Newark and Sherwood 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
Labour	C	11	82%	13/20
Independents for Newark and District	C	5	85%	13/20
Conservative	C	12	85%	12/20
Independent	C	3	83%	12/20
Reform UK	C	2	100%	12/20
Liberal Democrat	D	3	69%	10/20
Newark and Sherwood District Independents	D	2	56%	10/20
Green Party	D	1	60%	10/20

Labour

C13/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

220 of 269 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.8 committees avg

3.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
10/11 have phone
2/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independents for Newark and District

C13/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

115 of 135 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6.6 committees avg

2.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
3/5 have phone
1/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

C12/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

187 of 220 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.9 committees avg

1.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

12/12 have email
12/12 have phone
0/12 have social media
12/12 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

C12/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

29 of 35 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

1.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
3/3 have phone
1/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

12 of 12 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.5 committees avg

2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrat

D10/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

38 of 55 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.3 committees avg

1.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
3/3 have phone
1/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Newark and Sherwood District Independents

D10/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

1/5

56% overall rate

18 of 32 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

60% overall rate

9 of 15 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7 committees avg

1 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

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).