Rother District 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
Green	A	3	94%	17/20
Liberal Democrats	B	9	84%	15/20
Labour	B	7	80%	15/20
Conservative	C	10	73%	13/20
Rother Association of Independent Councillors	C	6	78%	13/20
Independent	D	3	65%	10/20

Green

A17/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

5/5

94% overall rate

72 of 77 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.7 committees avg

2.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
3/3 have phone
0/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

30.3% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Liberal Democrats

B15/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

168 of 201 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.4 committees avg

1.8 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

2/5

33.8% avg vote share

6/9 with election data

Labour

B15/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

3/5

80% overall rate

119 of 149 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.3 committees avg

4.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

7/7 have email
7/7 have phone
6/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

25.1% avg vote share

7/7 with election data

Conservative

C13/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

3/5

73% overall rate

122 of 168 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

1.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

10/10 have email
9/10 have phone
3/10 have social media
10/10 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

35.4% avg vote share

9/10 with election data

Rother Association of Independent Councillors

C13/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

94 of 120 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

0.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
6/6 have phone
2/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

27.3% avg vote share

6/6 with election data

Independent

D10/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

65% overall rate

31 of 48 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 committees avg

0.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
3/3 have phone
0/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

25.7% avg vote share

3/3 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).