Brentwood 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
Liberal Democrats	B	17	91%	15/20
Labour	B	3	88%	15/20
Conservative	B	16	84%	14/20
Independent	C	2	76%	12/20
Reform UK	E	1	67%	8/20

Liberal Democrats

B15/20 points

17 councillors

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

328 of 362 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.4 committees avg

0.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

17/17 have email
17/17 have phone
8/17 have social media
17/17 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

60.3% avg vote share

7/17 with election data

Labour

B15/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

61 of 69 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

3/3 have email
3/3 have phone
2/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

27% avg vote share

2/3 with election data

Conservative

B14/20 points

16 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

280 of 332 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.1 committees avg

0.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

16/16 have email
14/16 have phone
5/16 have social media
16/16 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

55.5% avg vote share

6/16 with election data

Independent

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

25 of 33 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

E8/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

67% overall rate

4 of 6 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

1/1 have email
0/1 have phone
1/1 have social media
1/1 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).