New Forest 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
Green	A	2	85%	17/20
Conservative	C	25	90%	13/20
Labour and Co-operative	C	1	62%	13/20
Liberal Democrat	C	14	84%	12/20
Independent	C	4	85%	12/20
Reform UK	D	1	86%	11/20
Non-aligned	E	1	69%	9/20

Green

A17/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

41 of 48 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.5 committees avg

1.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

5/5

50% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Conservative

C13/20 points

25 councillors

Attendance

4/5

90% overall rate

533 of 594 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.6 committees avg

1.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

25/25 have email
25/25 have phone
2/25 have social media
25/25 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

34.3% avg vote share

6/25 with election data

Labour and Co-operative

C13/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

62% overall rate

8 of 13 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3 committees avg

4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

2/5

20% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Liberal Democrat

C12/20 points

14 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

237 of 283 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.4 committees avg

1.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

14/14 have email
14/14 have phone
9/14 have social media
14/14 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

25.3% avg vote share

3/14 with election data

Independent

C12/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

67 of 79 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.3 committees avg

0.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
4/4 have phone
1/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

22% avg vote share

1/4 with election data

Reform UK

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

12 of 14 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 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

Non-aligned

E9/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

9 of 13 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2 committees avg

2 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).