Sheffield City 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 Party	B	14	86%	14/20
Liberal Democrats	C	28	86%	13/20
Labour	C	20	87%	13/20
Labour and Co-operative	C	15	83%	13/20
Sheffield Community Councillors Group	C	4	71%	13/20
Reform UK	C	1	91%	12/20
Independent	D	2	75%	11/20

Green Party

B14/20 points

14 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

384 of 444 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.6 committees avg

6.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

14/14 have email
11/14 have phone
13/14 have social media
14/14 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

C13/20 points

28 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

700 of 816 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.3 committees avg

3.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

28/28 have email
22/28 have phone
10/28 have social media
28/28 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

C13/20 points

20 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

592 of 684 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.4 committees avg

5.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

20/20 have email
11/20 have phone
8/20 have social media
20/20 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour and Co-operative

C13/20 points

15 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

354 of 427 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.3 committees avg

6.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

15/15 have email
8/15 have phone
6/15 have social media
15/15 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Sheffield Community Councillors Group

C13/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

80 of 112 meetings

Engagement

5/5

4.8 committees avg

9 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

4/4 have email
4/4 have phone
3/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

C12/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

21 of 23 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

75% overall rate

45 of 60 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4 committees avg

1.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
0/2 have phone
1/2 have social media
2/2 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).