Kent County 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 and Co-operative Party	A+	1	97%	19/20
Conservative	A	5	88%	16/20
Liberal Democrat	B	12	91%	15/20
Restore Britain	B	6	92%	15/20
Green Party	B	4	94%	15/20
Labour	B	1	69%	14/20
Reform UK	C	47	90%	13/20
Independent	C	4	61%	13/20

Labour and Co-operative Party

A+19/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

97% overall rate

35 of 36 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9 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

43% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Conservative

A16/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

113 of 129 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
3/5 have phone
3/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

53.4% avg vote share

5/5 with election data

Liberal Democrat

B15/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

203 of 222 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

12/12 have email
3/12 have phone
6/12 have social media
12/12 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

38.2% avg vote share

10/12 with election data

Restore Britain

B15/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

107 of 116 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

6/6 have email
0/6 have phone
2/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

35% avg vote share

6/6 with election data

Green Party

B15/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

5/5

94% overall rate

104 of 111 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
1/4 have phone
1/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

24.5% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Labour

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

20 of 29 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

1/1 have email
0/1 have phone
1/1 have social media
1/1 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

39% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Reform UK

C13/20 points

47 councillors

Attendance

4/5

90% overall rate

896 of 998 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

47/47 have email
2/47 have phone
12/47 have social media
47/47 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

36.2% avg vote share

47/47 with election data

Independent

C13/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

2/5

61% overall rate

37 of 61 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

0.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
1/4 have phone
1/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

36.3% avg vote share

4/4 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).