny Kenton	Liberal Democrat	6/13	46%	Poor
105	Councillor Michael Dunk	Green Party	7/16	44%	Poor
106	Councillor Graham Oakes	Liberal Democrat	12/27	44%	Poor
107	Councillor Shane Collins	Green Party	4/11	36%	Poor
108	Councillor Mark Healey MBE	Conservative	5/14	36%	Poor
109	Councillor Adam Boyden	Liberal Democrat	8/24	33%	Poor
110	Councillor Suria Aujla - currently on leave	Conservative	2/9	22%	Poor