Chichester District 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
Liberal Democrats	C	24	82%	12/20
Conservative	C	5	88%	12/20
Green and Local Alliance Group	D	6	68%	11/20
Independent	D	1	55%	10/20

Liberal Democrats

C12/20 points

24 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

444 of 540 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.1 committees avg

2.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

24/24 have email
22/24 have phone
4/24 have social media
24/24 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

2.1% avg vote share

5/24 with election data

Conservative

C12/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

92 of 105 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4 committees avg

1.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green and Local Alliance Group

D11/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

2/5

68% overall rate

77 of 113 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.5 committees avg

2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
6/6 have phone
2/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

57.1% avg vote share

1/6 with election data

Independent

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

1/5

55% overall rate

12 of 22 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3 committees avg

4 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

1/5

13.1% 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).