Denbighshire County 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
Wales Green Party - Plaid Werdd Cymru	A	2	84%	17/20
Denbighshire Independent Alliance	A	3	82%	16/20
Labour	B	14	88%	15/20
Independent	B	10	82%	14/20
Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales	B	8	84%	14/20
Welsh Conservatives	B	8	86%	14/20
Non aligned	C	3	67%	12/20

Wales Green Party - Plaid Werdd Cymru

A17/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

47 of 56 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.5 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
0/2 have phone
2/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

44.5% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Denbighshire Independent Alliance

A16/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

53 of 65 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.7 committees avg

0.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

5/5

59% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Labour

B15/20 points

14 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

306 of 349 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

0.9 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

14/14 have email
6/14 have phone
4/14 have social media
14/14 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

33.1% avg vote share

14/14 with election data

Independent

B14/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

169 of 207 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.2 committees avg

0.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

10/10 have email
5/10 have phone
0/10 have social media
10/10 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

34.7% avg vote share

10/10 with election data

Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales

B14/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

144 of 171 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.1 committees avg

0.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
6/8 have phone
2/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

35.9% avg vote share

7/8 with election data

Welsh Conservatives

B14/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

150 of 175 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

0.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
3/8 have phone
2/8 have social media
7/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

31% avg vote share

7/8 with election data

Non aligned

C12/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

67% overall rate

42 of 63 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 committees avg

0.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

3/3 have email
1/3 have phone
0/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

41.5% avg vote share

2/3 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).