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Torfaen County Borough 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

241 of 274 Councils

Councillors

40

Overall

78%

Average

79%

Median

87%

Perfect (100%)

3

Below 75%

15

Attendance trend by party

Labour
Independent Group
Reform UK Wales Group
Torfaen Independent Group
100%90%80%70%60%50%3 Years2 YearsCurrent Year81%80%79%63%62%67%86%84%82%85%88%89%

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

Attendance by party

Labour(28)
79%
Independent Group(5)
67%
Reform UK Wales Group(4)
82%
Torfaen Independent Group(3)
89%

Attendance distribution

90-100%
17
80-89%
6
70-79%
6
60-69%
4
Below 60%
7

Highest attendance

  1. 100%
  2. 2

    Councillor Nick Horler

    Torfaen Independent Group

    100%
  3. 100%

Lowest attendance

  1. 31%
  2. 2

    Councillor Giles Davies

    Independent Group

    33%
  3. 3

    Councillor Chris Tew

    Independent Group

    35%

All councillors

Showing 40 of 40 councillors

#NamePartyMeetingsAttendanceStatus
1Councillor Fiona Cross
Labour
19/19
100%
Good
2Councillor Nick Horler
Torfaen Independent Group
31/31
100%
Good
3Councillor Peter Jones
Labour
24/24
100%
Good
4Councillor Mark Jones
Independent Group
27/28
96%
Good
5Councillor Rose Seabourne
Labour
25/26
96%
Good
6Councillor Colette Thomas
Labour
25/26
96%
Good
7Councillor Catherine Bonera
Independent Group
18/19
95%
Good
8Councillor David Daniels
Labour
18/19
95%
Good
9Councillor Steven Evans
Labour
38/40
95%
Good
10Councillor Jon Horlor
Labour
36/38
95%
Good
11Councillor Anthony Hunt (Leader)
Labour
18/19
95%
Good
12Councillor Sue Morgan
Labour
18/19
95%
Good
13Councillor Janet Jones
Torfaen Independent Group
32/34
94%
Good
14Councillor Jason O'Connell
Reform UK Wales Group
15/16
94%
Good
15Councillor Alan Slade
Reform UK Wales Group
31/34
91%
Good
16Councillor Jayne Watkins
Labour
31/34
91%
Good
17Councillor Lynda Clarkson
Labour
28/31
90%
Good
18Councillor Joanne Gauden
Labour
17/19
89%
Fair
19Councillor Norma Parrish
Labour
33/37
89%
Fair
20Councillor Elizabeth Haynes
Independent Group
21/24
88%
Fair
21Councillor Richard Clark (Deputy Leader)
Labour
18/21
86%
Fair
22Councillor Stuart Keyte
Reform UK Wales Group
19/22
86%
Fair
23Councillor Stuart Ashley
Labour
29/34
85%
Fair
24Councillor Liam Cowles
Labour
22/28
79%
Fair
25Councillor Mandy Owen
Labour
15/19
79%
Fair
26Councillor Caroline Price
Labour
14/19
74%
Low
27Councillor Lucy Williams
Labour
17/23
74%
Low
28Councillor Nathan Yeowell
Labour
16/22
73%
Low
29Councillor David Williams
Labour
26/37
70%
Low
30Councillor Jon James
Labour
24/37
65%
Low
31Councillor Nick Byrne
Labour
9/14
64%
Low
32Councillor David Thomas
Reform UK Wales Group
19/30
63%
Low
33Councillor Gaynor James
Labour
18/29
62%
Low
34Councillor Karl Gauden
Labour
19/32
59%
Low
35Councillor Ron Burnett
Torfaen Independent Group
8/15
53%
Low
36Councillor Rosemary Matthews
Labour
10/21
48%
Poor
37Councillor Nicholas Simons
Labour
11/28
39%
Poor
38Councillor Chris Tew
Independent Group
13/37
35%
Poor
39Councillor Giles Davies
Independent Group
6/18
33%
Poor
40Councillor Alfie Best
Labour
11/35
31%
Poor