Torbay 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
Conservative	C	17	90%	13/20
Liberal Democrat	C	15	88%	12/20
Independent Group	C	3	71%	12/20
Independent	E	1	50%	8/20

Conservative

C13/20 points

17 councillors

Attendance

4/5

90% overall rate

437 of 486 meetings

Engagement

5/5

8.2 committees avg

3.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

17/17 have email
17/17 have phone
3/17 have social media
17/17 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrat

C12/20 points

15 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

281 of 318 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.1 committees avg

2.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

15/15 have email
15/15 have phone
3/15 have social media
15/15 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent Group

C12/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

36 of 51 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6 committees avg

4.3 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

0/5

No election data available

Independent

E8/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

1/5

50% overall rate

5 of 10 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

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).