City of Lincoln 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+	6	92%	19/20
Labour Party	B	14	81%	14/20
Conservative	C	5	78%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	6	71%	12/20
Independent	C	2	62%	12/20

Labour and Co-operative Party

A+19/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

170 of 185 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

5/5

51.7% avg vote share

6/6 with election data

Labour Party

B14/20 points

14 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

272 of 334 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

14/14 have email
11/14 have phone
1/14 have social media
14/14 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

46% avg vote share

9/14 with election data

Conservative

C13/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

73 of 94 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
3/5 have phone
2/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

34.2% avg vote share

5/5 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C12/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

88 of 124 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

2/5

37.3% avg vote share

4/6 with election data

Independent

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

62% overall rate

18 of 29 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
1/2 have phone
0/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

29% 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).