Bedford 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
Green Party	B	2	95%	15/20
Liberal Democrat	B	2	96%	14/20
Conservative	C	15	82%	13/20
Labour	C	12	82%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	11	90%	13/20
Green	C	2	89%	13/20
Independent	C	3	84%	12/20

Green Party

B15/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

95% overall rate

75 of 79 meetings

Engagement

5/5

12 committees avg

0 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

Liberal Democrat

B14/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

96% overall rate

46 of 48 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Conservative

C13/20 points

15 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

485 of 589 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8.9 committees avg

0.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

14/15 have email
11/15 have phone
7/15 have social media
15/15 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

15/15 with election data

Labour

C13/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

293 of 356 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.8 committees avg

0.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

12/12 have email
12/12 have phone
3/12 have social media
12/12 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

12/12 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

295 of 327 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

11/11 with election data

Green

C13/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

39 of 44 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

0 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

Independent

C12/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

77 of 92 meetings

Engagement

4/5

8 committees avg

0 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

0/5

0% avg vote share

3/3 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).