Cheshire East 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	C	1	100%	12/20
Labour and Co-Operative	D	6	88%	11/20
Liberal Democrat	D	1	80%	11/20
Labour	D	22	89%	10/20
Conservative	E	32	83%	9/20
Independent	E	13	81%	9/20
Non-Grouped	E	5	78%	8/20
Reform UK	E	1	86%	8/20
Independent Socialist	F	1	43%	4/20

Green Party

C12/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

5 of 5 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 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

0/5

No election data available

Labour and Co-Operative

D11/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

134 of 152 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
3/6 have phone
1/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

2/6 with election data

Liberal Democrat

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

16 of 20 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 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

0/5

No election data available

Labour

D10/20 points

22 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

430 of 483 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2.1 committees avg

0.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

22/22 have email
8/22 have phone
5/22 have social media
22/22 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

9.1% avg vote share

7/22 with election data

Conservative

E9/20 points

32 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

560 of 674 meetings

Engagement

1/5

1.7 committees avg

0.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

32/32 have email
23/32 have phone
9/32 have social media
32/32 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

7/32 with election data

Independent

E9/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

236 of 291 meetings

Engagement

1/5

1.6 committees avg

0.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

13/13 have email
10/13 have phone
2/13 have social media
13/13 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

5/13 with election data

Non-Grouped

E8/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

58 of 74 meetings

Engagement

1/5

1.8 committees avg

0.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
2/5 have phone
1/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/5 with election data

Reform UK

E8/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

6 of 7 meetings

Engagement

0/5

0 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

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Independent Socialist

F4/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

43% overall rate

3 of 7 meetings

Engagement

0/5

0 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

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/1 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).