Rhondda Cynon Taf County 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
Independent	C	6	80%	12/20
Labour and Co-operative	C	1	88%	12/20
Labour	D	57	86%	11/20
Plaid Cymru	D	8	76%	10/20
Welsh Conservatives	D	2	78%	10/20
Unknown	E	1	57%	7/20

Independent

C12/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

135 of 168 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

6/6 have email
6/6 have phone
4/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour and Co-operative

C12/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

35 of 40 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0 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

Labour

D11/20 points

57 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

1,282 of 1,496 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

57/57 have email
57/57 have phone
21/57 have social media
57/57 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Plaid Cymru

D10/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

143 of 188 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Welsh Conservatives

D10/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

18 of 23 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Unknown

E7/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

1/5

57% overall rate

4 of 7 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

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).