Burnley 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
Labour & Co-operative Party	B	2	90%	15/20
Labour	D	11	81%	11/20
Independent	D	11	83%	11/20
Liberal Democrats	D	7	87%	11/20
Conservative	D	7	85%	11/20
Reform UK	D	2	63%	11/20
Green Party	D	5	75%	10/20

Labour & Co-operative Party

B15/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

73 of 81 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7 committees avg

3.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

D11/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

215 of 265 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3 committees avg

2.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
11/11 have phone
2/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

7.9% avg vote share

6/11 with election data

Independent

D11/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

224 of 270 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.9 committees avg

0.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
11/11 have phone
3/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/11 with election data

Liberal Democrats

D11/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

180 of 208 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
7/7 have phone
2/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

2/7 with election data

Conservative

D11/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

157 of 185 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
5/7 have phone
2/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

63% overall rate

29 of 46 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

D10/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

3/5

75% overall rate

93 of 124 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.8 committees avg

1.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
5/5 have phone
1/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/5 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).