Southend-on-Sea City 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
Green Party	B	2	93%	15/20
Conservative Party	B	14	88%	14/20
Labour & Co-operative Party	B	5	84%	14/20
Liberal Democrats	B	4	88%	14/20
Labour Party	C	14	89%	13/20
Reform UK	C	4	77%	13/20
Independent	C	5	74%	12/20
Not aligned to a Political Party	C	2	74%	12/20
Non-Aligned	D	1	55%	11/20

Green Party

B15/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

93% overall rate

57 of 61 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7 committees avg

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

Conservative Party

B14/20 points

14 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

347 of 393 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6.5 committees avg

2.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

13/14 have email
14/14 have phone
8/14 have social media
14/14 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour & Co-operative Party

B14/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

129 of 153 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9 committees avg

5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

B14/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

105 of 120 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8.3 committees avg

5.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour Party

C13/20 points

14 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

398 of 449 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8.1 committees avg

3.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

14/14 have email
14/14 have phone
6/14 have social media
14/14 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

C13/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

75 of 98 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5.3 committees avg

3.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

C12/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

106 of 144 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.2 committees avg

1.6 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

Not aligned to a Political Party

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

74% overall rate

25 of 34 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.5 committees avg

3 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

Non-Aligned

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

1/5

55% overall rate

17 of 31 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6 committees avg

3 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

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).