Derbyshire 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
Conservative	A	10	84%	17/20
Green Party	A	3	94%	16/20
Reform UK	B	42	87%	15/20
Labour	B	3	75%	15/20
Liberal Democrat	B	3	68%	14/20
Derbyshire Independents	B	2	92%	14/20
Independent	B	1	38%	14/20

Conservative

A17/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

121 of 144 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.7 committees avg

5.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

10/10 have email
8/10 have phone
5/10 have social media
10/10 have photo

Electoral Mandate

5/5

54.2% avg vote share

10/10 with election data

Green Party

A16/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

5/5

94% overall rate

32 of 34 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.7 committees avg

2.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

4/5

48.3% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Reform UK

B15/20 points

42 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

606 of 696 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.2 committees avg

4.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

42/42 have email
21/42 have phone
15/42 have social media
42/42 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

39.4% avg vote share

42/42 with election data

Labour

B15/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

75% overall rate

33 of 44 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3 committees avg

6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

3/5

30.7% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Liberal Democrat

B14/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

68% overall rate

27 of 40 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.3 committees avg

8 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

3/5

32.3% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Derbyshire Independents

B14/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

24 of 26 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.5 committees avg

3.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

3.1% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Independent

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

38% overall rate

5 of 13 meetings

Engagement

4/5

2 committees avg

4 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

68% 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).