Knowsley Metropolitan 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 and Co-operative Party	B	2	82%	15/20
Labour Party	B	28	81%	14/20
Green Party	C	8	72%	12/20
Independent	D	4	81%	11/20
Liberal Democrats	D	3	66%	10/20

Labour and Co-operative Party

B15/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

32 of 39 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5 committees avg

2.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

2/5

43% avg vote share

1/2 with election data

Labour Party

B14/20 points

28 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

491 of 609 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.5 committees avg

2.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

28/28 have email
28/28 have phone
3/28 have social media
28/28 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

62.5% avg vote share

4/28 with election data

Green Party

C12/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

3/5

72% overall rate

105 of 145 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.6 committees avg

2.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
8/8 have phone
1/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

53% avg vote share

1/8 with election data

Independent

D11/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

46 of 57 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.8 committees avg

1.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
4/4 have phone
0/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

D10/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

66% overall rate

40 of 61 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
2/3 have phone
0/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

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).