North Northamptonshire 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	A	3	84%	16/20
Green Party	B	8	85%	15/20
Liberal Democrats	B	1	93%	14/20
Conservative Party	C	11	82%	13/20
Labour Party	C	4	80%	13/20
Reform UK	D	40	90%	11/20
Restore Britain	D	1	89%	11/20

Independent

A16/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

42 of 50 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.7 committees avg

3.3 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

3/5

30.7% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Green Party

B15/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

127 of 149 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.3 committees avg

5.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

8/8 have email
6/8 have phone
6/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

23.9% avg vote share

8/8 with election data

Liberal Democrats

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

93% overall rate

14 of 15 meetings

Engagement

5/5

3 committees avg

6 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

11% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Conservative Party

C13/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

154 of 187 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.1 committees avg

3.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
8/11 have phone
3/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

19.1% avg vote share

11/11 with election data

Labour Party

C13/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

57 of 71 meetings

Engagement

4/5

2.8 committees avg

2.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
3/4 have phone
1/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

17.3% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Reform UK

D11/20 points

40 councillors

Attendance

4/5

90% overall rate

775 of 864 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.9 committees avg

0.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

39/40 have email
12/40 have phone
6/40 have social media
40/40 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

19.5% avg vote share

37/40 with election data

Restore Britain

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

8 of 9 meetings

Engagement

2/5

1 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

2/5

22% 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).