Melton 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
Independent	C	8	83%	12/20
Labour	C	6	89%	12/20
Unknown	D	2	86%	11/20
Liberal Democrats	D	1	92%	11/20
Conservative	D	11	74%	10/20

Independent

C12/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

172 of 207 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.3 committees avg

2.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
5/8 have phone
3/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

C12/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

121 of 136 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.8 committees avg

1.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
1/6 have phone
3/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Unknown

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

32 of 37 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.5 committees avg

1.5 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

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

22 of 24 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 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

11 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

151 of 205 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.4 committees avg

4.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

10/11 have email
0/11 have phone
2/11 have social media
11/11 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).