Stockport 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	A	14	93%	17/20
Green Party	A	3	87%	17/20
Liberal Democrats	A	30	90%	16/20
Independent Ratepayers	A	3	89%	16/20
Labour and Co-operative Party	B	5	85%	15/20
Conservative	B	1	100%	15/20
Independent	B	4	84%	14/20
Edgeley Community Association	C	3	84%	13/20

Labour

A17/20 points

14 councillors

Attendance

5/5

93% overall rate

337 of 362 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

14/14 have email
14/14 have phone
3/14 have social media
14/14 have photo

Electoral Mandate

4/5

43.4% avg vote share

14/14 with election data

Green Party

A17/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

78 of 90 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

3/5

39% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Liberal Democrats

A16/20 points

30 councillors

Attendance

5/5

90% overall rate

754 of 836 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.9 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

30/30 have email
26/30 have phone
9/30 have social media
30/30 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

37.4% avg vote share

30/30 with election data

Independent Ratepayers

A16/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

76 of 85 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

4/5

40.4% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Labour and Co-operative Party

B15/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

126 of 148 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
3/5 have phone
4/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

30.1% avg vote share

5/5 with election data

Conservative

B15/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

100% overall rate

15 of 15 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 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

47.9% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Independent

B14/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

86 of 102 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

4/4 have email
2/4 have phone
3/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

29.8% avg vote share

4/4 with election data

Edgeley Community Association

C13/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

70 of 83 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.3 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

1/5

17.5% avg vote share

3/3 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).