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Party Rankings

Each party is graded across four dimensions: attendance, engagement, transparency, and electoral mandate. Scores are averaged across all party councillors.

PartyGradeCouncillorsAttendanceScore
Reform UKC591%13/20
ConservativeC2878%12/20
LabourD970%11/20
UnknownD363%11/20
Green PartyD192%11/20
IndependentE368%9/20

Reform UK

C13/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

61 of 67 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5
  • 4/5 have email
  • 4/5 have phone
  • 1/5 have social media
  • 5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

C12/20 points

28 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

432 of 552 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5
  • 28/28 have email
  • 25/28 have phone
  • 5/28 have social media
  • 28/28 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/28 with election data

Labour

D11/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

3/5

70% overall rate

109 of 155 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5
  • 9/9 have email
  • 8/9 have phone
  • 4/9 have social media
  • 9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Unknown

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

63% overall rate

43 of 68 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5
  • 3/3 have email
  • 3/3 have phone
  • 1/3 have social media
  • 3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

11 of 12 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5
  • 1/1 have email
  • 0/1 have phone
  • 0/1 have social media
  • 1/1 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

E9/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

68% overall rate

30 of 44 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5
  • 3/3 have email
  • 0/3 have phone
  • 0/3 have social media
  • 3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

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).