Gedling Borough 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
Independent	A+	2	87%	18/20
Liberal Democrats	B	4	88%	14/20
Labour	C	24	86%	13/20
Independent.	C	2	87%	12/20
Conservative	D	9	79%	11/20

Independent

A+18/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

34 of 39 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4 committees avg

1.5 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

5/5

63.5% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Liberal Democrats

B14/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

74 of 84 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

5.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
2/4 have phone
0/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

24.8% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Labour

C13/20 points

24 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

461 of 537 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.9 committees avg

3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

24/24 have email
13/24 have phone
9/24 have social media
24/24 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

23.1% avg vote share

23/24 with election data

Independent.

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

47 of 54 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 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

1/5

18% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Conservative

D11/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

148 of 188 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.7 committees avg

0.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
6/9 have phone
5/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

27.3% avg vote share

6/9 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).