September 2006/UK Local Government



Changes in rank are compared to July 2006/UK Local Government. Since then, 1 site entered the survey and 5 sites could not be included in the rankings (1 more since last time).

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Scores

Percentage Failures




Rank Name Exact overall
+ 14 Slough 9.72
+ 4 Lewes 9.49
- 2 Thurrock 9.44
+ 57 Herefordshire 9.35
+ 155 Derbyshire 9.31
+ 4 South Norfolk 9.26
+ 6 Rhondda Cynon Taff 9.16
- 6 Barking & Dagenham 9.05
+ 131 Durham City 8.90
- 2 Aylesbury Vale 8.82
- 7 Kirklees 8.73
+ 39 East Staffordshire 8.60
- 6 Milton Keynes 8.60
+ 11 Elmbridge 8.56
+ 22 Stroud 8.50
- 7 Eden 8.50
+ 1 Wolverhampton 8.49
+ 1 Merton 8.46
+ 8 North Cornwall 8.45
- 17 Woking 8.28
+ 62 North Shropshire 8.28
+ 2 Gedling 8.24
+ 52 Rutland 8.21
+ 2 Canterbury 8.15
- 21 High Peak 8.10
+ 171 New Forest 8.08
- 7 Stratford-on-Avon 8.07
+ 36 Hastings 8.06
+ 15 North Norfolk 7.90
- 18 Bridgnorth 7.86
+ 6 Redbridge 7.86
+ 8 Surrey Heath 7.84
+ 39 Eastleigh 7.79
+ 167 Broxtowe 7.77
new States of Jersey 7.77
+ 21 Shrewsbury & Atcham 7.76
+ 4 Warwick 7.72
+ 18 Isles of Scilly 7.70
+ 6 Tameside 7.69
+ 18 Waverley 7.69
+ 37 Newark and Sherwood 7.64
- 26 Mansfield 7.61
+ 99 West Dorset 7.58
+ 30 Isle of Wight 7.57
+ 10 Crewe and Nantwich 7.53
- 32 Oldham 7.52
same North Warwickshire 7.51
+ 37 Wyre 7.48
- 17 Redcar and Cleveland 7.44
- 12 Stockton-on-Tees 7.42
+ 130 Bristol 7.39
- 30 Trafford 7.35
- 23 Tynedale 7.35
- 31 Wear Valley 7.27
+ 33 Broadland 7.27
+ 6 Liverpool 7.26
+ 16 East Sussex 7.25
- 10 Adur 7.24
- 17 Tandridge 7.21
+ 54 Belfast 7.18
- 44 Shepway 7.13
- 33 Angus 7.11
+ 8 Lincolnshire 7.11
+ 60 Leicestershire 7.05
+ 174 Congleton 7.03
+ 40 Dover 7.03
+ 33 Knowsley 6.94
- 22 Taunton Deane 6.93
+ 115 Neath Port Talbot 6.93
- 1 Colchester 6.92
- 17 Chester 6.89
+ 63 Charnwood 6.88
+ 3 South Kesteven 6.87
+ 13 Gwynedd 6.87
- 47 Rotherham 6.84
+ 58 Broxbourne 6.82
+ 80 Luton 6.81
- 44 Solihull 6.79
+ 126 Bath & North East Somerset 6.76
- 27 Stockport 6.76
- 29 South Tyneside 6.74
+ 33 Carlisle 6.74
- 52 Spelthorne 6.70
+ 47 Havering 6.68
+ 54 South Cambridgeshire 6.67
- 20 Tonbridge and Malling 6.66
- 38 York 6.66
+ 8 Stirling 6.64
- 8 Wrexham 6.60
+ 53 Wakefield 6.59
- 70 Staffordshire 6.58
+ 19 Melton 6.57
- 33 Kensington & Chelsea 6.56
+ 115 Suffolk 6.52
+ 17 Suffolk Coastal 6.49
- 61 Richmond upon Thames 6.43
- 38 Mid Bedfordshire 6.42
+ 195 Oxford 6.35
- 17 Leeds 6.34
- 6 East Renfrewshire 6.33
- 90 Portsmouth 6.32
+ 76 Croydon 6.30
- 24 South Shropshire 6.29
+ 109 Windsor and Maidenhead 6.27
+ 16 Stafford 6.25
+ 16 Nottinghamshire 6.23
- 44 Hounslow 6.19
- 38 Kettering 6.17
- 16 South Holland 6.16
- 12 Worcestershire 6.16
- 72 Wellingborough 6.15
+ 90 Easington 6.14
+ 33 Dartford 6.13
+ 12 Gloucester 6.11
+ 14 Shetland Islands 6.09
+ 1 Chiltern 6.08
+ 52 Caradon 6.08
+ 1 South Lakeland 6.07
- 30 Gateshead 6.06
+ 39 Ealing 6.03
- 88 Walsall 6.00
- 21 Wandsworth 6.00
+ 32 Tamworth 5.99
- 39 West Oxfordshire 5.99
+ 3 Highland 5.98
- 58 Essex 5.98
+ 101 East Lindsey 5.96
- 85 Northampton 5.94
- 32 Allerdale 5.93
- 80 St Helens 5.88
+ 31 Richmondshire 5.88
- 19 Fife 5.87
- 41 Coventry 5.86
- 28 Oswestry 5.86
- 45 Rossendale 5.81
+ 2 Scottish Borders 5.80
- 35 Bromsgrove 5.80
- 6 Hillingdon 5.75
- 74 North Devon 5.75
- 63 Hertfordshire 5.73
+ 26 Southend-on-Sea 5.72
+ 74 South Staffordshire 5.70
+ 27 North Tyneside 5.69
- 45 Barrow-in-Furness 5.68
+ 14 Great Yarmouth 5.68
+ 256 Ellesmere Port & Neston 5.68
- 68 Camden 5.64
- 39 Rugby 5.59
+ 57 Wigan 5.55
- 32 Salford 5.53
- 26 Hartlepool 5.52
+ 39 North Yorkshire 5.51
+ 22 Wiltshire 5.49
- 1 Lichfield 5.47
- 52 Wansbeck 5.45
+ 17 North East Derbyshire 5.45
- 27 Wycombe 5.44
+ 71 North Hertfordshire 5.44
- 18 Aberdeenshire 5.43
- 37 Castle Morpeth 5.41
+ 183 Mid Suffolk 5.37
- 13 Vale Royal 5.35
+ 122 Darlington 5.34
- 60 Newcastle-under-Lyme 5.33
+ 15 Horsham 5.26
- 10 Sevenoaks 5.20
- 3 Wyre Forest 5.19
+ 34 Thanet 5.18
- 8 Wealden 5.18
- 75 Pendle 5.16
+ 15 Restormel 5.13
- 86 Shropshire 5.12
+ 189 Haringey 5.11
- 22 South Somerset 5.10
+ 128 Lambeth 5.09
+ 162 Purbeck 5.08
+ 85 Derbyshire Dales 5.07
- 13 Bassetlaw 5.07
+ 52 Scarborough 5.07
- 60 North Kesteven 5.04
- 45 Alnwick 5.01
- 55 Ceredigion 5.00
same Forest Heath 4.95
+ 87 Epsom & Ewell 4.92
+ 166 South Northamptonshire 4.92
+ 92 South Derbyshire 4.91
- 13 Sedgemoor 4.90
- 18 Ribble Valley 4.90
+ 7 Berwick-Upon-Tweed 4.88
- 83 Braintree 4.86
- 41 Gosport 4.86
- 5 Cannock Chase 4.84
- 49 Dacorum 4.79
- 62 Hinckley & Bosworth 4.75
+ 6 Teesdale 4.75
+ 22 Bradford 4.70
+ 37 Sunderland 4.69
- 6 Antrim 4.69
+ 176 Enfield 4.69
+ 26 Lancaster 4.68
+ 172 Perth & Kinross 4.67
+ 133 Three Rivers 4.66
+ 44 Runnymede 4.65
+ 132 Swindon 4.65
- 9 Maidstone 4.64
- 44 Burnley 4.64
- 31 Chester-le-Street 4.62
- 58 Mid Sussex 4.57
+ 12 Maldon 4.55
+ 45 Cherwell 4.54
+ 14 Isle of Anglesey 4.54
- 47 Southampton 4.50
- 147 Lincoln 4.48
+ 36 Ipswich 4.47
- 125 South Bucks 4.46
+ 27 Hyndburn 4.45
+ 69 Moyle 4.45
+ 103 West Somerset 4.44
+ 18 East Northamptonshire 4.44
- 48 West Dunbartonshire 4.44
- 106 Salisbury 4.43
+ 23 Hampshire 4.43
+ 134 Blyth Valley 4.43
- 25 Wychavon 4.43
- 26 Malvern Hills 4.41
+ 36 Tunbridge Wells 4.40
+ 100 Hackney 4.40
- 61 Gloucestershire 4.38
- 51 Exeter 4.38
- 11 Peterborough 4.35
+ 27 Erewash 4.34
+ 221 South Ribble 4.33
+ 199 Babergh 4.27
- 53 Staffordshire Moorlands 4.25
+ 59 Barnet 4.25
+ 39 Havant 4.23
+ 52 City of London 4.22
+ 20 London Mayor 4.22
- 48 Chelmsford 4.15
- 6 Teignbridge 4.15
+ 24 Mendip 4.13
- 106 North Lincolnshire 4.13
+ 9 Powys 4.11
- 33 Harrow 4.11
+ 131 Kerrier 4.08
+ 8 Carrick 4.07
+ 49 Bedford 4.01
- 42 Oadby & Wigston 4.00
+ 139 Harrogate 4.00
- 34 North Dorset 3.97
- 41 Calderdale 3.96
- 105 Crawley 3.95
- 66 Westminster 3.95
+ 13 Newport 3.92
- 111 Bracknell Forest 3.92
- 7 West Wiltshire 3.92
- 26 Rother 3.90
- 69 Conwy 3.88
- 43 St Albans 3.88
+ 6 Derby 3.87
+ 102 Larne 3.87
+ 53 Sheffield 3.85
+ 11 Limavady 3.82
- 8 North West Leicestershire 3.81
+ 38 Buckinghamshire 3.81
+ 35 Sutton 3.81
- 58 Harlow 3.79
+ 80 Winchester 3.78
+ 83 North East Lincolnshire 3.77
- 22 Ashford 3.77
- 56 Tendring 3.77
+ 59 North Down 3.77
+ 25 Blackburn with Darwen 3.77
- 42 Chichester 3.73
- 2 Tewkesbury 3.73
- 8 Macclesfield 3.72
- 57 South Bedfordshire 3.71
+ 137 Bolton 3.70
+ 12 Fenland 3.69
- 21 Test Valley 3.68
+ 9 Boston 3.66
- 87 West Lindsey 3.66
- 130 North Somerset 3.62
+ 9 Cornwall 3.61
- 16 Newcastle upon Tyne 3.61
+ 18 Renfrewshire 3.60
- 7 Huntingdonshire 3.59
- 24 Stoke-on-Trent 3.58
- 51 Telford & Wrekin 3.58
- 54 Ards 3.58
- 67 Uttlesford 3.58
+ 110 Cambridgeshire 3.56
+ 31 Halton 3.55
- 16 Magherafelt 3.54
- 120 Nuneaton & Bedworth 3.54
- 83 Preston 3.51
+ 36 South Ayrshire 3.51
+ 7 Banbridge 3.50
+ 15 East Devon 3.49
+ 15 Blaby 3.48
- 72 Sedgefield 3.47
- 23 Ballymena 3.46
+ 67 Tower Hamlets 3.46
- 111 Wokingham 3.45
- 42 Surrey 3.41
+ 5 Edinburgh 3.38
+ 3 Bexley 3.38
+ 17 Epping Forest 3.37
+ 37 Weymouth & Portland 3.37
- 66 Bolsover 3.34
+ 84 Corby 3.34
- 2 Kent 3.34
+ 4 Brentwood 3.33
+ 5 Redditch 3.32
- 208 South Hams 3.31
- 29 Rushmoor 3.28
- 46 Guildford 3.27
+ 37 Derry 3.27
- 96 East Hertfordshire 3.27
- 67 Flintshire 3.27
+ 2 Carmarthenshire 3.26
+ 25 Norwich 3.25
+ 17 Mid Devon 3.23
+ 71 Basingstoke & Deane 3.22
- 7 West Sussex 3.21
- 27 Glasgow 3.19
- 55 Reigate and Banstead 3.18
- 75 Waveney 3.18
- 145 Breckland 3.15
- 184 Harborough 3.13
- 48 Hart 3.10
+ 96 Fylde 3.10
+ 21 Dundee 3.08
- 51 Newham 3.08
- 128 West Lancashire 3.07
+ 14 Worthing 3.07
+ 33 Aberdeen 3.05
+ 41 Rochford 3.04
+ 51 Doncaster 3.03
+ 26 Northamptonshire 3.01
- 106 Reading 3.01
- 100 Craigavon 3.01
- 4 Waltham Forest 2.99
+ 24 Lewisham 2.99
- 2 Oxfordshire 2.99
- 46 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 2.99
- 107 Cambridge 2.97
- 54 West Devon 2.95
- 61 Moray 2.95
- 20 Daventry 2.95
- 19 North Wiltshire 2.93
- 71 Lisburn 2.92
+ 25 Somerset 2.92
- 29 Torfaen 2.90
+ 17 Ashfield 2.89
+ 58 Merthyr Tydfil 2.89
+ 54 Penwith 2.87
- 38 Down 2.86
+ 23 Eastbourne 2.83
+ 4 Devon 2.82
- 27 Torridge 2.81
- 34 Strabane 2.78
+ 79 Argyll & Bute 2.76
+ 23 Craven 2.76
+ 18 Pembrokeshire 2.73
+ 32 Leicester 2.72
+ 29 Kennet 2.72
+ 24 East Riding of Yorkshire 2.71
- 128 West Berkshire 2.71
- 15 Cookstown 2.71
- 63 Denbighshire 2.69
- 26 East Cambridgeshire 2.67
- 2 Newry and Mourne 2.67
+ 7 Middlesbrough 2.64
- 17 Greenwich 2.63
- 130 Islington 2.62
+ 8 Kingston upon Thames 2.62
+ 32 East Dunbartonshire 2.60
- 104 Ryedale 2.60
- 27 Plymouth 2.60
- 14 South Oxfordshire 2.59
- 70 Cardiff 2.59
- 45 Sefton 2.58
+ 5 Rochdale 2.56
- 88 Omagh 2.54
+ 20 Poole 2.54
- 10 Hertsmere 2.53
+ 38 Bury 2.49
+ 20 Falkirk 2.49
- 68 Watford 2.48
+ 2 Cumbria 2.47
+ 67 Mole Valley 2.46
+ 14 Fermanagh 2.44
- 29 Chorley 2.44
+ 27 Wirral 2.44
+ 34 Kingston upon Hull 2.40
+ 46 Durham 2.39
+ 54 Worcester 2.38
+ 9 King's Lynn & West Norfolk 2.36
- 20 East Lothian 2.33
- 4 Derwentside 2.32
- 96 Dumfries and Galloway 2.31
+ 32 Caerphilly 2.30
- 60 Arun 2.29
+ 19 St Edmundsbury 2.28
- 78 South Gloucestershire 2.27
- 47 East Ayrshire 2.27
+ 16 Swale 2.26
- 18 Stevenage 2.25
- 59 Rushcliffe 2.23
+ 25 Cheltenham 2.20
- 50 Southwark 2.19
+ 15 Castle Point 2.11
- 107 Selby 2.06
- 130 Brighton and Hove 2.06
same Chesterfield 2.01
- 11 Northumberland 2.00
- 14 Nottingham 2.00
- 15 Welwyn Hatfield 1.99
- 3 Brent 1.95
- 3 Bournemouth 1.95
- 8 Warwickshire 1.95
- 4 Lancashire 1.93
+ 16 Warrington 1.87
- 237 Cheshire 1.85
+ 11 Hammersmith & Fulham 1.80
- 43 Manchester 1.79
+ 6 Sandwell 1.77
- 29 Copeland 1.74
+ 9 Blaenau Gwent 1.73
+ 13 Midlothian 1.72
- 33 Blackpool 1.72
- 58 Newtownabbey 1.72
+ 15 Norfolk 1.70
- 13 Basildon 1.63
- 13 Monmouthshire 1.61
+ 4 Cotswold 1.57
- 177 Dudley 1.57
- 98 East Hampshire 1.56
- 2 Castlereagh 1.53
+ 13 Coleraine 1.52
- 56 Swansea 1.48
- 130 Barnsley 1.47
- 17 Bromley 1.39
+ 3 Carrickfergus 1.30
same West Lothian 1.30
+ 4 Bedfordshire 1.28
- 90 Vale of White Horse 1.23
+ 1 Inverclyde 1.21
- 37 Bridgend 1.13
- 32 Vale of Glamorgan 1.12
+ 4 North Ayrshire 1.11
- 6 Orkney 1.09
- 9 Armagh 0.91
- 24 Amber Valley 0.82
- 24 North Lanarkshire 0.80
- 2 Birmingham 0.70
- 1 Ballymoney 0.49
+ 1 Hambleton 0.40
- 2 Torbay 0.08
same Dungannon 0.00