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
Independent	A	2	87%	16/20
Conservative	B	11	85%	15/20
Green Party	B	1	95%	15/20
Labour	B	1	80%	15/20
Reform UK	B	46	80%	14/20
Stafford Borough Independents	B	1	81%	14/20

Independent

A16/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

41 of 47 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

4/5

40% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Conservative

B15/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

190 of 223 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

95% overall rate

19 of 20 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

80% overall rate

8 of 10 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

46 councillors

Attendance

4/5

80% overall rate

904 of 1,123 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

46/46 have email
11/46 have phone
9/46 have social media
45/46 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

44.8% avg vote share

43/46 with election data

Stafford Borough Independents

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

17 of 21 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).