Bromsgrove 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
Liberal Democrat	C	7	86%	12/20
Labour	C	6	85%	12/20
Conservative	D	11	89%	11/20
Independent	D	7	87%	11/20

Liberal Democrat

C12/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

126 of 146 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

0.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
6/7 have phone
4/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

4/7 with election data

Labour

C12/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

106 of 125 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
3/6 have phone
4/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

22.3% avg vote share

3/6 with election data

Conservative

D11/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

254 of 284 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.8 committees avg

0.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
8/11 have phone
7/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

7.8% avg vote share

4/11 with election data

Independent

D11/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

144 of 166 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
5/7 have phone
3/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/7 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).