Somerset 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
Independent	C	3	82%	13/20
Liberal Democrat	C	62	79%	12/20
Conservative	C	31	74%	12/20
Labour	C	5	74%	12/20
Reform UK Party	D	3	74%	11/20
Green Party	D	5	69%	10/20
Not a member of any political group	E	1	77%	9/20

Independent

C13/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

55 of 67 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6.7 committees avg

5.3 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

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrat

C12/20 points

62 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

1,109 of 1,410 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6.4 committees avg

6.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

61/62 have email
55/62 have phone
25/62 have social media
62/62 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

C12/20 points

31 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

501 of 680 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6.5 committees avg

5.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

31/31 have email
28/31 have phone
9/31 have social media
31/31 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

C12/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

83 of 112 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6.2 committees avg

7.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
5/5 have phone
2/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK Party

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

26 of 35 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 committees avg

1 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

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

D10/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

67 of 97 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.2 committees avg

2.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
4/5 have phone
1/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Not a member of any political group

E9/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

10 of 13 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2 committees avg

0 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

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).