Thanet 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 Co-operative Party	B	1	92%	14/20
Green Party	C	6	88%	13/20
Labour Party	C	29	84%	12/20
Conservative Party	D	14	72%	11/20
Reform UK	D	5	75%	10/20
Independent	D	2	60%	10/20

Labour and Co-operative Party

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

92% overall rate

22 of 24 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

1/1 have email
0/1 have phone
0/1 have social media
1/1 have photo

Electoral Mandate

3/5

33% avg vote share

1/1 with election data

Green Party

C13/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

126 of 144 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
3/6 have phone
4/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

19.8% avg vote share

4/6 with election data

Labour Party

C12/20 points

29 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

565 of 671 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

29/29 have email
17/29 have phone
17/29 have social media
29/29 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

19.6% avg vote share

16/29 with election data

Conservative Party

D11/20 points

14 councillors

Attendance

3/5

72% overall rate

175 of 242 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4.6 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

14/14 have email
12/14 have phone
6/14 have social media
14/14 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

19% avg vote share

10/14 with election data

Reform UK

D10/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

3/5

75% overall rate

40 of 53 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
3/5 have phone
2/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

23% avg vote share

2/5 with election data

Independent

D10/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

60% overall rate

12 of 20 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 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

1/5

17% avg vote share

1/2 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).