Powys 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
Welsh Liberal Democrats	C	23	80%	13/20
Green	C	1	100%	12/20
Unknown	C	1	71%	12/20
Welsh Conservatives	D	13	84%	11/20
Powys Independents	D	13	85%	11/20
Welsh Labour	D	9	83%	11/20
Plaid Cymru	D	4	73%	11/20
Reform UK	D	4	80%	11/20

Welsh Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

23 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

480 of 600 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.1 committees avg

1.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

23/23 have email
22/23 have phone
13/23 have social media
23/23 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green

C12/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

9 of 9 meetings

Engagement

2/5

1 committees avg

2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Unknown

C12/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

15 of 21 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3 committees avg

3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Welsh Conservatives

D11/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

259 of 310 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.8 committees avg

1.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

13/13 have email
13/13 have phone
2/13 have social media
13/13 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Powys Independents

D11/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

283 of 333 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.4 committees avg

0.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

13/13 have email
13/13 have phone
1/13 have social media
13/13 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Welsh Labour

D11/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

183 of 220 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.2 committees avg

2.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
9/9 have phone
4/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Plaid Cymru

D11/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

3/5

73% overall rate

80 of 109 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.5 committees avg

2.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

D11/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

81 of 101 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.3 committees avg

0.8 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

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).