City of York 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
Labour	C	24	89%	13/20
Liberal Democrats	C	19	85%	12/20
Conservative	C	3	87%	12/20
Independent	D	1	69%	10/20

Labour

C13/20 points

24 councillors

Attendance

4/5

89% overall rate

532 of 596 meetings

Engagement

5/5

7.9 committees avg

7.4 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

24/24 have email
7/24 have phone
12/24 have social media
24/24 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

0% avg vote share

2/24 with election data

Liberal Democrats

C12/20 points

19 councillors

Attendance

4/5

85% overall rate

320 of 375 meetings

Engagement

4/5

6.7 committees avg

5.1 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

19/19 have email
17/19 have phone
6/19 have social media
19/19 have photo

Electoral Mandate

0/5

3.3% avg vote share

3/19 with election data

Conservative

C12/20 points

3 councillors

Attendance

4/5

87% overall rate

59 of 68 meetings

Engagement

4/5

7 committees avg

2.7 outside bodies avg

Transparency

4/5

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

Electoral Mandate

0/5

14.5% avg vote share

1/3 with election data

Independent

D10/20 points

1 councillor

Attendance

2/5

69% overall rate

9 of 13 meetings

Engagement

4/5

4 committees avg

2 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

0% avg vote share

1/1 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).