West Suffolk 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
Liberal Democrats	B	1	95%	14/20
Green Party	C	1	71%	13/20
Conservative	C	25	86%	12/20
Labour	C	15	87%	12/20
Independent	C	12	82%	12/20
West Suffolk Independents	C	6	83%	12/20
Reform UK	C	3	81%	12/20
Unknown	D	1	79%	10/20

Liberal Democrats

B14/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

5/5

95% overall rate

18 of 19 meetings

Engagement

5/5

2 committees avg

6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Green Party

C13/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

71% overall rate

10 of 14 meetings

Engagement

5/5

4 committees avg

10 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

C12/20 points

25 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

292 of 340 meetings

Engagement

4/5

2.8 committees avg

6.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

25/25 have email
21/25 have phone
9/25 have social media
25/25 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

C12/20 points

15 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

208 of 238 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.6 committees avg

5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

15/15 have email
6/15 have phone
3/15 have social media
15/15 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

C12/20 points

12 councillors

Attendance

4/5

82% overall rate

148 of 181 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.2 committees avg

3.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

12/12 have email
9/12 have phone
4/12 have social media
12/12 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

West Suffolk Independents

C12/20 points

6 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

80 of 96 meetings

Engagement

4/5

3.2 committees avg

3.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

6/6 have email
5/6 have phone
2/6 have social media
6/6 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Reform UK

C12/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

81% overall rate

39 of 48 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4.3 committees avg

2.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

3/3 have email
2/3 have phone
0/3 have social media
3/3 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Unknown

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

3/5

79% overall rate

15 of 19 meetings

Engagement

4/5

2 committees avg

4 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

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).