South Cambridgeshire 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
Conservative	C	9	81%	13/20
Liberal Democrat	D	34	78%	11/20
Independent	D	1	100%	10/20

Conservative

C13/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

137 of 169 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

0/9 have email
6/9 have phone
5/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

45% avg vote share

7/9 with election data

Liberal Democrat

D11/20 points

34 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

556 of 712 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

0/34 have email
23/34 have phone
14/34 have social media
34/34 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

29.8% avg vote share

28/34 with election data

Independent

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

7 of 7 meetings

Engagement

1/5

1 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

2/5

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

Electoral Mandate

2/5

28.1% avg vote share

1/1 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).