Maldon 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
Reform UK	C	2	91%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	7	80%	12/20
Independent	C	5	85%	12/20
Maldon District Independent Group	D	5	83%	11/20
Party of Women	D	1	77%	11/20
Labour	D	1	84%	11/20
Conservative	D	10	71%	10/20

Reform UK

C13/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

60 of 66 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 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

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

C12/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

177 of 220 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
0/7 have phone
4/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

C12/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

165 of 193 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

5/5 have email
0/5 have phone
2/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Maldon District Independent Group

D11/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

152 of 183 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

5/5 have email
1/5 have phone
0/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Party of Women

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

27 of 35 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8 committees avg

0 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

Labour

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

32 of 38 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7 committees avg

0 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

Conservative

D10/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

245 of 344 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

10/10 have email
0/10 have phone
1/10 have social media
10/10 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).