Northumberland County 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	B	8	86%	14/20
Green Party	B	2	93%	14/20
Conservative	C	27	84%	13/20
Reform UK	C	20	84%	12/20
Independent Group	C	7	84%	12/20
Liberal Democrats	C	3	85%	12/20
Non Aligned	E	2	40%	7/20

Labour

B14/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

138 of 161 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.8 committees avg

2.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

8/8 have email
8/8 have phone
7/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

B14/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

93% overall rate

41 of 44 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

C13/20 points

27 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

625 of 748 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.4 committees avg

1.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

27/27 have email
24/27 have phone
4/27 have social media
27/27 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

C12/20 points

20 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

304 of 361 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

1.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

20/20 have email
18/20 have phone
5/20 have social media
20/20 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent Group

C12/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

141 of 168 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.9 committees avg

0.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

C12/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

58 of 68 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Non Aligned

E7/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

0/5

40% overall rate

10 of 25 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.5 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

1/2 have email
1/2 have phone
1/2 have social media
2/2 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).