East Sussex 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	C	22	92%	13/20
Independent Democrats	C	2	94%	13/20
Green Party	C	6	84%	12/20
Independent	C	2	84%	12/20
Liberal Democrats	D	11	84%	11/20
Labour	D	5	80%	11/20
Reform UK	E	2	41%	8/20

Conservative

C13/20 points

22 councillors

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

367 of 400 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

22/22 have email
15/22 have phone
8/22 have social media
22/22 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent Democrats

C13/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

94% overall rate

17 of 18 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

C12/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

77 of 92 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
5/6 have phone
3/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

27 of 32 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

D11/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

137 of 163 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.4 committees avg

0.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
9/11 have phone
5/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

D11/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

56 of 70 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
4/5 have phone
3/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

E8/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

0/5

41% overall rate

7 of 17 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

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).