Basildon Borough 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
Labour	C	16	89%	12/20
Conservative	D	13	84%	11/20
Independent	D	6	89%	11/20
Wickford Independents	D	4	77%	10/20
Non-Aligned	D	1	75%	10/20
Reform UK	E	2	69%	9/20

Labour

C12/20 points

16 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

380 of 427 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.1 committees avg

0.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

16/16 have email
10/16 have phone
4/16 have social media
16/16 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

16/16 with election data

Conservative

D11/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

234 of 279 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.4 committees avg

1.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

13/13 have email
9/13 have phone
8/13 have social media
13/13 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

13/13 with election data

Independent

D11/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

135 of 152 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
5/6 have phone
2/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

6/6 with election data

Wickford Independents

D10/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

66 of 86 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
3/4 have phone
2/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Non-Aligned

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

75% overall rate

12 of 16 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 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

Reform UK

E9/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

24 of 35 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

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).