2023 Q4/UK Local Government


Summary

Full results


Changes in rank are compared to 2023 Q3/UK Local Government. Since then, 22 sites entered the survey and 14 sites could not be included in the rankings (16 fewer since last time).

Details

Scores

Percentage Failures




Rank Name Exact overall
same Wrexham County Borough Council 9.80
+ 2 Broxtowe Borough Council 9.60
- 1 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council 9.06
+ 1 Rochdale Borough Council 8.92
+ 8 Thurrock Council 8.90
+ 4 Adur & Worthing Councils 8.88
+ 10 Slough Borough Council 8.88
+ 49 Hastings Borough Council 8.88
- 1 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 8.76
+ 35 South Hams District Council 8.70
- 2 Middlesbrough Council 8.58
+ 6 East Devon District Council 8.52
new West Sussex County Council 8.52
- 11 City of London Corporation 8.46
- 4 Mansfield District Council 8.46
- 4 Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council 8.46
- 3 Wigan Council 8.36
+ 6 Mid Ulster District Council 8.28
+ 1 Gosport Borough Council 8.26
- 4 Leicester City Council 8.16
+ 7 Blaby District Council 8.16
+ 193 Wakefield Council 8.10
- 4 Redbridge London Borough Council 8.08
+ 8 Canterbury City Council 7.95
+ 58 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 7.92
- 20 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 7.84
- 20 Shetland Islands Council 7.82
- 13 Melton Borough Council 7.82
+ 23 Denbighshire County Council 7.82
+ 25 Cornwall Council 7.80
- 4 Teignbridge District Council 7.76
+ 29 Lincolnshire County Council 7.76
new Stockport Metroplitan Borough Council 7.66
- 9 Eden District Council 7.64
+ 1 Charnwood Borough Council 7.64
- 3 South Lakeland District Council 7.62
new Bridgend County Borough Council 7.62
- 16 Durham County Council 7.61
+ 20 Runnymede Borough Council 7.56
- 5 Ribble Valley Borough Council 7.54
+ 7 Great Yarmouth Borough Council 7.47
+ 1 West Dunbartonshire Council 7.40
- 5 Chorley Council 7.39
- 13 Newcastle-under-Lyme 7.38
+ 21 North Warwickshire Council 7.38
+ 57 Salford City Council 7.37
- 7 Swansea Council 7.33
+ 28 Rushmoor Borough Council 7.31
+ 268 Waverley Borough Council 7.31
- 6 South Holland District Council 7.29
- 1 St Helens Council 7.26
- 6 West Devon Borough Council 7.24
+ 26 Royal Borough of Greenwich Council 7.24
+ 27 Cheshire East Council 7.22
- 21 Bassetlaw District Council 7.20
+ 26 Amber Valley Borough Council 7.20
- 8 Spelthorne Borough Council 7.18
- 2 North Northamptonshire Council 7.18
- 20 Boston Borough Council 7.17
+ 45 Hampshire County Council 7.17
+ 64 Angus Council 7.13
- 11 Oadby & Wigston Borough Council 7.11
- 10 Wandsworth Council 7.10
+ 28 West Lothian Council 7.09
- 3 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council 7.04
- 1 Borough of Broxbourne Council 7.02
- 37 Swale Borough Council 6.98
- 21 Bromley 6.98
- 32 Stirling Council 6.96
+ 1 Ceredigion County Council 6.94
+ 13 Stratford-on-Avon District Council 6.94
+ 1 Fenland District Council 6.93
+ 1 Falkirk Council 6.92
+ 1 West Northamptonshire Council 6.92
- 11 Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk 6.90
- 55 BCP Council 6.88
+ 3 Liverpool City Council 6.84
+ 7 Folkestone & Hythe District Council 6.84
+ 23 Bracknell Forest Council 6.84
- 13 Chichester District Council 6.83
+ 48 East Staffordshire Borough Council 6.83
+ 14 Sunderland City Council 6.82
+ 3 West Berkshire Council 6.81
+ 35 Cherwell District Council 6.76
+ 10 Eastleigh Borough Council 6.68
+ 34 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council 6.66
+ 52 Burnley Borough Council 6.65
+ 95 Rother District Council 6.62
+ 102 Perth & Kinross Council 6.62
+ 21 Southampton City Council 6.61
- 49 Luton Borough Council 6.60
+ 40 Lambeth London Borough Council 6.59
+ 196 Birmingham City Council 6.58
new Lewes and Eastbourne Councils 6.55
+ 4 Rossendale Borough Council 6.54
+ 44 East of England (EELGA) 6.53
+ 65 North Kesteven District Council 6.53
+ 128 Surrey Heath Borough Council 6.53
- 70 BCP Council - Bournemouth 6.52
- 12 Westmorland & Furness Council 6.51
+ 36 London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Council 6.48
+ 36 Norwich City Council 6.48
+ 53 Dacorum Borough Council 6.48
+ 19 Preston City Council 6.47
- 7 City of Lincoln Council 6.44
+ 80 Maldon District Council 6.42
same Trafford Council 6.40
new Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council 6.36
- 68 Cumberland Council 6.35
- 52 Central Bedfordshire Council 6.34
- 41 Fareham Borough Council 6.33
- 15 Hart District Council 6.33
+ 15 Wirral Council 6.33
- 91 Guildford Borough Council 6.32
- 38 Harrow Council 6.32
+ 1 Wyre Council 6.32
+ 30 Torbay Council 6.32
+ 71 East Renfrewshire Council 6.32
new Halton Borough Council 6.32
+ 2 Reading Borough Council 6.30
+ 53 Portsmouth City Council 6.26
+ 154 Wokingham Borough Council 6.26
+ 11 Dumfries and Galloway Council 6.24
- 61 Government of Jersey 6.22
- 53 Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council 6.22
- 12 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council 6.22
+ 9 Ashfield District Council 6.22
+ 15 Swindon Borough Council 6.22
- 38 Tamworth Borough Council 6.21
+ 16 Wiltshire Council 6.21
- 105 Oxford City Council 6.20
+ 189 North Yorkshire County Council 6.18
+ 120 Castle Point Borough Council 6.17
- 45 Stroud District Council 6.14
- 42 Gateshead Council 6.14
- 3 Hartlepool Borough Council 6.14
- 83 West Suffolk - Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury Councils 6.12
- 37 Braintree District Council 6.12
- 29 Local Government Resource Centre (LGRC) 6.12
+ 73 Exeter City Council 6.12
new Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils 6.12
- 29 West Lindsey District Council 6.07
- 27 Derbyshire County Council 6.06
+ 151 Torfaen County Borough Council 6.06
+ 58 Bedford Borough Council 6.05
+ 125 Aberdeenshire Council 6.05
- 38 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council 6.00
+ 3 Epsom & Ewell Borough Council 5.97
+ 125 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 5.97
- 56 East Sussex County Council 5.96
- 9 Orkney Islands Council 5.96
- 7 Newport City Council 5.96
- 1 Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council 5.96
+ 1 Derry City and Strabane District Council 5.96
+ 2 Cambridgeshire County Council 5.96
+ 123 Rushcliffe Borough Council 5.96
- 49 London Borough of Bexley Council 5.94
- 37 City of York Council 5.94
+ 1 Peterborough City Council 5.94
+ 33 Stoke-on-Trent City Council 5.94
+ 80 Warwick District Council 5.90
- 56 Isle of Wight Council 5.89
+ 2 Pembrokeshire County Council 5.88
new Lancaster City Council 5.88
+ 91 Southwark Council 5.87
new Leicestershire County Council 5.87
- 77 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 5.86
- 56 Dundee City Council 5.86
+ 27 North Somerset Council 5.86
- 46 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 5.85
new East Lindsey District Council 5.85
- 41 Pendle Borough Council 5.84
- 4 East Cambridgeshire District Council 5.83
- 4 Torridge District Council 5.83
- 27 Scottish Borders Council 5.82
- 27 Lichfield District Council 5.82
- 16 Dover District Council 5.82
- 7 East Lothian Council 5.82
- 7 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 5.82
- 7 Dartford Borough Council 5.82
+ 157 South Staffordshire Council 5.81
- 7 Woking Borough Council 5.80
+ 111 Chelmsford City Council 5.80
new Isle of Anglesey County Council 5.80
- 59 Basildon Council 5.79
+ 28 North Hertfordshire District Council 5.78
- 52 Bolton Council 5.76
- 12 Watford Borough Council 5.76
new Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils 5.76
- 26 The City of Edinburgh Council 5.72
+ 29 Harlow Council 5.71
+ 109 Plymouth City Council 5.69
- 27 Ealing London Borough Council 5.68
- 14 Bury Council 5.65
+ 44 Coventry City Council 5.64
+ 167 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 5.64
- 110 Inverclyde Council 5.63
- 71 East Ayrshire Council 5.63
- 11 Elmbridge Borough Council 5.63
+ 2 Brent Council 5.62
+ 66 Surrey County Council 5.62
- 58 South Derbyshire District Council 5.60
- 50 Horsham District Council 5.60
+ 96 Suffolk County Council 5.53
- 105 London Borough of Sutton Council 5.52
+ 67 Ards and North Down Borough Council 5.52
- 40 Croydon London Borough Council 5.51
+ 89 Nottingham City Council 5.51
- 94 Fife Council 5.50
- 23 Islington London Borough Council 5.50
- 16 Ashford Borough Council 5.50
- 49 Epping Forest District Council 5.48
+ 53 Brentwood Council 5.47
- 73 Breckland Council 5.45
- 15 Uttlesford District Council 5.45
- 15 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 5.45
- 99 Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council 5.44
- 114 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Council 5.42
- 15 Cheshire West & Chester Council 5.42
- 14 Wycombe District Council 5.42
- 14 Buckinghamshire County Council 5.42
- 14 Chiltern District Council 5.42
- 14 South Bucks District Council 5.42
- 14 Flintshire County Council 5.42
- 14 Aylesbury Vale District Council 5.42
- 14 South Norfolk Council 5.42
+ 17 Cheltenham Borough Council 5.42
- 50 Medway Council 5.40
+ 32 Shropshire Council 5.40
- 14 South Ayrshire Council 5.39
+ 21 South Oxfordshire 5.37
- 11 Nottinghamshire County Council 5.34
+ 37 Telford & Wrekin Council 5.34
new Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) 5.34
- 11 New Forest District Council 5.32
- 3 The Moray Council 5.32
- 177 North Devon Council 5.29
- 13 London Borough of Waltham Forest Council 5.29
+ 54 Barnet London Borough Council 5.25
- 86 Forest of Dean District Council 5.24
- 51 Harborough District Council 5.24
- 45 Vale of Glamorgan Council 5.24
- 15 Midlothian Council 5.24
- 15 North Ayrshire Council 5.24
new West Lancashire Borough Council 5.24
- 54 Cambridge City Council 5.22
- 12 Erewash Borough Council 5.22
- 12 Renfrewshire Council 5.22
- 12 Broadland District Council 5.22
- 10 Malvern Hills District Council 5.19
+ 17 Sevenoaks District Council 5.18
- 102 Local Government Association (LGA) 5.17
+ 82 Walsall Council 5.17
- 49 North Lanarkshire Council 5.16
- 36 Gloucester City Council 5.16
- 33 North Lincolnshire Council 5.15
- 8 Bristol City Council 5.14
+ 22 Somerset County Council 5.14
- 8 South Ribble Borough Council 5.13
- 42 Vale of White Horse District Council 5.11
+ 69 North East Lincolnshire Council 5.11
- 81 London Borough of Hillingdon Council 5.10
- 8 Newham London Borough Council 5.08
- 21 Arun District Council 5.07
- 19 Warwickshire County Council 5.06
- 7 Herefordshire Council 5.06
- 7 Clackmannanshire Council 5.06
- 6 Barrow Borough Council 5.04
+ 19 Dorset Council 5.04
+ 63 London Borough of Hounslow Council 5.04
+ 66 East Riding of Yorkshire Council 5.04
- 7 Derby City Council 5.01
new Warrington Borough Council 5.01
- 2 South Lanarkshire Council 4.97
- 96 West Oxfordshire District Council 4.96
+ 16 Winchester City Council 4.96
- 35 North West Leicestershire District Council 4.92
- 84 Brighton and Hove City Council 4.91
- 94 Belfast City Council 4.90
- 35 Stafford Borough Council 4.89
- 4 Newcastle City Council 4.89
+ 24 Rutland County Council 4.89
+ 39 London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Council 4.89
+ 7 Derbyshire Dales District Council 4.88
+ 11 Staffordshire County Council 4.88
+ 53 Rugby Borough Council 4.88
- 56 The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council 4.87
- 111 Cotswold District Council 4.86
- 91 South Kesteven District Council 4.86
- 52 Monmouthshire County Council 4.86
- 33 Mole Valley District Council 4.86
- 11 Maidstone Borough Council 4.86
+ 27 Tameside Metroplitan Borough Council 4.86
+ 70 Wealden District Council 4.86
- 12 South Tyneside Council 4.81
- 11 Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council 4.80
- 139 Gloucestershire County Council 4.79
- 130 Havant Borough Council 4.79
- 82 East Herts Council 4.79
- 14 Ipswich Borough Council 4.79
+ 7 Gwynedd Council 4.79
- 72 North Tyneside Council 4.78
- 40 Bolsover District Council 4.78
- 35 Allerdale Borough Council 4.78
- 15 Gravesham Borough Council 4.78
- 238 Tower Hamlets Council 4.72
- 125 The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) 4.71
- 5 Mid & East Antrim Borough Council 4.70
- 11 Fermanagh & Omagh District Council 4.68
+ 8 Chesterfield Borough Council 4.68
- 84 Kirklees Council 4.64
+ 20 Mid Sussex District Council 4.64
+ 49 Argyll & Bute Council 4.64
- 155 St Albans City & District Council 4.60
- 83 Tewkesbury Borough Council 4.60
- 82 Lancashire County Council 4.60
- 13 Hyndburn Borough Council 4.59
- 36 New Local Government Network (NLGN.org.uk) 4.58
- 44 Mid Devon District Council 4.56
+ 53 Three Rivers District Council 4.56
- 16 Cannock Chase Council 4.55
- 35 Council of the Isles of Scilly 4.53
+ 34 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 4.53
- 25 East Dunbartonshire Council 4.52
- 15 Norfolk County Council 4.52
new Hertfordshire County Council 4.50
- 13 Test Valley Borough Council 4.46
- 5 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 4.46
- 45 Oxfordshire County Council 4.44
- 82 Crawley Borough Council 4.42
- 12 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 4.42
- 8 Copeland Borough Council 4.42
+ 3 Stevenage Borough Council 4.42
- 9 Lewisham London Borough Council 4.35
- 9 Rochford District Council 4.35
new Worcester City Council 4.35
- 90 South Cambridgeshire District Council 4.34
- 11 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 4.34
- 27 Hertsmere Borough Council 4.32
- 11 Newark and Sherwood District Council 4.32
- 34 Sheffield City Council 4.27
- 92 North East Derbyshire District Council 4.26
- 32 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council 4.26
- 160 Gedling Borough Council 4.25
- 11 Thanet District Council 4.25
+ 6 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council 4.18
+ 4 Oldham Council 4.16
new Tendring District Council 4.16
new Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council 4.16
- 37 East Hampshire District Council 4.11
+ 7 Devon County Council 4.11
- 8 Milton Keynes Council 4.10
- 22 Bath & North East Somerset Council 4.09
- 13 London Councils 4.09
- 15 Socitm 4.08
- 9 The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council 4.06
- 3 Carmarthenshire County Council 4.06
- 104 Essex County Council 4.03
- 44 Hull City Council 4.01
- 51 Blackpool Council 4.00
- 11 Haringey London Borough Council 3.99
- 13 The London Borough of Camden Council 3.99
- 7 High Peak Borough Council 3.93
new Leeds City Council 3.90
- 23 Aberdeen City Council 3.88
new Caerphilly County Borough Council 3.88
- 19 Sefton Council 3.87
- 146 Worcestershire County Council 3.84
same Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 3.82
+ 2 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council 3.82
- 26 The City of Cardiff Council 3.81
- 26 Merton Council 3.81
- 95 The Highland Council 3.74
- 58 Fylde Council 3.73
- 32 Calderdale Council 3.65
- 23 Darlington Borough Council 3.64
- 49 Kent County Council 3.62
- 17 Glasgow City Council 3.61
- 24 National Association of Local Councils 3.60
- 13 East Suffolk Council 3.48
- 21 Northumberland County Council 3.45
- 16 Colchester Borough Council 3.45
- 24 Tandridge District Council 3.37
- 82 Wychavon District Council 3.34
- 15 States of Guernsey 3.25
- 18 City of Wolverhampton Council 3.22
- 22 Westminster City Council 3.21
- 17 Carlisle City Council 2.98
new Hackney Council 2.93
- 16 Huntingdonshire District Council 2.76
- 16 London Mayor 2.76