West Northamptonshire 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	B	17	82%	14/20
Labour	B	8	87%	14/20
Liberal Democrats	B	7	88%	14/20
Independent Group	B	3	89%	14/20
Reform UK	C	39	88%	12/20
Independent	D	2	67%	11/20

Conservative

B14/20 points

17 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

304 of 370 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.1 committees avg

5.2 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

17/17 have email
14/17 have phone
4/17 have social media
17/17 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

20.1% avg vote share

17/17 with election data

Labour

B14/20 points

8 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

161 of 186 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.5 committees avg

2.9 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

8/8 have email
4/8 have phone
2/8 have social media
8/8 have photo

Electoral Mandate

2/5

17.9% avg vote share

8/8 with election data

Liberal Democrats

B14/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

130 of 148 meetings

Engagement

5/5

6.4 committees avg

5.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

7/7 have email
4/7 have phone
5/7 have social media
7/7 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

17.7% avg vote share

7/7 with election data

Independent Group

B14/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

39 of 44 meetings

Engagement

5/5

5 committees avg

3.3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
2/3 have phone
1/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

16.7% avg vote share

3/3 with election data

Reform UK

C12/20 points

39 councillors

Attendance

4/5

88% overall rate

886 of 1,011 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.2 committees avg

1.8 outside bodies avg

Transparency

3/5

39/39 have email
10/39 have phone
7/39 have social media
39/39 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

15% avg vote share

39/39 with election data

Independent

D11/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

2/5

67% overall rate

14 of 21 meetings

Engagement

4/5

2 committees avg

3 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

2/2 have email
1/2 have phone
1/2 have social media
2/2 have photo

Electoral Mandate

1/5

17% avg vote share

2/2 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).