Rochdale 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
Liberal Democrats	A	3	86%	17/20
Middleton Independents Party	A	2	95%	17/20
Labour	A	33	79%	16/20
Labour and Co-operative	A	10	74%	16/20
Conservative Party	A	8	78%	16/20
Reform UK	B	2	70%	15/20
Workers Party of Britain	B	2	46%	14/20

Liberal Democrats

A17/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

56 of 65 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5 committees avg

6.7 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

45.7% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Middleton Independents Party

A17/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

95% overall rate

42 of 44 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

0.5 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

3/5

34.5% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Labour

A16/20 points

33 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

716 of 909 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.9 committees avg

3.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

33/33 have email
31/33 have phone
6/33 have social media
33/33 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

44.7% avg vote share

31/33 with election data

Labour and Co-operative

A16/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

168 of 228 meetings

Engagement

5/5

4.2 committees avg

6.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

4/5

53.3% avg vote share

9/10 with election data

Conservative Party

A16/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

129 of 165 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.3 committees avg

3.9 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
8/8 have phone
2/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

52.2% avg vote share

6/8 with election data

Reform UK

B15/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

70% overall rate

19 of 27 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.5 committees avg

3.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

4/5

46.5% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Workers Party of Britain

B14/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

0/5

46% overall rate

18 of 39 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

0.5 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

5/5

57.5% avg vote share

2/2 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).