Maidstone 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
Liberal Democrat	C	12	89%	13/20
Green and Independent Alliance	C	11	83%	13/20
Conservative	D	13	82%	11/20
Labour Party	D	6	86%	11/20
Independent and Fant & Oakwood Group	D	4	80%	11/20
Reform UK	E	3	61%	9/20

Liberal Democrat

C13/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

306 of 344 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

12/12 have email
11/12 have phone
2/12 have social media
12/12 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

39.4% avg vote share

5/12 with election data

Green and Independent Alliance

C13/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

270 of 327 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.1 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
7/11 have phone
1/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

36.5% avg vote share

2/11 with election data

Conservative

D11/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

250 of 305 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

13/13 have email
11/13 have phone
4/13 have social media
13/13 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

24% avg vote share

1/13 with election data

Labour Party

D11/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

128 of 148 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

1/5

30% avg vote share

2/6 with election data

Independent and Fant & Oakwood Group

D11/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

3/5

80% overall rate

74 of 93 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.5 committees avg

0 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

1/5

79% avg vote share

1/4 with election data

Reform UK

E9/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

61% overall rate

20 of 33 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

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

Electoral Mandate

1/5

18.7% avg vote share

3/3 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).