Telford and Wrekin 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	D	38	81%	11/20
Conservative	D	8	75%	11/20
Independent	D	2	70%	11/20
Liberal Democrats	D	6	73%	10/20

Labour

D11/20 points

38 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

524 of 647 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

38/38 have email
38/38 have phone
11/38 have social media
38/38 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

D11/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

3/5

75% overall rate

88 of 117 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.5 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

0/5

No election data available

Independent

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

70% overall rate

26 of 37 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.5 committees avg

0 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

Liberal Democrats

D10/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

3/5

73% overall rate

66 of 91 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
6/6 have phone
2/6 have social media
6/6 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).