South Kesteven 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
Democratic Independent Group	C	8	87%	12/20
Conservative	D	17	78%	11/20
Independent	D	9	77%	11/20
Grantham Independent	D	7	79%	11/20
Labour & Co-operative	D	2	63%	11/20
Liberal Democrat	D	3	77%	10/20
South Kesteven Independent Group	E	3	77%	9/20
Reform UK	E	5	59%	8/20
Green Party	E	2	65%	8/20

Democratic Independent Group

C12/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

241 of 276 meetings

Engagement

4/5

8.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
6/8 have phone
1/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

D11/20 points

17 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

366 of 468 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.1 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

17/17 have email
10/17 have phone
4/17 have social media
17/17 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

D11/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

205 of 266 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
7/9 have phone
4/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Grantham Independent

D11/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

176 of 224 meetings

Engagement

4/5

8.1 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
2/7 have phone
3/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour & Co-operative

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

63% overall rate

31 of 49 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrat

D10/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

75 of 97 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.7 committees avg

0 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

South Kesteven Independent Group

E9/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

55 of 71 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

E8/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

1/5

59% overall rate

37 of 63 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

E8/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

65% overall rate

35 of 54 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

2/2 have email
0/2 have phone
0/2 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).