Canterbury 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
Independent	A+	1	92%	19/20
Conservative	B	8	81%	15/20
Liberal Democrats	B	8	87%	14/20
Labour	B	7	87%	14/20
Green Party	B	4	78%	14/20
Labour and Co-operative Party	C	11	87%	13/20

Independent

A+19/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

24 of 26 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

5/5

56% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Conservative

B15/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

151 of 187 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

0 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

2/5

28.3% avg vote share

7/8 with election data

Liberal Democrats

B14/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

176 of 202 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.1 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

8/8 have email
8/8 have phone
4/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

35.3% avg vote share

8/8 with election data

Labour

B14/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

181 of 207 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

2/5

23.1% avg vote share

7/7 with election data

Green Party

B14/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

54 of 69 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
3/4 have phone
2/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

38% avg vote share

3/4 with election data

Labour and Co-operative Party

C13/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

240 of 275 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.1 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
5/11 have phone
8/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

23.5% avg vote share

11/11 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).