Bristol City 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
Conservative	B	7	90%	15/20
Green	B	34	90%	14/20
Labour	B	20	85%	14/20
Liberal Democrat	B	8	88%	14/20
Independent	B	1	73%	14/20

Conservative

B15/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

188 of 208 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.1 committees avg

5.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
7/7 have phone
1/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

20.2% avg vote share

6/7 with election data

Green

B14/20 points

34 councillors

Attendance

4/5

90% overall rate

843 of 941 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6.7 committees avg

2.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

34/34 have email
34/34 have phone
22/34 have social media
34/34 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

6.5% avg vote share

8/34 with election data

Labour

B14/20 points

20 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

485 of 568 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.1 committees avg

2.9 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

20/20 have email
20/20 have phone
11/20 have social media
20/20 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

16.6% avg vote share

5/20 with election data

Liberal Democrat

B14/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

204 of 232 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.1 committees avg

2.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

8/8 have email
8/8 have phone
5/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

3.8% avg vote share

5/8 with election data

Independent

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

73% overall rate

16 of 22 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7 committees avg

5 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

2/5

20% avg vote share

1/1 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).