Lichfield District 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	2	90%	17/20
Green Party	B	1	90%	14/20
Conservative Party	C	21	80%	13/20
Labour Party	C	13	83%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	7	91%	13/20
Independent	C	2	82%	12/20
Reform UK	D	1	100%	11/20

Labour and Co-operative Party

A17/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

28 of 31 meetings

Engagement

5/5

2.5 committees avg

8.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

2/2 have email
1/2 have phone
2/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

31% avg vote share

1/2 with election data

Green Party

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

18 of 20 meetings

Engagement

5/5

3 committees avg

5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

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

Electoral Mandate

1/5

13% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Conservative Party

C13/20 points

21 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

264 of 330 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.2 committees avg

4.9 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

21/21 have email
16/21 have phone
6/21 have social media
21/21 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

35.1% avg vote share

9/21 with election data

Labour Party

C13/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

146 of 176 meetings

Engagement

4/5

2.4 committees avg

5.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

12/13 have email
7/13 have phone
5/13 have social media
13/13 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

23.5% avg vote share

6/13 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

89 of 98 meetings

Engagement

4/5

2.6 committees avg

4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/7 have email
5/7 have phone
3/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

13.5% avg vote share

2/7 with election data

Independent

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

31 of 38 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.5 committees avg

1 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

1/5

27% avg vote share

1/2 with election data

Reform UK

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

10 of 10 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2 committees avg

2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

1/1 have email
0/1 have phone
0/1 have social media
1/1 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).