Dacorum Borough 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	C	18	83%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	17	84%	13/20
Labour	C	4	80%	13/20
Independent	E	12	59%	9/20

Conservative

C13/20 points

18 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

285 of 343 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.4 committees avg

1.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

18/18 have email
16/18 have phone
1/18 have social media
18/18 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

26.8% avg vote share

14/18 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

17 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

302 of 360 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.4 committees avg

1.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

17/17 have email
15/17 have phone
6/17 have social media
17/17 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

16.9% avg vote share

11/17 with election data

Labour

C13/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

60 of 75 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

1.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
3/4 have phone
1/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

20.1% avg vote share

1/4 with election data

Independent

E9/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

1/5

59% overall rate

122 of 208 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.6 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

12/12 have email
10/12 have phone
5/12 have social media
12/12 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

25.2% avg vote share

6/12 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).