Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils

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
Liberal Democrat	C	8	91%	13/20
Green	D	33	85%	11/20
Independent	D	9	82%	11/20
Mid Suffolk Independents	D	4	87%	11/20
Conservative	E	9	69%	9/20
Reform	E	2	78%	9/20
Labour	E	1	73%	9/20

Liberal Democrat

C13/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

143 of 157 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.6 committees avg

2.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
8/8 have phone
0/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

8/8 with election data

Green

D11/20 points

33 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

544 of 638 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.7 committees avg

1.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

33/33 have email
31/33 have phone
7/33 have social media
33/33 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

32/33 with election data

Independent

D11/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

150 of 182 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.8 committees avg

0.9 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
8/9 have phone
1/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

9/9 with election data

Mid Suffolk Independents

D11/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

62 of 71 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.3 committees avg

0.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
3/4 have phone
1/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Conservative

E9/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

92 of 134 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.8 committees avg

4.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
8/9 have phone
1/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

9/9 with election data

Reform

E9/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

21 of 27 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2.5 committees avg

0.5 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

Labour

E9/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

73% overall rate

8 of 11 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/1 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).