Oldham Metropolitan Borough 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	A	14	89%	16/20
Labour and Co-operative	A	10	88%	16/20
Conservatives	B	6	86%	14/20
Reform UK	B	3	80%	14/20
Liberal Democrats	C	9	76%	13/20
Oldham Group	C	9	74%	13/20
Royton Independents	C	2	77%	13/20
Independent Group	C	2	74%	12/20
Failsworth Independent Party	D	2	58%	11/20
Independent	E	1	60%	9/20

Labour

A16/20 points

14 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

397 of 446 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.9 committees avg

0.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

14/14 have email
14/14 have phone
2/14 have social media
14/14 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

41.6% avg vote share

14/14 with election data

Labour and Co-operative

A16/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

217 of 246 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.1 committees avg

1.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

3/5

32% avg vote share

10/10 with election data

Conservatives

B14/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

132 of 154 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.3 committees avg

0.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
5/6 have phone
0/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

35.4% avg vote share

5/6 with election data

Reform UK

B14/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

37 of 46 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

4/5

50.7% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

168 of 220 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

1.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
8/9 have phone
3/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

31.7% avg vote share

7/9 with election data

Oldham Group

C13/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

153 of 206 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.4 committees avg

0.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
8/9 have phone
1/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

40% avg vote share

7/9 with election data

Royton Independents

C13/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

33 of 43 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
1/2 have phone
0/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

33% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Independent Group

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

31 of 42 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

2/2 have email
0/2 have phone
0/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

29.5% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Failsworth Independent Party

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

1/5

58% overall rate

29 of 50 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0 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

2/5

20% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Independent

E9/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

60% overall rate

6 of 10 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 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

15% 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).