Wigan Metropolitan Borough 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	86%	12/20
Labour and Co-operative	D	5	94%	11/20
Labour	D	57	77%	10/20
Independent	D	7	75%	10/20
Independent Network	D	3	69%	10/20
Conservative	D	1	86%	10/20

Reform UK

C12/20 points

2 councillors

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

19 of 22 meetings

Engagement

3/5

4 committees avg

0.5 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour and Co-operative

D11/20 points

5 councillors

Attendance

5/5

94% overall rate

84 of 89 meetings

Engagement

2/5

2.6 committees avg

0.6 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Labour

D10/20 points

57 councillors

Attendance

3/5

77% overall rate

694 of 902 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

57/57 have email
54/57 have phone
25/57 have social media
57/57 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent

D10/20 points

7 councillors

Attendance

3/5

75% overall rate

59 of 79 meetings

Engagement

2/5

3 committees avg

0 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Independent Network

D10/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

36 of 52 meetings

Engagement

3/5

3.3 committees avg

1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

5/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

No election data available

Conservative

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

4/5

86% overall rate

6 of 7 meetings

Engagement

1/5

1 committees avg

0 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

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).