North Hertfordshire 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
Conservative	A	7	82%	16/20
Labour and Co-operative	B	23	86%	15/20
Liberal Democrats	B	20	79%	14/20
Independent	B	1	93%	14/20

Conservative

A16/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

126 of 153 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.3 committees avg

2.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
5/7 have phone
3/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

39.7% avg vote share

7/7 with election data

Labour and Co-operative

B15/20 points

23 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

506 of 588 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.2 committees avg

5.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

23/23 have email
13/23 have phone
11/23 have social media
23/23 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

36.7% avg vote share

23/23 with election data

Liberal Democrats

B14/20 points

20 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

374 of 476 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.4 committees avg

4.9 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

20/20 have email
8/20 have phone
9/20 have social media
20/20 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

38.7% avg vote share

19/20 with election data

Independent

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

93% overall rate

13 of 14 meetings

Engagement

5/5

3 committees avg

5 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

1/5

16% 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).