Cotswold 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
Green Party	A	1	95%	17/20
Independent	A	1	91%	17/20
Liberal Democrats	C	22	82%	13/20
Conservative	C	10	86%	12/20

Green Party

A17/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

95% overall rate

20 of 21 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

5/5

56% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Independent

A17/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

10 of 11 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 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

5/5

77% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

22 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

369 of 451 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

21/22 have email
9/22 have phone
7/22 have social media
22/22 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

45% avg vote share

12/22 with election data

Conservative

C12/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

153 of 178 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3.1 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

10/10 have email
6/10 have phone
3/10 have social media
10/10 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

29.6% avg vote share

8/10 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).