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Across 37 bodies of three or more seats, the median sees 32% of its seats change hands a year.
Bodies by share of seats changing hands
Bodies
Under 20%
10 bodies
20% to under 30%
6 bodies
30% to under 40%
11 bodies
40% to under 50%
4 bodies
50% or more
6 bodies
Each body’s average a year, names matched between consecutive listings.
1 · The facts
37
bodies of three or more seats measured
32%
of seats changing hands a year, median body
71%
GCTF ADVISORS, the highest
0%
CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, the lowest
32%
School Committee, a year
24%
Select Board, a year
36%
Finance Committee, a year
33%
Board of Selectmen, the earlier heading
—
why any member left: a term ending, a resignation, a move
not published
2 · What it shows
1
The median body changes 32% of its seats a year; the range runs from 0% to 71%.
2
The Finance Committee changes 36% a year, the School Committee 32%, the Select Board 24%.
3
A name leaving the listing is not a resignation: a term ending and a move look the same.
Seats changing hands a year, bodies measured four or more times
Seats
Years compared
Changing hands
STORM WATER TASK FORCE
3.3
9
63%
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
4.0
4
56%
PUBLIC RECORDS ACCESS OFFICERS
8.8
8
49%
HISTORICAL COMMISSION
4.1
9
42%
Sewer Commission - 1/2
5.4
8
40%
Park Commission
4.1
4
39%
CAPITAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
6.2
9
39%
TAXATION AID COMMITTEE
4.8
4
37%
AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION
5.6
9
37%
FINANCE COMMITTEE
7.2
6
36%
Planning Board
5.8
8
35%
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
5.6
8
35%
School Committee
5.1
8
32%
Housing Authority
4.3
8
30%
CULTURAL COUNCIL
8.2
7
30%
Cemetery Commission
3.3
8
24%
Select Board
5.2
4
24%
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
7.1
9
23%
Board of Assessors
3.1
8
20%
Board of Health
5.2
8
19%
Library Trustees
7.2
8
19%
PUBLIC ACCESS CABLE COMMITTEE
4.7
9
18%
ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION (APDC)
7.1
7
17%
COUNCIL ON AGING
11.3
5
15%
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
4.9
9
15%
TOWN CLOCKWINDERS
5.4
5
11%
Names matched between consecutive listings. Seats is the average printed. Bodies compared fewer times are in the median, not here.