Epping Forest 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
Conservative Party	B	26	78%	15/20
Epping Forest Independents Group	B	2	84%	15/20
Reform UK	B	1	100%	15/20
Loughton Residents Association	C	13	79%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	7	83%	13/20
Independent	C	3	71%	13/20
Labour Party	C	1	89%	12/20
Green Party	E	1	33%	7/20

Conservative Party

B15/20 points

26 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

439 of 561 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

26/26 have email
11/26 have phone
6/26 have social media
26/26 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

59.7% avg vote share

21/26 with election data

Epping Forest Independents Group

B15/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

47 of 56 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9 committees avg

0 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

2/5

38% avg vote share

1/2 with election data

Reform UK

B15/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

8 of 8 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

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

Electoral Mandate

5/5

58% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Loughton Residents Association

C13/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

173 of 219 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

13/13 have email
8/13 have phone
2/13 have social media
13/13 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

58.7% avg vote share

9/13 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

96 of 115 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

7/7 have email
2/7 have phone
1/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

54.3% avg vote share

3/7 with election data

Independent

C13/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

41 of 58 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

3/5

55% avg vote share

2/3 with election data

Labour Party

C12/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

16 of 18 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

E7/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

33% overall rate

5 of 15 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

1/1 have email
0/1 have phone
0/1 have social media
1/1 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).