St Albans City and 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
Liberal Democrat	D	45	82%	11/20
Conservative	D	4	86%	11/20
Green Party	D	3	86%	11/20
Labour Party	D	2	79%	11/20
Independent	E	2	70%	9/20

Liberal Democrat

D11/20 points

45 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

565 of 693 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

45/45 have email
31/45 have phone
8/45 have social media
45/45 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

19% avg vote share

1/45 with election data

Conservative

D11/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

56 of 65 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
2/4 have phone
1/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

36 of 42 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.7 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

Labour Party

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

19 of 24 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
1/2 have phone
0/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

E9/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

70% overall rate

32 of 46 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
1/2 have phone
1/2 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).