Folkestone and Hythe 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	2	92%	15/20
Independent	C	3	92%	13/20
Conservative	C	5	85%	12/20
Green	D	11	87%	11/20
Labour and Co-operative Party	D	2	90%	11/20
Labour	D	6	80%	10/20
Reform UK	E	1	58%	7/20

Liberal Democrats

B15/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

58 of 63 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.5 committees avg

0 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

No election data available

Independent

C13/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

87 of 95 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

C12/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

91 of 107 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green

D11/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

279 of 320 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
6/11 have phone
4/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour and Co-operative Party

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

90% overall rate

35 of 39 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 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

0/5

No election data available

Labour

D10/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

3/5

80% overall rate

98 of 123 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

E7/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

1/5

58% overall rate

7 of 12 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

1/1 have email
1/1 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).