Cllr Esther Cook
Councillor for Wayfield & Weeds Wood
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Esther Cook is a Labour and Co-operative councillor for Wayfield & Weeds Wood ward and the vice chair of the employment matters committee. She has represented Wayfield & Weeds Wood ward since May 2023.
Esther has stood in one election to Medway council, and won that election.
Political Career
Esther has served in the following posts:
Medway Council
Only periods where Esther Cook represented Medway are included in this section. Some of Medway's current and former representatives have also represented other parts of the country in local government, devolved assemblies and both houses of parliament.
Committee Appointments
Esther serves on the following committees:
Click on the name of a committee above to see all its members and find out what role the committee plays on the council.
Attendance at Council Meetings
The full council meets six times a year and, unless there are extenuating circumstances, all councillors are expected to attend these meetings.
Esther's attendance record for full council meetings is as follows:
Click on a term to see how Esther Cook's attendance compared to the other councillors for that term.
Attendance at Committee Meetings
Councillors usually sit on a number of scrutiny or decision-making committees. Additionally, they may substitute for another member of a committee who is unable to make a meeting.
Esther's attendance record for these committee meetings is as follows:
Attendance as a substitute member of a committee is not included in the calculation of the attendance rate. Click on a term to see how Esther Cook's attendance compared to the other councillors for that term.
We are still working on adding historic attendance records to our database. The earliest council meeting we have attendance data for is that held on 6 May 2009. The earliest committee meeting we have attendance data for is that held on 21 November 2007. Please bear with us while we work back to the earliest data available.
Electoral History
Esther has stood in the following elections:
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