Bradford Metropolitan 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	C	46	91%	13/20
Green Party	C	10	85%	13/20
Conservative and Queensbury Independent Group	C	13	83%	12/20
Independent	D	5	72%	11/20
Liberal Democrats	D	5	79%	10/20
Toller Independent 1	D	1	73%	10/20
Bradford Independents Group	E	9	79%	9/20

Labour

C13/20 points

46 councillors

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

819 of 896 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.7 committees avg

0.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

46/46 have email
46/46 have phone
13/46 have social media
46/46 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

39.2% avg vote share

11/46 with election data

Green Party

C13/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

152 of 178 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

10/10 have email
10/10 have phone
5/10 have social media
10/10 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

29% avg vote share

3/10 with election data

Conservative and Queensbury Independent Group

C12/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

204 of 245 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.3 committees avg

0.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

13/13 have email
13/13 have phone
1/13 have social media
13/13 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

33% avg vote share

3/13 with election data

Independent

D11/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

3/5

72% overall rate

63 of 87 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.8 committees avg

0.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

5/5 have email
5/5 have phone
3/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

18% avg vote share

1/5 with election data

Liberal Democrats

D10/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

68 of 86 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.8 committees avg

1.2 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

0/5

1.5% avg vote share

2/5 with election data

Toller Independent 1

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

73% overall rate

8 of 11 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

No election data available

Bradford Independents Group

E9/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

102 of 129 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
9/9 have phone
3/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

40% avg vote share

1/9 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).