London Borough of Sutton

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
Liberal Democrat	B	28	91%	14/20
Sutton Independent Residents	C	3	85%	13/20
Local Conservatives	C	21	81%	12/20
Independent	D	1	83%	11/20
Labour	D	2	72%	10/20

Liberal Democrat

B14/20 points

28 councillors

Attendance

5/5

91% overall rate

541 of 592 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9.9 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

28/28 have email
18/28 have phone
8/28 have social media
28/28 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

52% avg vote share

1/28 with election data

Sutton Independent Residents

C13/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

47 of 55 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9.3 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

0/5

No election data available

Local Conservatives

C12/20 points

21 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

310 of 385 meetings

Engagement

4/5

8.6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

21/21 have email
17/21 have phone
9/21 have social media
21/21 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

41% avg vote share

2/21 with election data

Independent

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

19 of 23 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 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

0/5

No election data available

Labour

D10/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

72% overall rate

18 of 25 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.5 committees avg

0 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).