Halton 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
Labour	B	47	87%	15/20
Independent	B	3	79%	15/20
Reform UK	C	1	68%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	3	77%	12/20

Labour

B15/20 points

47 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

620 of 710 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

47/47 have email
47/47 have phone
8/47 have social media
47/47 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

61.2% avg vote share

43/47 with election data

Independent

B15/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

37 of 47 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0 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

5/5

66.3% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Reform UK

C13/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

68% overall rate

13 of 19 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 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

3/5

34% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C12/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

37 of 48 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3.7 committees avg

0 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

3/5

45.5% avg vote share

2/3 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).