2021 Q1/UK Local Government


Summary

Full results


Changes in rank are compared to 2020 Q4/UK Local Government. Since then, 1 site entered the survey and 7 sites could not be included in the rankings (1 more since last time).

Details

Scores

Percentage Failures




Rank Name Exact overall
+ 3 Harrogate Borough Council 9.82
+ 18 Wigan Council 9.80
+ 2 North Devon Council 9.64
- 3 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 9.54
+ 2 Richmondshire District Council 9.54
+ 54 Slough Borough Council 9.50
- 1 South Northamptonshire Council 9.44
+ 4 Somerset West and Taunton Council 9.44
+ 9 Hastings Borough Council 9.44
+ 21 Wrexham County Borough Council 9.26
- 3 Bracknell Forest Council 9.18
+ 34 Eden District Council 8.82
+ 22 Chesterfield Borough Council 8.78
+ 33 Canterbury City Council 8.68
+ 2 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 8.62
+ 17 North Warwickshire Council 8.56
- 6 Bassetlaw District Council 8.52
+ 3 City of London Corporation 8.52
+ 32 Blaby District Council 8.46
+ 19 Government of Jersey 8.44
- 2 Selby District Council 8.41
+ 3 Swindon Borough Council 8.36
- 7 Spelthorne Borough Council 8.34
+ 13 Stockport Metroplitan Borough Council 8.26
+ 1 Scottish Borders Council 8.18
+ 31 Ceredigion County Council 8.00
+ 45 Buckinghamshire County Council 7.84
- 13 Cherwell District Council 7.80
+ 3 Chichester District Council 7.80
+ 14 Mansfield District Council 7.80
+ 281 BCP Council 7.80
- 10 South Lakeland District Council 7.72
+ 5 Aylesbury Vale District Council 7.67
+ 14 Middlesbrough Council 7.66
+ 21 Peterborough City Council 7.64
+ 53 North East Derbyshire District Council 7.56
+ 110 Oxford City Council 7.56
+ 289 Stroud District Council 7.56
+ 30 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 7.52
- 6 BCP Council - Christchurch 7.44
- 17 Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council 7.42
+ 23 City of York Council 7.42
- 7 Northampton Borough Council 7.38
+ 105 Runnymede Borough Council 7.37
- 18 Mid Ulster District Council 7.34
+ 48 Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council 7.34
+ 81 Braintree District Council 7.34
- 46 Eastleigh Borough Council 7.32
+ 13 Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils 7.32
- 1 Thurrock Council 7.30
- 42 Essex County Council 7.28
same Gosport Borough Council 7.25
- 24 Dartford Borough Council 7.22
same Torfaen County Borough Council 7.22
- 52 Rochdale Borough Council 7.20
+ 159 Borough of Broxbourne Council 7.16
+ 1 Maldon District Council 7.10
+ 1 Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk 7.08
+ 11 North Yorkshire County Council 7.04
+ 20 Exeter City Council 7.04
+ 26 Kettering Borough Council 7.04
+ 105 Broxtowe Borough Council 7.02
+ 191 West Devon Borough Council 6.99
+ 227 Hambleton District Council 6.98
- 37 Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils 6.96
+ 106 Hampshire County Council 6.95
+ 10 Horsham District Council 6.94
+ 25 The City of Edinburgh Council 6.94
+ 6 Charnwood Borough Council 6.92
+ 16 Blackpool Council 6.88
+ 17 Broadland District Council 6.88
+ 45 East Northamptonshire Council 6.88
+ 5 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 6.86
- 13 Nottingham City Council 6.84
- 34 City of Lincoln Council 6.82
- 8 Amber Valley Borough Council 6.82
+ 4 Luton Borough Council 6.80
+ 4 East Renfrewshire Council 6.80
- 29 Stevenage Borough Council 6.76
- 57 Ards and North Down Borough Council 6.72
+ 40 Coventry City Council 6.68
+ 82 Mid Devon District Council 6.68
- 16 Lichfield District Council 6.66
- 5 Harrow Council 6.66
- 45 Preston City Council 6.65
+ 4 Warwickshire County Council 6.64
+ 16 Lincolnshire County Council 6.64
+ 23 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 6.64
+ 101 Cannock Chase Council 6.61
- 76 Orkney Islands Council 6.60
+ 63 Breckland Council 6.57
+ 171 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 6.55
+ 13 Denbighshire County Council 6.50
- 81 Daventry District Council 6.46
- 40 Falkirk Council 6.46
+ 14 Mendip District Council 6.45
+ 71 Dorset Council 6.44
+ 29 South Holland District Council 6.43
- 69 East Devon District Council 6.42
- 24 Harborough District Council 6.42
+ 22 Medway Council 6.40
- 39 Cheshire East Council 6.38
+ 158 Flintshire County Council 6.38
- 21 Ashfield District Council 6.36
- 7 London Borough of Havering 6.34
- 61 North Norfolk District Council 6.33
- 6 Cheshire West & Chester Council 6.32
- 8 North Ayrshire Council 6.32
+ 4 Gedling Borough Council 6.32
+ 36 Manchester City Council 6.32
+ 44 Gateshead Council 6.32
+ 83 South Kesteven District Council 6.32
+ 95 South Norfolk Council 6.32
- 22 Erewash Borough Council 6.28
- 13 Rossendale Borough Council 6.28
+ 60 South Hams District Council 6.27
- 26 Central Bedfordshire Council 6.26
- 13 New Forest District Council 6.25
+ 3 Harlow Council 6.25
+ 46 Northamptonshire County Council 6.24
+ 89 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 6.22
+ 151 Guildford Borough Council 6.22
+ 274 Three Rivers District Council 6.21
- 15 Leicester City Council 6.20
+ 112 Tower Hamlets Council 6.20
- 84 Cornwall Council 6.18
+ 76 Sunderland City Council 6.18
+ 128 Adur & Worthing Councils 6.18
+ 16 Tandridge District Council 6.15
+ 31 Leicestershire County Council 6.14
+ 67 Midlothian Council 6.14
- 2 Fenland District Council 6.13
+ 17 Durham County Council 6.11
+ 44 Royal Borough of Greenwich Council 6.08
+ 71 Oadby & Wigston Borough Council 6.07
+ 128 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council 6.07
- 17 East Sussex County Council 6.06
+ 4 Stratford-on-Avon District Council 6.04
- 6 Dumfries and Galloway Council 6.02
+ 94 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council 6.02
- 9 East Lothian Council 6.00
- 16 South Bucks District Council 5.99
+ 17 Chiltern District Council 5.99
+ 167 East Lindsey District Council 5.99
- 102 Woking Borough Council 5.98
- 49 Newham London Borough Council 5.98
- 83 Bolton Council 5.96
+ 15 Brent Council 5.96
- 18 Folkestone & Hythe District Council 5.93
+ 229 Shetland Islands Council 5.90
- 15 Stafford Borough Council 5.89
+ 76 Sedgemoor District Council 5.89
+ 96 London Borough of Hounslow Council 5.86
+ 19 West Sussex County Council 5.84
- 81 Mid Sussex District Council 5.82
- 60 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Council 5.82
+ 72 Vale of Glamorgan Council 5.82
+ 13 St Helens Council 5.81
+ 18 Great Yarmouth Borough Council 5.81
- 36 Surrey County Council 5.80
- 18 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council 5.80
- 18 Herefordshire Council 5.80
- 26 West Berkshire Council 5.79
+ 87 Tamworth Borough Council 5.79
- 58 Hartlepool Borough Council 5.78
- 48 Dundee City Council 5.78
- 11 Rutland County Council 5.78
- 6 Bridgend County Borough Council 5.78
+ 38 Norfolk County Council 5.78
+ 63 Watford Borough Council 5.76
- 76 Basildon Council 5.73
+ 44 London Borough of Hillingdon Council 5.72
- 102 Salford City Council 5.71
- 55 Derbyshire County Council 5.70
- 35 Birmingham City Council 5.70
- 28 Cheltenham Borough Council 5.70
+ 130 Oxfordshire County Council 5.70
- 37 Clackmannanshire Council 5.66
+ 96 Cambridge City Council 5.66
- 45 The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council 5.63
- 128 Belfast City Council 5.62
+ 9 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council 5.62
- 18 West Dunbartonshire Council 5.60
+ 3 Rugby Borough Council 5.60
+ 28 London Borough of Sutton Council 5.60
+ 34 Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council 5.60
+ 87 Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council 5.60
- 76 Perth & Kinross Council 5.59
- 74 East Dunbartonshire Council 5.54
+ 27 Halton Borough Council 5.54
- 125 Mole Valley District Council 5.52
- 58 Stoke-on-Trent City Council 5.52
- 23 Gloucester City Council 5.52
+ 2 Trafford Council 5.52
+ 26 Staffordshire County Council 5.50
- 45 Pendle Borough Council 5.48
+ 28 Newport City Council 5.46
+ 117 Dover District Council 5.46
+ 148 West Lindsey District Council 5.46
- 21 BCP Council - Bournemouth 5.44
- 21 North West Leicestershire District Council 5.44
+ 28 Oldham Council 5.42
+ 57 Redditch Borough Council 5.42
+ 188 Bromsgrove District Council 5.42
- 19 Boston Borough Council 5.40
- 196 Scarborough Borough Council 5.38
+ 59 Wokingham Borough Council 5.36
+ 45 South Tyneside Council 5.35
- 125 Argyll & Bute Council 5.34
- 58 Cambridgeshire County Council 5.34
- 72 Ryedale District Council 5.32
- 55 Caerphilly County Borough Council 5.32
+ 157 East Suffolk Council 5.32
- 129 Worcester City Council 5.31
+ 168 South Oxfordshire 5.31
- 58 West Suffolk - Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury Councils 5.30
+ 30 Ribble Valley Borough Council 5.30
- 93 Uttlesford District Council 5.27
- 111 Aberdeenshire Council 5.25
+ 56 Fareham Borough Council 5.25
+ 56 Southwark Council 5.25
- 40 Norwich City Council 5.24
- 12 Isle of Anglesey County Council 5.24
+ 19 Ealing London Borough Council 5.24
+ 40 West Lothian Council 5.21
- 122 South Ayrshire Council 5.19
- 39 London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Council 5.19
- 14 Wiltshire Council 5.19
+ 11 Milton Keynes Council 5.19
- 101 Wyre Council 5.18
- 62 Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council 5.18
- 58 East Herts Council 5.17
+ 22 Renfrewshire Council 5.17
+ 53 Rother District Council 5.17
- 54 North Tyneside Council 5.16
- 53 Elmbridge Borough Council 5.16
+ 102 North Somerset Council 5.16
- 19 Arun District Council 5.15
- 45 Melton Borough Council 5.14
- 17 Reading Borough Council 5.14
- 17 Craven District Council 5.13
+ 10 South Somerset District Council 5.12
- 54 Haringey London Borough Council 5.11
+ 4 Worcestershire County Council 5.10
- 19 East Staffordshire Borough Council 5.08
- 19 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council 5.08
+ 45 Havant Borough Council 5.07
- 132 Powys County Council 5.06
- 90 Kent County Council 5.06
+ 9 Warwick District Council 5.06
+ 116 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 5.05
- 68 Bury Council 5.04
+ 61 West Oxfordshire District Council 5.04
+ 71 Swale Borough Council 5.02
+ 25 Devon County Council 5.00
- 81 Chelmsford City Council 4.98
+ 13 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 4.98
- 120 Shropshire Council 4.96
- 62 Torbay Council 4.96
- 58 Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) 4.96
- 30 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 4.96
+ 35 Lancashire County Council 4.96
new Darlington Borough Council 4.96
+ 136 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 4.93
- 151 Derby City Council 4.92
- 30 Dacorum Borough Council 4.92
+ 71 South Ribble Borough Council 4.91
+ 32 Waverley Borough Council 4.90
+ 71 Huntingdonshire District Council 4.90
- 66 St Albans City & District Council 4.89
- 62 Kirklees Council 4.88
+ 51 Rochford District Council 4.88
- 51 Bristol City Council 4.86
- 42 The Highland Council 4.86
+ 86 Liverpool City Council 4.86
+ 126 Winchester City Council 4.86
- 6 Tewkesbury Borough Council 4.82
- 85 High Peak Borough Council 4.81
- 22 Rushcliffe Borough Council 4.81
+ 71 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 4.81
- 96 Stirling Council 4.79
- 20 Calderdale Council 4.77
+ 12 Tameside Metroplitan Borough Council 4.76
+ 50 Forest of Dean District Council 4.76
- 16 Hull City Council 4.73
- 213 London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Council 4.70
- 69 Castle Point Borough Council 4.69
+ 22 Wakefield Council 4.67
- 51 South Cambridgeshire District Council 4.66
- 137 Teignbridge District Council 4.64
- 24 Rushmoor Borough Council 4.64
- 10 Brighton and Hove City Council 4.61
- 4 Fermanagh & Omagh District Council 4.60
+ 2 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 4.60
+ 22 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council 4.60
+ 88 Vale of White Horse District Council 4.59
- 97 Cotswold District Council 4.58
- 52 Wealden District Council 4.58
- 13 Thanet District Council 4.55
- 61 Local Government Association (LGA) 4.53
- 22 Inverclyde Council 4.53
- 14 Gwynedd Council 4.53
- 204 Wycombe District Council 4.52
- 11 Wirral Council 4.51
- 33 Newcastle-under-Lyme 4.50
+ 3 Sheffield City Council 4.50
+ 28 London Borough of Waltham Forest Council 4.49
- 10 Conwy County Borough Council 4.48
- 108 Ashford Borough Council 4.47
- 60 Warrington Borough Council 4.45
- 67 Gloucestershire County Council 4.40
- 27 Enfield Council 4.40
same Pembrokeshire County Council 4.40
- 15 South Staffordshire Council 4.37
+ 6 Epping Forest District Council 4.37
- 104 East Hampshire District Council 4.35
+ 1 Derbyshire Dales District Council 4.34
+ 54 Carmarthenshire County Council 4.32
+ 1 Croydon London Borough Council 4.31
+ 8 Lewes and Eastbourne Councils 4.30
+ 10 Bolsover District Council 4.28
- 44 Swansea Council 4.27
+ 48 London Borough of Bexley Council 4.22
- 2 North Lanarkshire Council 4.20
+ 4 Torridge District Council 4.19
- 23 Hertsmere Borough Council 4.18
+ 21 East Cambridgeshire District Council 4.17
+ 38 Lambeth London Borough Council 4.17
+ 1 Copeland Borough Council 4.16
+ 13 Islington London Borough Council 4.16
- 29 Monmouthshire County Council 4.08
- 27 Council of the Isles of Scilly 4.07
- 1 Hackney Council 4.07
- 26 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council 4.06
+ 15 Maidstone Borough Council 4.06
+ 26 Walsall Council 4.04
+ 26 Newark and Sherwood District Council 4.03
- 54 Gravesham Borough Council 4.02
+ 10 Somerset County Council 4.01
- 82 Aberdeen City Council 4.00
- 60 Crawley Borough Council 3.99
same Fylde Council 3.99
- 53 Redbridge London Borough Council 3.98
- 109 East Ayrshire Council 3.97
- 62 Glasgow City Council 3.97
+ 14 Ipswich Borough Council 3.97
- 28 National Association of Local Councils 3.96
- 24 Cumbria County Council 3.96
- 16 South Gloucestershire Council 3.96
- 82 City of Wolverhampton Council 3.94
- 109 North Kesteven District Council 3.92
- 11 Plymouth City Council 3.91
- 52 BCP Council - Poole 3.90
- 10 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council 3.88
+ 49 Tendring District Council 3.88
- 157 Mid & East Antrim Borough Council 3.86
- 2 Westminster City Council 3.86
same Corby Borough Council 3.85
- 154 Wandsworth Council 3.79
- 66 Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council 3.78
- 9 Allerdale Borough Council 3.78
- 9 Wychavon District Council 3.77
- 9 Malvern Hills District Council 3.77
- 27 Brentwood Council 3.76
+ 13 Bedford Borough Council 3.74
- 60 West Lancashire Borough Council 3.70
- 126 Telford & Wrekin Council 3.66
+ 13 The London Borough of Camden Council 3.63
same Lancaster City Council 3.60
- 13 North Hertfordshire District Council 3.59
+ 3 Southampton City Council 3.57
- 180 Bromley 3.56
+ 2 The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) 3.55
+ 13 Isle of Wight Council 3.55
+ 30 Suffolk County Council 3.54
+ 4 Barnet London Borough Council 3.53
- 32 Bath & North East Somerset Council 3.51
+ 7 Test Valley Borough Council 3.50
- 53 Hart District Council 3.49
- 4 London Councils 3.45
- 16 Wyre Forest District Council 3.43
- 14 Northumberland County Council 3.43
- 37 London Mayor 3.40
- 80 South Lanarkshire Council 3.36
- 140 Hyndburn Borough Council 3.33
+ 2 South Derbyshire District Council 3.33
+ 2 Merton Council 3.31
- 24 Sevenoaks District Council 3.30
+ 5 Burnley Borough Council 3.29
+ 16 North East Lincolnshire Council 3.29
+ 10 Angus Council 3.25
+ 1 Local Government Resource Centre (LGRC) 3.24
- 3 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 3.19
- 21 Fife Council 3.17
same The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council 3.15
- 80 Surrey Heath Borough Council 3.09
+ 2 East Riding of Yorkshire Council 3.08
- 62 New Local Government Network (NLGN.org.uk) 3.07
- 13 Derry City and Strabane District Council 3.03
- 9 Portsmouth City Council 2.90
+ 7 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 2.84
- 43 Epsom & Ewell Borough Council 2.83
- 47 The Moray Council 2.78
- 27 North Lincolnshire Council 2.77
- 9 Sefton Council 2.71
- 3 Colchester Borough Council 2.71
+ 5 Barrow Borough Council 2.68
+ 1 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 2.63
- 2 Newcastle City Council 2.61
same Carlisle City Council 2.58
+ 2 The City of Cardiff Council 2.27
+ 2 States of Guernsey 2.27
- 2 Socitm 1.46