Bath and North East Somerset 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
Independents	B	5	90%	14/20
Green Party	B	3	88%	14/20
Liberal Democrats	C	38	86%	13/20
Labour Party	C	6	85%	13/20
Unaligned	C	2	62%	12/20
Independents for B&NES	D	3	77%	11/20
Conservative Party	E	2	67%	9/20

Independents

B14/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

65 of 72 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.6 committees avg

4.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

1/5

8.2% avg vote share

5/5 with election data

Green Party

B14/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

49 of 56 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

1.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

2/5

18.3% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

38 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

532 of 617 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.6 committees avg

7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

38/38 have email
34/38 have phone
18/38 have social media
38/38 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

10.7% avg vote share

38/38 with election data

Labour Party

C13/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

85 of 100 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.7 committees avg

5.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

6/6 have email
6/6 have phone
4/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

6/6 with election data

Unaligned

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

62% overall rate

16 of 26 meetings

Engagement

5/5

2.5 committees avg

6.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Independents for B&NES

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

27 of 35 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.3 committees avg

10.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
2/3 have phone
1/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

15% avg vote share

2/3 with election data

Conservative Party

E9/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

67% overall rate

22 of 33 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.5 committees avg

0 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).