Carmarthenshire County 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
Unaffiliated - Green Party	C	1	13%	12/20
Unaffiliated - Reform UK	D	2	73%	10/20
Plaid Cymru	E	37	64%	9/20
Welsh Labour	E	16	54%	9/20
Independent	E	11	61%	9/20
Unaffiliated - Independent	E	8	29%	8/20

Unaffiliated - Green Party

C12/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

13% overall rate

2 of 16 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 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

50.7% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Unaffiliated - Reform UK

D10/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

73% overall rate

16 of 22 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2.5 committees avg

0 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

Plaid Cymru

E9/20 points

37 councillors

Attendance

2/5

64% overall rate

860 of 1,338 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

37/37 have email
36/37 have phone
9/37 have social media
37/37 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

5/37 with election data

Welsh Labour

E9/20 points

16 councillors

Attendance

1/5

54% overall rate

224 of 414 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.9 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

16/16 have email
16/16 have phone
8/16 have social media
16/16 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/16 with election data

Independent

E9/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

2/5

61% overall rate

241 of 398 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
11/11 have phone
1/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/11 with election data

Unaffiliated - Independent

E8/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

0/5

29% overall rate

54 of 187 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.1 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

8/8 have email
7/8 have phone
5/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

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).