Ceredigion 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
Gwlad	A	1	78%	16/20
Independent	B	9	62%	15/20
Welsh Liberal Democrats	B	7	55%	14/20
Plaid Cymru	C	21	53%	13/20

Gwlad

A16/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

25 of 32 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

4/5

40% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Independent

B15/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

2/5

62% overall rate

194 of 313 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9.3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
9/9 have phone
0/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

61.1% avg vote share

7/9 with election data

Welsh Liberal Democrats

B14/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

1/5

55% overall rate

125 of 226 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
7/7 have phone
0/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

5/5

57% avg vote share

7/7 with election data

Plaid Cymru

C13/20 points

21 councillors

Attendance

1/5

53% overall rate

359 of 678 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.3 committees avg

0.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

21/21 have email
20/21 have phone
6/21 have social media
21/21 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

47.1% avg vote share

20/21 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).