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
Green Party	A	2	67%	17/20
Labour	B	35	88%	14/20
Conservative	B	21	79%	14/20
Reform UK	B	3	62%	14/20
Independent	C	8	71%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	1	80%	13/20

Green Party

A17/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

67% overall rate

34 of 51 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.5 committees avg

1.5 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

5/5

53.5% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Labour

B14/20 points

35 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

868 of 984 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

Conservative

B14/20 points

21 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

359 of 453 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.9 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

Reform UK

B14/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

62% overall rate

41 of 66 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

8 councillors

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

97 of 137 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.5 committees avg

0.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
8/8 have phone
2/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

33.3% avg vote share

8/8 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

20 of 25 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).