Staffordshire County 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
Conservative	B	11	82%	15/20
Green Party	B	1	96%	15/20
Labour	B	1	89%	15/20
Reform UK	B	45	80%	14/20
Independent	B	3	81%	14/20
Stafford Borough Independents	B	1	82%	14/20

Conservative

B15/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

194 of 237 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
8/11 have phone
5/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

48.4% avg vote share

11/11 with election data

Green Party

B15/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

96% overall rate

22 of 23 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

3/5

35% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Labour

B15/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

8 of 9 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2 committees avg

0 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

5/5

56% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Reform UK

B14/20 points

45 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

990 of 1,236 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

45/45 have email
11/45 have phone
9/45 have social media
44/45 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

45% avg vote share

42/45 with election data

Independent

B14/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

61 of 75 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

3/3 have email
0/3 have phone
1/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

38.3% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Stafford Borough Independents

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

18 of 22 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

4/5

48% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

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).