How many meetings did your councillor attend? Rates for the east and north wards of Glasgow

Over the next four days we will reveal the attendance rates for every councillor in the city for each of the last three years.

Today we look at six wards in the east and north of Glasgow.

READ MORE:Revealed: Glasgow councillors with highest and lowest attendance rates

We publish the numbers of how many each attended next to the number of committees they were expected to attend and the overall percentage for three years. today we publish the councillots for the following wards;  Canal, Springburn/Robroyston, East Centre, Shettleston, Baillieston, North East and Dennistoun.

In the six wards in the north and east of the city eight councillors achieved attendance of more than 90% over the last three years. 
They were Allan Gow, SNP,  Martin McElroy, Labour, Annette Christie, SNP, Laura Doherty, SNP, Frank McAveety, Labour, Elaine Ballantyne, SNP Ruairhi Kelly, SNP and Allan Casey SNP were the highest Committee attendees over the last three years.

SNP councillor for Canal, Allan Gow had 100% in 2020 as did Robert Mooney, Labour councillor also for Canal.

SNP councillors Ballantyne and Doherty had the highest at 96%.

Elaine Ballantyne
Four councillors had a below 65% attendance rate. Gary Gray, Labour, Graham Campbell, SNP, Aileen McKenzie, Labour and Frank Docherty Labour had the lowest rate over the three years.

Gary Gray was present at 43% overall and just 14 out of 40 last year.

Graham Campbell was at 52% overall and 10 out of 20 last year.

Mr Gray said he always had a reason for not attending any meeting and said there were two main reasons, including health.

Mr Gray said: “I find the figures surprising. I am on the licensing committee and there have been a number of occasions I was at regular hospital appointments which clashed with the committee on a Wednesday."

Mr Campbell said he is a hardworking councillor and cited reasons outwith his control for not attending some.

Mr Campbell said: “I am aware that in the first year I was a councillor, I was on the licensing committee and it clashed with other meetings.”

He also said there were IT problems last year.

Councillors are members of different committees and some are members of more committees than others. 
Some committees meet more frequently than others like licensing which can meet twice a week sometimes, others like area partnerships meet less frequently.

 
Canal                                2018        2019        2020                    total %
Allan Gow SNP                   37/38        30/33        18/18                95%
Gary Gray Lab                   38/69        25/71        14/40                43%
Jacqueline McLaren SNP     32/41        28/37        21/25                79%
Robert Mooney Lab           13/13        8/12        10/10                   88.5%

Springburn/Robroyston
Graham Campbell SNP    47/78        33/74        10/20                   52%
Christina Cannon SNP    36/45        45/49        35/39                    87%
Martin McElroy Lab        13/13        10/12        14/15                    92.5%
Aileen McKenzie Lab      31/75        61/80        33/45                    62.5%

East Centre
Annette Christie SNP     40/41        38/43      25/26                      95%
 Frank Docherty Lab     18/20        7/19         9/14                       64%
 Marie Garrity Lab        16/24        9/16        10/11                      67%
 Russell Robertson IND 17/22        6/7          3/6                         74%

Shettleston
Laura Doherty SNP    45/45        46/48        26/29                      96%     
Michelle Ferns SNP    38/39        32/41        26/33                      85%
Thomas Kerr Cons     35/41        34/37        25/28                      89%   
Frank McAveety Lab   38/38        29/31        20/24                     93.5%

Baillieston
Elaine Ballantyne SNP 30/30        23/24        15/17                     96%
Phillip Charles Con        7/22        18/23        29/34                     68%
James Coleman Lab    60/84        79/87        15/31                     76%

North East
Maureen Burke Lab    33/49        35/43        34/37                     79%
Ruairi Kelly SNP        45/51        45/50        41/43                      91%
Mandy Morgan SNP    30/32        26/31        17/21                     87%

Dennistoun
Allan Casey SNP        37/39        41/43        26/28                     94.5%
Kim Long Green        20/23        7/8            23/26                     88%
Elaine McDougall Lab 32/36        25/30        21/22                     89%

Tomorrow: the north and west councillors of Glasgow