December 2006/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    18 Dec 2006

  • Total URLs tested:

    235,085

  • Total tests run:

    76,434,813

  • Total number of PDF's:

    1,238

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    4.99%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    51.71%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.85%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    7.16%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    75.87%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Fermanagh (http://www.fermanagh.gov.uk/) - 48,728 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    South Tyneside (http://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/)




Accessibility and Performance rankings Expand / contract icon

This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.

This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).

Organisation Avg. Response Download (kB/s)
Only available for Qtr 4 2010 onwards
Organisation A AA
Adur100.00100.00
Barking &​ Dagenham100.00100.00
Gedling100.00100.00
Lewes100.00100.00
New Forest100.00100.00
Stockton-on-Tees100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
North Cornwall100.0099.22
Eastleigh100.0099.21
Herefordshire100.0099.21
Liverpool100.0099.21
Kirklees100.0099.20
South Norfolk100.0099.20
Mansfield100.0098.44
Merton100.0097.64
Surrey Heath100.0097.64
Elmbridge100.0097.60
Rotherham100.0096.90
Solihull100.0096.90
Woking100.0096.85
Camden100.0096.12
Milton Keynes100.0096.12
Warwick100.0096.12
Durham City100.0095.28
Mid Sussex100.0094.49
Aylesbury Vale100.0094.40
Wear Valley100.0093.75
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0093.70
Tynedale100.0093.65
Southampton100.0093.60
Stroud100.0092.97
Essex100.0092.80
South Holland100.0092.80
Gateshead100.0090.62
Redbridge100.0090.55
South Tyneside100.0090.48
Salford100.0089.92
Hertfordshire100.0089.76
Richmondshire100.0089.76
North Warwickshire100.0089.15
Chester100.0088.98
Hounslow100.0088.80
Stratford-on-Avon100.0088.19
Wellingborough100.0088.10
Hastings100.0087.50
North Hertfordshire100.0087.50
North Devon100.0087.30
Barrow-in-Furness100.0087.20
Knowsley100.0085.83
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0085.16
Wrexham100.0085.04
Chester-le-Street100.0084.38
Congleton100.0084.25
East Renfrewshire100.0084.25
South Cambridgeshire​100.0083.46
Trafford100.0083.46
Bristol100.0083.20
Tameside100.0082.81
High Peak100.0082.68
Oldham100.0082.68
Richmond upon Thames​100.0081.40
East Staffordshire100.0080.31
South Bucks100.0080.00
Canterbury100.0077.60
Broxbourne100.0077.52
Eden100.0077.52
Oswestry100.0076.80
Portsmouth100.0076.80
Dover100.0075.78
Derbyshire100.0074.40
Cannock Chase100.0073.44
Teignbridge100.0073.44
Tandridge100.0072.44
Bridgnorth100.0072.22
Pendle100.0071.88
Ards100.0071.32
Ribble Valley100.0069.53
Taunton Deane100.0069.29
Kettering100.0068.99
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.0068.50
Malvern Hills100.0067.44
Rutland100.0067.44
Calderdale100.0067.19
Mid Devon100.0066.67
Walsall100.0062.79
Charnwood100.0060.32
Dacorum100.0059.84
Dungannon100.0057.94
Aberdeenshire100.0056.35
Colchester100.0056.25
Bromsgrove100.0055.47
Shropshire100.0055.04
Newark and Sherwood100.0054.76
Isles of Scilly100.0054.33
West Oxfordshire100.0053.17
South Lakeland100.0052.00
Worcester100.0051.94
States of Jersey100.0051.56
Wolverhampton100.0050.79
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0050.40
Teesdale100.0049.61
Fenland100.0049.60
Angus100.0047.62
Preston100.0046.88
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0044.53
Vale Royal100.0042.97
Bracknell Forest100.0042.86
North Shropshire100.0041.73
Waverley100.0041.27
North Yorkshire100.0041.09
Sheffield100.0038.76
South Staffordshire100.0038.76
Leicestershire100.0034.40
Allerdale100.0032.00
Crewe and Nantwich100.0030.16
Thanet100.0030.16
Test Valley100.0028.80
Wyre100.0028.35
Eastbourne100.0027.78
Castle Morpeth100.0027.13
North West Leicester​shire100.0026.56
Sevenoaks100.0025.98
Worcestershire100.0025.98
Alnwick100.0023.62
East Sussex100.0020.16
Caradon100.0018.60
Epsom &​ Ewell100.0018.60
Wokingham100.0017.05
Leicester100.0016.41
Bath &​ North East Somerset​100.0016.28
Hartlepool100.009.38
Gosport100.009.30
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.009.30
Chiltern100.008.53
Peterborough100.007.87
West Dorset100.006.30
Lichfield100.006.25
Ryedale100.005.60
Harlow100.005.47
Edinburgh100.004.65
Ealing100.003.97
Great Yarmouth100.003.88
Rossendale100.003.17
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.003.12
Rushmoor100.003.12
Maidstone100.003.10
Scarborough100.003.10
Watford100.003.10
Wycombe100.003.10
Magherafelt100.002.33
Hackney100.001.60
Rochford100.001.60
North Down100.001.59
Northamptonshire100.001.56
Lincolnshire100.000.80
Gwynedd100.000.79
Havant100.000.79
South Ayrshire100.000.79
Blyth Valley100.000.78
Ceredigion100.000.78
Derby100.000.78
Omagh100.000.78
Southend-on-Sea100.000.78
West Lindsey100.000.78
Amber Valley100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Bradford100.000.00
Braintree100.000.00
Brentwood100.000.00
Brighton and Hove100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Carrick100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Cherwell100.000.00
Chorley100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Cornwall100.000.00
Cotswold100.000.00
Coventry100.000.00
Craven100.000.00
Crawley100.000.00
Croydon100.000.00
Cumbria100.000.00
Daventry100.000.00
Derwentside100.000.00
Dudley100.000.00
Durham100.000.00
Easington100.000.00
East Cambridgeshire100.000.00
East Hampshire100.000.00
East Lindsey100.000.00
Enfield100.000.00
Exeter100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Glasgow100.000.00
Gloucester100.000.00
Guildford100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Havering100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
Huntingdonshire100.000.00
Isle of Anglesey100.000.00
Kingston upon Hull100.000.00
Kingston upon Thames​100.000.00
Lambeth100.000.00
Leeds100.000.00
Macclesfield100.000.00
Melton100.000.00
Moray100.000.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​100.000.00
Newham100.000.00
North Ayrshire100.000.00
North Kesteven100.000.00
North Lincolnshire100.000.00
North Somerset100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Perth &​ Kinross100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Restormel100.000.00
Rugby100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Salisbury100.000.00
Scottish Borders100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
South Derbyshire100.000.00
South Oxfordshire100.000.00
Spelthorne100.000.00
Staffordshire100.000.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds100.000.00
Stevenage100.000.00
Stockport100.000.00
Stoke-on-Trent100.000.00
Suffolk100.000.00
Suffolk Coastal100.000.00
Surrey100.000.00
Sutton100.000.00
Swindon100.000.00
Telford &​ Wrekin100.000.00
Three Rivers100.000.00
Torbay100.000.00
Torridge100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Uttlesford100.000.00
Wansbeck100.000.00
Welwyn Hatfield100.000.00
West Berkshire100.000.00
West Dunbartonshire100.000.00
West Lancashire100.000.00
Westminster100.000.00
Weymouth &​ Portland100.000.00
Worthing100.000.00
Wyre Forest100.000.00
York100.000.00
Shepway99.2298.44
Neath Port Talbot99.2267.97
Purbeck99.2265.12
Wychavon99.2260.94
Tamworth99.2253.49
Stirling99.2224.03
Fife99.2219.38
Argyll &​ Bute99.220.00
Basingstoke &​ Deane99.220.00
Bedford99.220.00
Bolton99.220.00
Burnley99.220.00
Cambridgeshire99.220.00
Devon99.220.00
Gloucestershire99.220.00
Greenwich99.220.00
Hertsmere99.220.00
Lancaster99.220.00
Rother99.220.00
South Ribble99.220.00
West Devon99.220.00
South Somerset99.2184.13
Northampton99.2181.10
Moyle99.2179.53
North East Derbyshir​e99.2111.81
South Shropshire99.213.17
Tewkesbury99.213.15
Babergh99.210.00
Banbridge99.210.00
Bexley99.210.00
Cheshire99.210.00
Denbighshire99.210.00
Derbyshire Dales99.210.00
Fermanagh99.210.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk99.210.00
South Hams99.210.00
Wakefield99.210.00
Wiltshire99.210.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad99.210.00
Norwich99.2021.60
Hinckley &​ Bosworth99.2020.00
Broadland99.200.00
Islington99.200.00
Norfolk99.200.00
Cardiff98.4587.60
Forest of Dean98.4547.29
Harrogate98.450.78
Ashford98.450.00
City of London98.450.00
Kennet98.450.00
Lewisham98.450.00
Sedgemoor98.450.00
Winchester98.450.00
Slough98.4492.97
Erewash98.440.78
Waltham Forest98.440.78
Castlereagh98.440.00
Hillingdon98.440.00
Luton98.440.00
Middlesbrough98.440.00
North Dorset98.440.00
Poole98.440.00
North Norfolk98.4390.55
Sunderland98.4333.07
Dumfries and Gallowa​y98.430.00
West Sussex98.430.00
Stafford98.4157.14
Darlington98.410.79
Redcar and Cleveland​98.410.79
Aberdeen98.410.00
East Hertfordshire98.410.00
Lincoln98.410.00
Mid Suffolk98.410.00
Newcastle upon Tyne98.410.00
Nottinghamshire98.410.00
Somerset98.410.00
Limavady97.730.00
Bolsover97.670.00
Dartford97.6682.03
Sedgefield97.6674.22
Blackpool97.660.00
Carmarthenshire97.660.00
Kent97.660.00
North Wiltshire97.660.00
Vale of Glamorgan97.660.00
West Lothian97.660.00
Broxtowe97.6476.38
Isle of Wight97.6451.18
Chichester97.640.00
East Northamptonshir​e97.640.00
Ipswich97.620.00
Strabane97.620.00
Tower Hamlets97.620.00
Basildon97.600.00
Newry and Mourne97.600.00
East Dunbartonshire96.9027.13
Sandwell96.900.00
Mid Bedfordshire96.880.00
Maldon96.850.00
Mendip96.850.00
Hart96.830.00
London Mayor96.830.00
Wealden96.830.00
St Albans96.803.20
Larne96.800.00
Wandsworth96.800.00
Castle Point96.090.00
Orkney96.090.00
Oxfordshire96.090.00
Belfast96.0638.58
Carlisle96.060.79
South Northamptonshi​re96.000.00
Ashfield95.350.00
North East Lincolnsh​ire95.350.00
Lisburn95.200.00
South Kesteven94.5769.77
Tendring94.570.00
Boston94.530.00
West Somerset94.490.00
Vale of White Horse94.400.00
Hyndburn93.750.00
Lancashire93.7018.90
Hampshire93.7012.60
Inverclyde93.700.00
North Tyneside93.700.00
Epping Forest93.600.00
Warwickshire93.020.00
East Lothian92.970.00
Harrow92.970.00
Rhondda Cynon Taff92.8096.80
Cambridge92.1347.24
Swale91.470.00
Barnet91.340.00
Bassetlaw91.340.00
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar91.200.00
Doncaster91.200.00
South Gloucestershir​e91.200.00
St Edmundsbury91.200.00
St Helens91.200.00
Buckinghamshire90.6231.25
Horsham90.480.00
Selby90.480.00
Wigan90.400.00
Halton89.760.00
Bournemouth89.680.00
Manchester89.680.00
East Devon89.0619.53
Chesterfield89.060.00
Shetland Islands88.8012.00
Northumberland88.800.00
Corby88.3713.18
Reigate and Banstead​87.300.00
Plymouth86.720.00
Bedfordshire85.040.00
Newport85.040.00
Falkirk84.803.20
Flintshire84.250.00
Warrington83.460.00
Down82.810.00
Hambleton82.810.00
Craigavon82.680.00
East Riding of Yorks​hire80.802.40
Forest Heath80.160.00
Mole Valley79.690.00
Pembrokeshire78.290.00
Southwark71.090.00
Carrickfergus70.310.00
North Lanarkshire62.700.00
Merthyr Tydfil61.240.00
Brent60.940.00
Monmouthshire59.690.00
Blaenau Gwent53.120.00
Rochdale53.120.00
Cheltenham48.410.00
Reading41.8611.63
Dundee36.800.00
Wirral29.370.00
East Ayrshire29.130.00
Arun26.770.00
South Bedfordshire25.600.00
Birmingham24.810.00
Armagh22.660.00
Nottingham11.900.00
Newtownabbey11.020.79
Redditch10.002.50
Ballymena9.600.00
Midlothian8.730.00
Swansea7.940.00
Kerrier7.140.00
Coleraine4.760.00
Cookstown4.760.00
Breckland4.722.36
Bridgend4.720.00
Penwith4.690.00
Derry3.940.00
Caerphilly2.340.00
Waveney2.340.00
West Wiltshire1.560.00
Torfaen0.790.00
Ballymoney0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Broadland
  • Croydon
  • East Staffordshire
  • States of Jersey
  • Hammersmith & Fulham
  • Liverpool
  • Melton
  • Merton
  • North Hertfordshire
  • North Shropshire
  • North Warwickshire
  • Oldham
  • Windsor and Maidenhead
  • Rutland
  • Slough
  • South Tyneside
  • Thurrock
  • Wakefield
  • Worcestershire
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Ballymoney
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Barnsley
  • www.clacks.gov.uk
  • www.gravesham.gov.uk
  • www.medway.gov.uk
  • www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
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PDF testing

21.0% of checked PDFs were not tagged for accessibility.

Sitemorse performs twenty eight checks on PDF documents as part of our website benchmarking to ensure users do not experience problems such as broken links, or failing email addresses - we are also the first to test the accessibility compliance of PDF's.

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Top ten functional failures

The most common categories of functional failure.

file/url/badquery
None
43.14%
file/url/badpath
None
9.03%
file/url/badscheme
None
7.88%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
6.87%
file/url/offtop
None
6.58%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
5.10%
url/fetch/noeoh
No end-of-headers found in HTTP response
3.11%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
3.02%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
2.73%
file/html/badmeta
None
2.41%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
31.50%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
29.53%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
10.22%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
7.03%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
5.71%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
5.03%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
4.32%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.83%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.78%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
1.04%