Neath Port Talbot 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 Co-operative Party / Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol	A	2	87%	16/20
Welsh Liberal Democrats / Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru	B	3	81%	15/20
Independent	C	18	81%	13/20
Wales Green Party / Plaid Werdd Cymru	C	1	83%	13/20
Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru	C	24	80%	12/20
Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	C	11	76%	12/20
Unaffiliated, Independent	D	1	67%	10/20

Labour and Co-operative Party / Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol

A16/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

79 of 91 meetings

Engagement

5/5

12 committees avg

9 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

0/2 have email
2/2 have phone
1/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

59% avg vote share

1/2 with election data

Welsh Liberal Democrats / Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru

B15/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

73 of 90 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9.7 committees avg

2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

0/3 have email
3/3 have phone
2/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

75% avg vote share

1/3 with election data

Independent

C13/20 points

18 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

528 of 649 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9.3 committees avg

1.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

0/18 have email
18/18 have phone
5/18 have social media
18/18 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

38.3% avg vote share

3/18 with election data

Wales Green Party / Plaid Werdd Cymru

C13/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

10 of 12 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6 committees avg

7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

0/1 have email
1/1 have phone
1/1 have social media
1/1 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru

C12/20 points

24 councillors

Attendance

3/5

80% overall rate

531 of 665 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.4 committees avg

3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

0/24 have email
24/24 have phone
11/24 have social media
24/24 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

24.9% avg vote share

7/24 with election data

Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales

C12/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

302 of 400 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9.7 committees avg

2.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

0/11 have email
11/11 have phone
5/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

27% avg vote share

3/11 with election data

Unaffiliated, Independent

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

67% overall rate

16 of 24 meetings

Engagement

5/5

10 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

0/1 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).