Westmorland and Furness 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	C	35	84%	12/20
Conservative	C	10	83%	12/20
Labour	D	15	76%	10/20
Independent/Green	D	3	67%	10/20
Non-aligned	E	1	50%	7/20

Liberal Democrats

C12/20 points

35 councillors

Attendance

4/5

84% overall rate

789 of 936 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.8 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

35/35 have email
28/35 have phone
5/35 have social media
35/35 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

C12/20 points

10 councillors

Attendance

4/5

83% overall rate

207 of 250 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

10/10 have email
7/10 have phone
4/10 have social media
10/10 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

D10/20 points

15 councillors

Attendance

3/5

76% overall rate

231 of 304 meetings

Engagement

3/5

5.5 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

15/15 have email
13/15 have phone
2/15 have social media
15/15 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent/Green

D10/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

67% overall rate

40 of 60 meetings

Engagement

4/5

5.7 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Non-aligned

E7/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

1/5

50% overall rate

5 of 10 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 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).