Adur District Council

Party Rankings

Each party is graded across four dimensions: attendance, engagement, transparency, and electoral mandate. Scores are averaged across all party councillors.

Party	Grade	Councillors	Attendance	Score
Shoreham Beach Residents' Association	A	2	95%	17/20
Green	B	4	90%	15/20
Independent Group	B	4	84%	14/20
Labour	C	38	88%	13/20
Conservatives	C	11	79%	12/20
Lancing & Sompting Independents	C	2	88%	12/20
Worthing Community Independents	D	3	69%	11/20
Reform UK	D	2	100%	11/20

Shoreham Beach Residents' Association

A17/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

95% overall rate

36 of 38 meetings

Engagement

5/5

4 committees avg

5.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
2/2 have phone
0/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

25.6% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Green

B15/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

46 of 51 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.3 committees avg

2.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
1/4 have phone
1/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

29% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Independent Group

B14/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

56 of 67 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3 committees avg

1.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
4/4 have phone
1/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

28% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Labour

C13/20 points

38 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

670 of 762 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4 committees avg

2.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

38/38 have email
24/38 have phone
22/38 have social media
38/38 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

12% avg vote share

38/38 with election data

Conservatives

C12/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

138 of 175 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.4 committees avg

3.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
7/11 have phone
4/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

11.2% avg vote share

11/11 with election data

Lancing & Sompting Independents

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

14 of 16 meetings

Engagement

3/5

1.5 committees avg

2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

2/2 have email
2/2 have phone
1/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Worthing Community Independents

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

34 of 49 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3 committees avg

5.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

3/3 have email
2/3 have phone
3/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

3.5% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Reform UK

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

14 of 14 meetings

Engagement

2/5

1 committees avg

1.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
1/2 have phone
0/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

How are party scores calculated?

Party scores are calculated by averaging individual councillor report card scores across four dimensions (each worth up to 5 points, 20 total):

Attendance: Based on the party's overall attendance percentage across all meetings.
Engagement: Average of individual councillor engagement scores (committees + outside body memberships).
Transparency: Average of individual transparency scores (email, phone, social media, photo, profile).
Electoral Mandate: Average of individual councillor vote shares from their most recent election.

Grades: A+ (18-20), A (16-17), B (14-15), C (12-13), D (10-11), E (7-9), F (0-6).