St Helens Metropolitan Borough 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
Labour Party	B	24	83%	14/20
Newton-le-Willows Independents	B	2	98%	14/20
Labour & Co-operative Party	C	4	83%	13/20
Independents	C	3	70%	12/20
Liberal Democrat Party	D	3	79%	11/20
Reform UK	D	3	68%	11/20
Independent	D	2	93%	11/20
Green Party	D	4	61%	10/20
Conservative Party	D	2	69%	10/20

Labour Party

B14/20 points

24 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

454 of 545 meetings

Engagement

5/5

4.8 committees avg

3.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

24/24 have email
23/24 have phone
5/24 have social media
24/24 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

55.3% avg vote share

4/24 with election data

Newton-le-Willows Independents

B14/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

98% overall rate

40 of 41 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.5 committees avg

2 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

Labour & Co-operative Party

C13/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

92 of 111 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5 committees avg

5.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independents

C12/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

70% overall rate

39 of 56 meetings

Engagement

5/5

4.3 committees avg

4.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrat Party

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

44 of 56 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
2/3 have phone
0/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

45% avg vote share

1/3 with election data

Reform UK

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

68% overall rate

42 of 62 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

1.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

93% overall rate

13 of 14 meetings

Engagement

1/5

1 committees avg

0 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

Green Party

D10/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

2/5

61% overall rate

36 of 59 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.8 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

4/4 have email
4/4 have phone
3/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

5% avg vote share

1/4 with election data

Conservative Party

D10/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

31 of 45 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

1.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
2/2 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).