Mid Sussex 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
Independent	C	5	93%	13/20
Green Party	C	4	86%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	19	90%	12/20
Conservative	C	18	84%	12/20
Burgess Hill Independent	D	1	90%	11/20
Labour	D	1	78%	11/20

Independent

C13/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

5/5

93% overall rate

86 of 92 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.4 committees avg

0.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

C13/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

63 of 73 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

4/4 have email
4/4 have phone
2/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

C12/20 points

19 councillors

Attendance

4/5

90% overall rate

294 of 328 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

1.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

19/19 have email
13/19 have phone
3/19 have social media
19/19 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

C12/20 points

18 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

251 of 298 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.2 committees avg

0.9 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

18/18 have email
15/18 have phone
1/18 have social media
18/18 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Burgess Hill Independent

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

9 of 10 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 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

3/5

78% overall rate

18 of 23 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

1/1 have email
1/1 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).