Cheshire West and Chester 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
Conservative	B	21	80%	15/20
Green Party	B	3	64%	15/20
Labour	B	35	89%	14/20
Reform UK	B	3	62%	14/20
Independent	C	7	74%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	1	82%	13/20

Conservative

B15/20 points

21 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

404 of 503 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

0.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

21/21 have email
18/21 have phone
6/21 have social media
21/21 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

31.7% avg vote share

21/21 with election data

Green Party

B15/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

64% overall rate

49 of 77 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.7 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

5/5

50.3% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Labour

B14/20 points

35 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

953 of 1,076 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.8 committees avg

1.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

35/35 have email
29/35 have phone
15/35 have social media
35/35 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

28.1% avg vote share

34/35 with election data

Reform UK

B14/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

62% overall rate

47 of 76 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

0.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
2/3 have phone
1/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

41.7% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Independent

C13/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

98 of 132 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.6 committees avg

0.4 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

3/5

31.7% avg vote share

7/7 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

23 of 28 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

2/5

25% 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).