South Hams 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
Independent	C	12	90%	13/20
Conservative	C	17	83%	12/20
Green Party	C	6	86%	12/20
Liberal Democrats	D	24	79%	11/20
Labour	E	2	52%	9/20
Unknown	E	1	30%	7/20

Independent

C13/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

172 of 191 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.2 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/12 have email
11/12 have phone
1/12 have social media
12/12 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

C12/20 points

17 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

225 of 270 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.9 committees avg

0.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

17/17 have email
16/17 have phone
3/17 have social media
17/17 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

C12/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

89 of 104 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.7 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
2/6 have phone
1/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

D11/20 points

24 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

299 of 380 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

24/24 have email
18/24 have phone
10/24 have social media
24/24 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

E9/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

1/5

52% overall rate

11 of 21 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3 committees avg

1.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

2/2 have email
2/2 have phone
1/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Unknown

E7/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

30% overall rate

3 of 10 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

1/1 have email
0/1 have phone
1/1 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).