Cumberland 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	B	4	91%	15/20
Green Party	B	3	90%	14/20
Labour	C	26	85%	13/20
Conservative	C	8	88%	13/20
Independent	D	5	77%	11/20

Liberal Democrats

B15/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

96 of 106 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.8 committees avg

6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

4/4 have email
4/4 have phone
2/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/4 with election data

Green Party

B14/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

90% overall rate

60 of 67 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.3 committees avg

4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

C13/20 points

26 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

713 of 836 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.3 committees avg

6.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

26/26 have email
26/26 have phone
4/26 have social media
26/26 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

5/26 with election data

Conservative

C13/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

192 of 218 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.4 committees avg

5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
8/8 have phone
0/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

1/8 with election data

Independent

D11/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

60 of 78 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.4 committees avg

2.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
4/5 have phone
1/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

3/5 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).