Milton Keynes City 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 and Cooperative	A+	8	90%	18/20
Labour	A	22	87%	17/20
Liberal Democrats	A	18	85%	17/20
Conservative	A	9	84%	17/20

Labour and Cooperative

A+18/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

90% overall rate

188 of 209 meetings

Engagement

5/5

10.9 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
7/8 have phone
4/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

5/5

50.1% avg vote share

8/8 with election data

Labour

A17/20 points

22 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

499 of 576 meetings

Engagement

5/5

12 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

22/22 have email
14/22 have phone
7/22 have social media
22/22 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

48.4% avg vote share

22/22 with election data

Liberal Democrats

A17/20 points

18 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

331 of 388 meetings

Engagement

5/5

10.1 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

18/18 have email
15/18 have phone
6/18 have social media
18/18 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

48.5% avg vote share

17/18 with election data

Conservative

A17/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

168 of 199 meetings

Engagement

5/5

12.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
7/9 have phone
4/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

51.1% avg vote share

8/9 with election data

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).