North Devon 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
Independent	B	7	84%	14/20
Green Party	C	3	91%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	23	76%	12/20
Conservative	C	7	66%	12/20
Non-Aligned	D	1	63%	10/20

Independent

B14/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

143 of 170 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.4 committees avg

0.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

7/7 have email
2/7 have phone
1/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

49.7% avg vote share

7/7 with election data

Green Party

C13/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

79 of 87 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

3/3 have email
0/3 have phone
1/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

43% avg vote share

2/3 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C12/20 points

23 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

376 of 493 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.1 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

22/23 have email
10/23 have phone
5/23 have social media
23/23 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

30.1% avg vote share

18/23 with election data

Conservative

C12/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

2/5

66% overall rate

111 of 167 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
2/7 have phone
3/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

34% avg vote share

6/7 with election data

Non-Aligned

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

63% overall rate

10 of 16 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0 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

1/5

12% avg vote share

1/1 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).