Bridgend County 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
Reform	C	1	89%	12/20
Labour	D	23	61%	10/20
Labour and Co-operative	D	3	69%	10/20
Independent	E	19	54%	9/20
Plaid Cymru	E	1	30%	9/20
Llynfi Independents	E	3	27%	8/20
Conservative	E	1	43%	8/20

Reform

C12/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

25 of 28 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7 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

Labour

D10/20 points

23 councillors

Attendance

2/5

61% overall rate

486 of 793 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

23/23 have email
13/23 have phone
8/23 have social media
23/23 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

2/23 with election data

Labour and Co-operative

D10/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

63 of 91 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 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

0% avg vote share

1/3 with election data

Independent

E9/20 points

19 councillors

Attendance

1/5

54% overall rate

283 of 522 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

19/19 have email
9/19 have phone
6/19 have social media
19/19 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/19 with election data

Plaid Cymru

E9/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

30% overall rate

9 of 30 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8 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

Llynfi Independents

E8/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

0/5

27% overall rate

21 of 79 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
1/3 have phone
1/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

E8/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

43% overall rate

19 of 44 meetings

Engagement

5/5

10 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

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).