Attendance records revealed for all 67 Northumberland county councillors
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As part of their duties as elected members, councillors are expected to attend a number of meetings throughout the course of the year.
In Northumberland, these range from full council – involving all 67 members – through planning meetings to scrutiny committees. Committees are split along party lines, with the Conservatives getting the most members as the largest party, followed by Labour as the opposition.
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Hide AdThe rest of the spaces on the committee are held by the smaller parties – the Independent Group, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party. The county council keeps a record of all members’ attendance at meetings throughout the year.
This year, the data shows that just three councillors attended all of their meetings – Coun Nick Morphet (Green, Humshaugh), Coun Alan Sharp (Liberal Democrat, Haydon with Hadrian), and Coun Mark Swinburn (Conservative, Cramlington Village). A further nine councillors had attendances of 90% or higher.
The LDRS has rounded up the attendance of all councillors below, sorted alphabetically.
Name | Ward | Party | Expected | Present | Attendance |
Caroline Ball | Ashington Central | Labour | 35 | £33 | 94% |
David Bawn | Morpeth North | Conservative | 23 | 13 | 57% |
John Beynon | Morpeth Stobhill | Conservative | 36 | 31 | 86% |
Les Bowman | Holywell | Labour | 33 | 32 | 97% |
Steven Bridget | Rothbury | Independent Group | 21 | 4 | 19% |
Daniel Carr | South Blyth | Conservative | 23 | 14 | 61% |
Eileen Cartie | Wensleydale | Labour | 23 | 19 | 83% |
Gordon Castle | Alnwick | Conservative | 31 | 23 | 73% |
Trevor Cessford | Hexham Central with Acomb | Conservative | 37 | 32 | 86% |
Eve Chicken | Seghill with Seaton Delaval | Conservative | 36 | 24 | 67% |
Terry Clark | Amble | Labour | 20 | 14 | 70% |
Anne Dale | Stocksfield and Broomhaugh | Independent Group | 54 | 47 | 87% |
Wayne Daley | Cramlington North | Conservative | 27 | 19 | 70% |
Lyle Darwin | Ponteland East with Stannington | Conservative | 23 | 17 | 74% |
Scott Dickinson | Druridge Bay | Labour | 27 | 17 | 63% |
Richard Dodd | Ponteland North | Conservative | 41 | 35 | 85% |
Christine Dunbar | Cramlington Eastfield | Conservative | 22 | 10 | 45% |
Elizabeth Dunn | Lynemouth | Labour | 30 | 22 | 73% |
Paul Ezhilchelvan | Cramlington South East | Conservative | 35 | 31 | 89% |
Suzanne Fairless-Aitken | Hexham East | Liberal Democrats | 32 | 21 | 66% |
David Ferguson | Hartley | Conservative | 27 | 18 | 67% |
Barry Flux | Cramlington West | Conservative | 47 | 42 | 89% |
Julie Foster | Stakeford | Labour | 30 | 16 | 53% |
Brian Gallacher | Haydon | Labour | 29 | 28 | 97% |
Lynne Grimsahw | Bothal | Labour | 26 | 25 | 96% |
Colin Hardy | Norham and Islandshires | Conservative | 38 | 25 | 92% |
Georgina Hill | Berwick East | Independent Group | 37 | 32 | 86% |
Colin Horncastle | South Tynedale | Conservative | 34 | 29 | 85% |
Ciff Humphrey | Newsham | Conservative | 33 | 21 | 64% |
Isabel Hunter | Berwick West with Ord | Liberal Democrats | 40 | 37 | 92% |
Ian Hutchinson | Haltwhistle | Conservative | 34 | 28 | 82% |
Peter Jackson | Ponteland South with Heddon | Conservative | 28 | 7 | 25% |
Veronica Jones | Ponteland West | Conservative | 35 | 29 | 83% |
Derek Kennedy | Hexham West | Independent Group | 19 | 18 | 95% |
James Lang | Seaton with Newbiggin West | Labour | 31 | 26 | 84% |
Scott Lee | Cramlington Eastfield | Independent Group | 25 | 20 | 80% |
Mark Mather | Wooler | Conservative | 35 | 22 | 63% |
Nick Morphet | Humshaugh | Green | 34 | 34 | 100% |
Mary Murphy | Choppington | Independent Group | 21 | 17 | 81% |
Kath Nisbet | Croft | Labour | 22 | 18 | 82% |
Nick Oliver | Corbridge | Conservative | 39 | 33 | 85% |
Ken Parry | Hirst | Labour | 25 | 23 | 92% |
Wendy Pattison | Longhoughton | Conservative | 48 | 32 | 67% |
Wojciech Ploszaj | Kitty Brewster | Conservative | 30 | 25 | 83% |
Mark Purvis | College | Labour | 25 | 16 | 64% |
Jeff Reid | Plessy | Liberal Democrats | 40 | 31 | 78% |
Guy Renner Thompson | Bamburgh | Conservative | 61 | 37 | 61% |
Margaret Richardson | Cowpen | Labour | 22 | 19 | 86% |
John Riddle | Bellingham | Conservative | 37 | 29 | 78% |
Malcolm Robinson | Bedlington West | Non-aligned | 36 | 32 | 89% |
Glen Sanderson | Longhorsley | Conservative | 59 | 50 | 85% |
Angie Scott | Prudhoe North | Labour | 23 | 15 | 65% |
Catherine Seymour | Berwick North | Conservative | 39 | 32 | 82% |
Alan Sharp | Haydon with Hadrian | Liberal Democrats | 32 | 32 | 100% |
Liz Simpson | Newbiggin Central and East | Labour | 37 | 29 | 78% |
Gordon Stewart | Prudhoe South | Conservative | 40 | 39 | 98% |
Martin Swinbank | Alnwick | Green | 43 | 37 | 86% |
Mark Swinburn | Cramlington Village | Conservative | 29 | 29 | 100% |
Christine Taylor | Bedlington Central | Independent Group | 27 | 22 | 81% |
Trevor Thorne | Shilbottle | Conservative | 38 | 28 | 74% |
David Towns | Pegswood | Conservative | 26 | 10 | 38% |
Holly Waddell | Bywell | Independent Group | 24 | 16 | 67% |
Alex Wallace | Sleekburb | Labour | 42 | 38 | 90% |
Anna Watson | Isabella | Labour | 32 | 24 | 75% |
Jeff Watson | Amble west with Warkworth | Conservative | 55 | 37 | 67% |
Richard Wearmouth | Morpeth Kirkhill | Conservative | 52 | 37 | 71% |
Rebecca Wilczek | Bedlington East | Labour | 29 | 22 | 76% |