Stroud 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
Labour and Cooperative	C	2	96%	13/20
Green Party	D	24	84%	11/20
Labour	D	15	83%	11/20
Conservative and Unionist Party	E	6	71%	9/20
Independent	E	2	76%	9/20
Liberal Democrats	E	2	59%	8/20

Labour and Cooperative

C13/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

96% overall rate

26 of 27 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3 committees avg

1.5 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

D11/20 points

24 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

273 of 326 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

23/24 have email
16/24 have phone
3/24 have social media
23/24 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

D11/20 points

15 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

177 of 214 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.7 committees avg

1.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

15/15 have email
6/15 have phone
3/15 have social media
15/15 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative and Unionist Party

E9/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

63 of 89 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2.7 committees avg

0.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
3/6 have phone
2/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

E9/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

16 of 21 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.5 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrats

E8/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

1/5

59% overall rate

17 of 29 meetings

Engagement

3/5

2.5 committees avg

1 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).