Redcar and Cleveland 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	C	20	71%	12/20
Liberal Democrats	C	10	83%	12/20
Conservative	D	12	74%	11/20
Independent Group	D	12	79%	11/20
Independent	D	3	65%	11/20
Restore Britain	E	1	50%	8/20
Reform UK	E	1	50%	7/20

Labour

C12/20 points

20 councillors

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

449 of 632 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6.1 committees avg

4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

C12/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

212 of 256 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.7 committees avg

3.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/10 have email
9/10 have phone
4/10 have social media
10/10 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

D11/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

237 of 319 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.1 committees avg

2.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

12/12 have email
12/12 have phone
3/12 have social media
12/12 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent Group

D11/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

245 of 309 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.1 committees avg

1.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

12/12 have email
12/12 have phone
4/12 have social media
12/12 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

65% overall rate

40 of 62 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

0.7 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

0/5

No election data available

Restore Britain

E8/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

1/5

50% overall rate

7 of 14 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2 committees avg

2 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

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

E7/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

1/5

50% overall rate

1 of 2 meetings

Engagement

2/5

1 committees avg

1 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

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).