Thurrock 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
Reform UK	B	4	89%	14/20
Labour	C	26	83%	13/20
Conservative	C	11	75%	12/20
Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors	D	5	86%	11/20
Independent	D	3	81%	11/20

Reform UK

B14/20 points

4 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

79 of 89 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.5 committees avg

1.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

4/4 have email
4/4 have phone
2/4 have social media
4/4 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

39% avg vote share

1/4 with election data

Labour

C13/20 points

26 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

503 of 603 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.9 committees avg

1.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

26/26 have email
26/26 have phone
4/26 have social media
26/26 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

49% avg vote share

5/26 with election data

Conservative

C12/20 points

11 councillors

Attendance

3/5

75% overall rate

148 of 198 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.3 committees avg

0.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

11/11 have email
11/11 have phone
4/11 have social media
11/11 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

48% avg vote share

5/11 with election data

Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors

D11/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

78 of 91 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.4 committees avg

1.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

5/5 have email
4/5 have phone
2/5 have social media
5/5 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

D11/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

21 of 26 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2 committees avg

0.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
3/3 have phone
0/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

44% avg vote share

1/3 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).