Newcastle 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
Green Party	C	4	86%	13/20
Labour Party	C	27	81%	12/20
Liberal Democrat	C	22	85%	12/20
Labour and Co-operative Party	C	7	81%	12/20
Newcastle Independents	D	3	77%	11/20
Conservative Party	D	1	83%	11/20
Independent	D	6	78%	10/20
East End and Associates Independent Group	E	6	53%	9/20

Green Party

C13/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

77 of 90 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4 committees avg

1.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour Party

C12/20 points

27 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

617 of 760 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.9 committees avg

14.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

27/27 have email
27/27 have phone
3/27 have social media
27/27 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

45% avg vote share

1/27 with election data

Liberal Democrat

C12/20 points

22 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

493 of 581 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.1 committees avg

2.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

22/22 have email
22/22 have phone
8/22 have social media
22/22 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour and Co-operative Party

C12/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

175 of 216 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.1 committees avg

6.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
7/7 have phone
3/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

28% avg vote share

1/7 with election data

Newcastle Independents

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

33 of 43 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.3 committees avg

1.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative Party

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

10 of 12 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2 committees avg

1 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

0/5

No election data available

Independent

D10/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

77 of 99 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.5 committees avg

1.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
6/6 have phone
1/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

East End and Associates Independent Group

E9/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

1/5

53% overall rate

73 of 139 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.7 committees avg

50.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
6/6 have phone
1/6 have social media
6/6 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).