Boston 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
20-20 Independent Group	C	2	88%	13/20
Reform	C	1	100%	13/20
Progressive Independents Boston	C	15	81%	12/20
Independent	C	3	86%	12/20
Blue Revolution	C	1	96%	12/20
Liberal Democrats	D	1	74%	10/20
Conservative	E	4	65%	9/20
Boston Independent	E	3	58%	9/20

20-20 Independent Group

C13/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

35 of 40 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 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

Reform

C13/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

16 of 16 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 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

Progressive Independents Boston

C12/20 points

15 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

295 of 363 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

15/15 have email
15/15 have phone
1/15 have social media
15/15 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

7/15 with election data

Independent

C12/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

64 of 74 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
3/3 have phone
0/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Blue Revolution

C12/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

96% overall rate

23 of 24 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

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

14 of 19 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 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

Conservative

E9/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

2/5

65% overall rate

51 of 78 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
3/4 have phone
0/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/4 with election data

Boston Independent

E9/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

1/5

58% overall rate

38 of 65 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
3/3 have phone
0/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/3 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).