Kirklees 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	A+	6	81%	18/20
Kirklees Community Independents Group	A+	2	84%	18/20
Labour	A	17	85%	17/20
Green Party	A	4	89%	17/20
Independent	A	12	72%	16/20
Conservative	B	16	80%	15/20
Liberal Democrats	B	10	79%	15/20
Community Alliance Kirklees	B	2	68%	15/20

Labour and Co-operative

A+18/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

118 of 145 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

5/5

56% avg vote share

6/6 with election data

Kirklees Community Independents Group

A+18/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

41 of 49 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8 committees avg

0 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

4/5

46.5% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Labour

A17/20 points

17 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

334 of 392 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

17/17 have email
17/17 have phone
11/17 have social media
17/17 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

45.4% avg vote share

16/17 with election data

Green Party

A17/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

84 of 94 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

5/5

56.8% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Independent

A16/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

3/5

72% overall rate

126 of 175 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

5/5

55.3% avg vote share

12/12 with election data

Conservative

B15/20 points

16 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

241 of 300 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

16/16 have email
16/16 have phone
6/16 have social media
16/16 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

44.9% avg vote share

16/16 with election data

Liberal Democrats

B15/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

157 of 199 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

10/10 have email
10/10 have phone
6/10 have social media
10/10 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

45.2% avg vote share

10/10 with election data

Community Alliance Kirklees

B15/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

68% overall rate

27 of 40 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

0 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

4/5

47% avg vote share

2/2 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).