Solihull 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	A	1	100%	17/20
Conservative	A	27	88%	16/20
Liberal Democrats	A	8	74%	16/20
Reform UK	A	4	77%	16/20
Green Party	B	8	63%	15/20
Independent	C	3	63%	13/20

Labour

A17/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

16 of 16 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

4/5

41% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Conservative

A16/20 points

27 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

688 of 785 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

27/27 have email
24/27 have phone
6/27 have social media
27/27 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

56.9% avg vote share

26/27 with election data

Liberal Democrats

A16/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

179 of 241 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
7/8 have phone
3/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

5/5

50.4% avg vote share

8/8 with election data

Reform UK

A16/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

104 of 135 meetings

Engagement

4/5

8.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
3/4 have phone
2/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

5/5

53.8% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Green Party

B15/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

2/5

63% overall rate

153 of 242 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.9 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
7/8 have phone
3/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

54.3% avg vote share

6/8 with election data

Independent

C13/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

63% overall rate

22 of 35 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
2/3 have phone
0/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

5/5

59% 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).