Rotherham 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
Labour and Co-operative Party	B	4	81%	14/20
Labour	D	27	77%	11/20
Independent	D	10	83%	11/20
Liberal Democrat	D	3	72%	11/20
Green Party	D	1	84%	11/20
Reform UK	D	1	89%	10/20
Conservative	E	13	70%	9/20

Labour and Co-operative Party

B14/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

127 of 157 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.3 committees avg

2.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

4/4 have email
4/4 have phone
2/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

D11/20 points

27 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

647 of 838 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

1.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

27/27 have email
25/27 have phone
2/27 have social media
27/27 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

D11/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

199 of 241 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

1.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrat

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

72% overall rate

51 of 71 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4 committees avg

3.3 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

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

21 of 25 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

1/1 have email
0/1 have phone
0/1 have social media
1/1 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

8 of 9 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2 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

Conservative

E9/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

2/5

70% overall rate

233 of 333 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.3 committees avg

0.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

13/13 have email
10/13 have phone
9/13 have social media
13/13 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).