Bolsover 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
Labour & Co-operative	B	4	94%	14/20
Conservative	B	1	83%	14/20
Labour Group	C	18	76%	12/20
Independent Group	C	11	80%	12/20
Reform Group	E	2	58%	8/20
Non-aligned Independent	E	1	17%	8/20

Labour & Co-operative

B14/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

5/5

94% overall rate

82 of 87 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.8 committees avg

4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Conservative

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

15 of 18 meetings

Engagement

5/5

4 committees avg

5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Labour Group

C12/20 points

18 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

349 of 459 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.3 committees avg

3.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

18/18 have email
16/18 have phone
1/18 have social media
18/18 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

17/18 with election data

Independent Group

C12/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

198 of 246 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.2 committees avg

2.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
11/11 have phone
1/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

9/11 with election data

Reform Group

E8/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

1/5

58% overall rate

22 of 38 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.5 committees avg

2.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Non-aligned Independent

E8/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

17% overall rate

2 of 12 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

1/1 have email
1/1 have phone
1/1 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).