Middlesbrough 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
Labour	C	25	82%	12/20
Unknown	D	11	76%	11/20
Independent	D	4	86%	11/20
Conservative	D	4	87%	11/20
Reform UK	D	2	89%	11/20
Liberal Democrats	E	1	48%	8/20

Labour

C12/20 points

25 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

688 of 843 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

25/25 have email
18/25 have phone
7/25 have social media
25/25 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Unknown

D11/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

230 of 304 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
10/11 have phone
3/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

D11/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

90 of 105 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
3/4 have phone
2/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

D11/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

80 of 92 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
3/4 have phone
2/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

17 of 19 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2.5 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

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

E8/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

48% overall rate

16 of 33 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7 committees avg

0 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).