East Hertfordshire 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
Liberal Democrats	B	10	85%	15/20
Green Party	B	16	87%	14/20
Conservative	C	14	79%	13/20
Reform UK	C	2	76%	12/20
Labour	D	5	76%	11/20
Independent	E	3	63%	9/20

Liberal Democrats

B15/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

128 of 150 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.5 committees avg

1.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

10/10 have email
9/10 have phone
2/10 have social media
10/10 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

32.1% avg vote share

10/10 with election data

Green Party

B14/20 points

16 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

208 of 240 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.9 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

16/16 have email
3/16 have phone
7/16 have social media
16/16 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

24.3% avg vote share

15/16 with election data

Conservative

C13/20 points

14 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

143 of 180 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.6 committees avg

0.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

14/14 have email
11/14 have phone
2/14 have social media
14/14 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

35.7% avg vote share

14/14 with election data

Reform UK

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

19 of 25 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

0.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
1/2 have phone
1/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

26% avg vote share

1/2 with election data

Labour

D11/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

54 of 71 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.6 committees avg

1.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

1/5

24% avg vote share

4/5 with election data

Independent

E9/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

63% overall rate

22 of 35 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

3/3 have email
0/3 have phone
1/3 have social media
2/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

22% 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).