Swansea 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	C	8	33%	12/20
Conservative	C	5	32%	12/20
Uplands	C	2	75%	12/20
Green Party	D	1	5%	11/20
Reform UK	D	1	35%	11/20
Liberal Democrats	D	13	51%	10/20
Labour & Cooperative Party	D	2	27%	10/20
Independents@Swansea	D	1	75%	10/20
Labour	E	42	43%	9/20

Independent

C12/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

0/5

33% overall rate

83 of 255 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

8/8 have email
8/8 have phone
4/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

33.4% avg vote share

8/8 with election data

Conservative

C12/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

0/5

32% overall rate

85 of 266 meetings

Engagement

5/5

9.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
5/5 have phone
2/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

40.8% avg vote share

5/5 with election data

Uplands

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

75% overall rate

39 of 52 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6 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

1/5

14.5% avg vote share

2/2 with election data

Green Party

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

5% overall rate

2 of 37 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

4/5

40% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Reform UK

D11/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

0/5

35% overall rate

9 of 26 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

1/5

16% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Liberal Democrats

D10/20 points

13 councillors

Attendance

1/5

51% overall rate

280 of 550 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

13/13 have email
12/13 have phone
4/13 have social media
13/13 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

18.7% avg vote share

13/13 with election data

Labour & Cooperative Party

D10/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

0/5

27% overall rate

19 of 70 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

1/5

26% avg vote share

1/2 with election data

Independents@Swansea

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

75% overall rate

12 of 16 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

0/5

No election data available

Labour

E9/20 points

42 councillors

Attendance

0/5

43% overall rate

630 of 1,482 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

42/42 have email
41/42 have phone
18/42 have social media
42/42 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

29.7% avg vote share

40/42 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).