Guildford 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 Democrats	C	25	76%	13/20
Conservative	C	10	70%	13/20
Labour	D	3	74%	11/20
Residents for Guildford and Villages	E	7	58%	9/20
Guildford Greenbelt Group	E	3	57%	9/20

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

25 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

582 of 769 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 committees avg

1.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

25/25 have email
21/25 have phone
9/25 have social media
25/25 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

23.7% avg vote share

19/25 with election data

Conservative

C13/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

3/5

70% overall rate

173 of 246 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.3 committees avg

1.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

10/10 have email
8/10 have phone
4/10 have social media
10/10 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

35.1% avg vote share

7/10 with election data

Labour

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

64 of 86 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 committees avg

2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

19% avg vote share

1/3 with election data

Residents for Guildford and Villages

E9/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

1/5

58% overall rate

101 of 173 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.4 committees avg

1.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
6/7 have phone
1/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

23.5% avg vote share

2/7 with election data

Guildford Greenbelt Group

E9/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

1/5

57% overall rate

49 of 86 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.7 committees avg

0.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

1/5

15.3% avg vote share

3/3 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).