London Borough of Merton

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	B	2	100%	14/20
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents	C	2	95%	13/20
Labour Party	C	28	89%	12/20
Liberal Democrat	C	16	89%	12/20
Local Conservatives	C	7	87%	12/20
Independent	E	1	71%	8/20

Labour and Co-operative Party

B14/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

29 of 29 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

1/5

26% avg vote share

1/2 with election data

Merton Park Ward Independent Residents

C13/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

95% overall rate

36 of 38 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

1/5

21% avg vote share

1/2 with election data

Labour Party

C12/20 points

28 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

499 of 558 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.9 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

28/28 have email
28/28 have phone
7/28 have social media
28/28 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

27.4% avg vote share

11/28 with election data

Liberal Democrat

C12/20 points

16 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

220 of 246 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.9 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

16/16 have email
16/16 have phone
8/16 have social media
16/16 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

45% avg vote share

1/16 with election data

Local Conservatives

C12/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

96 of 110 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.9 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

23.5% avg vote share

2/7 with election data

Independent

E8/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

10 of 14 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2 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

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).