Wakefield Metropolitan 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
Reform UK	C	2	96%	13/20
Labour	D	48	85%	11/20
Liberal Democrat	D	2	73%	10/20
Independent	E	9	78%	9/20
Green Party	E	1	82%	9/20
Conservative	E	1	67%	9/20

Reform UK

C13/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

5/5

96% overall rate

24 of 25 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.5 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

0/5

No election data available

Labour

D11/20 points

48 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

714 of 842 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3.2 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

48/48 have email
48/48 have phone
32/48 have social media
48/48 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Liberal Democrat

D10/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

3/5

73% overall rate

22 of 30 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3 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

0/5

No election data available

Independent

E9/20 points

9 councillors

Attendance

3/5

78% overall rate

118 of 151 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3.7 committees avg

0.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

9/9 have email
9/9 have phone
4/9 have social media
9/9 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

E9/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

9 of 11 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 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

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

E9/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

67% overall rate

8 of 12 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).