Gosport 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
Liberal Democrat	B	13	92%	15/20
Labour	B	2	100%	15/20
Independent	B	1	88%	15/20
Reform UK	B	1	100%	14/20
Conservative	C	11	90%	13/20

Liberal Democrat

B15/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

221 of 240 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.5 committees avg

0.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

13/13 have email
12/13 have phone
7/13 have social media
13/13 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

44.6% avg vote share

10/13 with election data

Labour

B15/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

32 of 32 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.5 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

2/5

39% avg vote share

1/2 with election data

Independent

B15/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

15 of 17 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

4/5

47% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Reform UK

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

2 of 2 meetings

Engagement

1/5

1 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

4/5

43% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Conservative

C13/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

90% overall rate

160 of 178 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.4 committees avg

0.5 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

2/5

47.7% avg vote share

6/11 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).