Buckinghamshire 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
Green Party	A	2	90%	16/20
Wycombe Independent	B	2	98%	15/20
Conservative	B	50	86%	14/20
Independent	B	12	83%	14/20
Labour Party	B	3	95%	14/20
Liberal Democrats	C	26	85%	13/20
Reform UK	E	2	61%	9/20

Green Party

A16/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

37 of 41 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7 committees avg

3 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

2/5

18.5% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Wycombe Independent

B15/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

98% overall rate

41 of 42 meetings

Engagement

5/5

4.5 committees avg

5.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
0/2 have phone
1/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

6.6% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Conservative

B14/20 points

50 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

1,229 of 1,434 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8.1 committees avg

5.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

50/50 have email
37/50 have phone
15/50 have social media
50/50 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

6.4% avg vote share

48/50 with election data

Independent

B14/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

277 of 332 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.3 committees avg

3.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

12/12 have email
9/12 have phone
9/12 have social media
12/12 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

13.5% avg vote share

12/12 with election data

Labour Party

B14/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

5/5

95% overall rate

61 of 64 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

6.7 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

1/5

14.7% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

26 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

486 of 575 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.5 committees avg

6.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

26/26 have email
16/26 have phone
12/26 have social media
26/26 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

3.1% avg vote share

23/26 with election data

Reform UK

E9/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

61% overall rate

27 of 44 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.5 committees avg

2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

2/2 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).