April 2007/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    23 Apr 2007

  • Total URLs tested:

    241,019

  • Total tests run:

    78,439,803

  • Total number of PDF's:

    4,178

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    5.04%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    53.44%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.81%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    6.32%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    75.60%

  • Poorest code quality:

    North East Derbyshire (http://www.ne-derbyshire.gov.uk/) - 189,842 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Easington (http://www.easington.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
Herefordshire100.00100.00
Liverpool100.00100.00
Merton100.00100.00
Shepway100.00100.00
South Norfolk100.00100.00
Stockton-on-Tees100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Barking &​ Dagenham100.0099.21
Kirklees100.0099.20
New Forest100.0098.44
Durham City100.0098.43
Easington100.0098.40
North Cornwall100.0098.40
Rotherham100.0097.67
South Holland100.0097.62
Lewes100.0097.60
Milton Keynes100.0096.90
Solihull100.0096.90
Tynedale100.0096.83
Mid Sussex100.0096.80
Charnwood100.0096.09
Elmbridge100.0095.31
Dacorum100.0095.20
Slough100.0095.20
Mansfield100.0094.40
Warwick100.0093.65
Wrexham100.0093.65
Southampton100.0092.91
Stroud100.0092.91
Aylesbury Vale100.0092.06
Coventry100.0090.62
Hounslow100.0090.62
Hastings100.0090.55
Wear Valley100.0090.40
North Warwickshire100.0089.92
Salford100.0089.76
Gedling100.0088.80
Oldham100.0088.37
Stratford-on-Avon100.0088.00
Surrey Heath100.0087.60
Chester-le-Street100.0087.50
Calderdale100.0086.61
South Bedfordshire100.0085.60
North Hertfordshire100.0084.38
Knowsley100.0084.25
Richmond upon Thames​100.0084.25
Chester100.0084.00
Oswestry100.0084.00
Purbeck100.0083.59
Tameside100.0083.33
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.0082.81
Ards100.0082.17
Bristol100.0081.75
Wellingborough100.0081.25
South Tyneside100.0080.95
Eastleigh100.0080.47
Hertfordshire100.0079.53
South Bucks100.0079.20
Wolverhampton100.0078.91
Trafford100.0078.74
Cannock Chase100.0078.29
Barrow-in-Furness100.0078.12
Enfield100.0077.60
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0077.60
East Northamptonshir​e100.0076.00
Pendle100.0074.80
Portsmouth100.0074.40
Mid Devon100.0073.81
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0072.44
Woking100.0072.44
Sheffield100.0072.22
South Cambridgeshire​100.0072.00
Redbridge100.0070.87
Teignbridge100.0069.29
Ribble Valley100.0068.22
Wansbeck100.0068.00
South Staffordshire100.0067.72
East Renfrewshire100.0064.34
Sedgemoor100.0064.34
East Staffordshire100.0064.29
South Lakeland100.0064.00
Belfast100.0062.40
Bridgnorth100.0060.00
Derbyshire100.0059.20
Taunton Deane100.0057.94
Forest of Dean100.0057.81
Aberdeenshire100.0057.60
Richmondshire100.0057.48
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0056.80
Kettering100.0056.59
Eden100.0056.25
Rugby100.0055.04
States of Jersey100.0052.71
Tandridge100.0052.34
Preston100.0050.39
Wyre100.0048.41
East Sussex100.0048.06
Vale Royal100.0046.46
West Oxfordshire100.0046.03
Isles of Scilly100.0044.19
Eastbourne100.0043.65
Thanet100.0043.65
Worcester100.0043.20
Bath &​ North East Somerset​100.0041.09
Brighton and Hove100.0041.09
Colchester100.0041.09
Congleton100.0040.62
North Yorkshire100.0039.06
Gwynedd100.0034.38
Lancaster100.0033.33
Allerdale100.0033.07
North Shropshire100.0032.54
Newark and Sherwood100.0032.28
Waverley100.0031.20
North West Leicester​shire100.0031.01
Teesdale100.0028.68
Bedfordshire100.0027.13
Leicester100.0024.00
Epsom &​ Ewell100.0023.44
Leicestershire100.0020.31
Crewe and Nantwich100.0017.60
Wokingham100.0016.54
Scarborough100.0013.95
Alnwick100.0013.39
Chiltern100.0013.28
Caradon100.0010.85
Chorley100.009.30
Rushmoor100.009.30
Hartlepool100.008.66
East Devon100.007.94
Castle Morpeth100.007.09
Peterborough100.006.40
Watford100.006.35
East Cambridgeshire100.006.30
Gosport100.006.25
West Dorset100.004.80
Fenland100.004.76
North Down100.004.72
Ealing100.004.00
Lichfield100.003.91
Blyth Valley100.003.88
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.003.20
Burnley100.003.12
Test Valley100.003.12
South Derbyshire100.003.10
Wycombe100.003.10
Rossendale100.002.34
Magherafelt100.002.33
Sevenoaks100.001.60
Breckland100.001.59
Great Yarmouth100.001.59
North Devon100.001.59
St Albans100.001.59
Dudley100.001.55
Erewash100.000.79
Gloucester100.000.79
Omagh100.000.79
St Helens100.000.79
Derby100.000.78
Macclesfield100.000.78
Maidstone100.000.78
North Lincolnshire100.000.78
Nottinghamshire100.000.78
Staffordshire Moorla​nds100.000.78
Amber Valley100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Argyll &​ Bute100.000.00
Armagh100.000.00
Babergh100.000.00
Banbridge100.000.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Blackpool100.000.00
Bradford100.000.00
Braintree100.000.00
Brentwood100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Bromsgrove100.000.00
Broxbourne100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Carrick100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Cherwell100.000.00
Chichester100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Cornwall100.000.00
Cotswold100.000.00
Craven100.000.00
Crawley100.000.00
Croydon100.000.00
Cumbria100.000.00
Daventry100.000.00
Derwentside100.000.00
Dungannon100.000.00
East Hampshire100.000.00
East Lindsey100.000.00
Fermanagh100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Gateshead100.000.00
Glasgow100.000.00
Guildford100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Harlow100.000.00
Havering100.000.00
Hertsmere100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
Huntingdonshire100.000.00
Isle of Anglesey100.000.00
Kerrier100.000.00
Kingston upon Thames​100.000.00
Lambeth100.000.00
Lincoln100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Malvern Hills100.000.00
Melton100.000.00
Mid Suffolk100.000.00
Moray100.000.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​100.000.00
North Ayrshire100.000.00
North Kesteven100.000.00
North Somerset100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Oxfordshire100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Restormel100.000.00
Rother100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Rutland100.000.00
Salisbury100.000.00
Sandwell100.000.00
Scottish Borders100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
Shropshire100.000.00
South Ayrshire100.000.00
South Gloucestershir​e100.000.00
South Oxfordshire100.000.00
South Ribble100.000.00
Spelthorne100.000.00
Staffordshire100.000.00
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
Torridge100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Uttlesford100.000.00
Wakefield100.000.00
Waltham Forest100.000.00
Wandsworth100.000.00
Welwyn Hatfield100.000.00
West Dunbartonshire100.000.00
West Lancashire100.000.00
West Lindsey100.000.00
Westminster100.000.00
Wiltshire100.000.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad100.000.00
Worthing100.000.00
Wychavon100.000.00
Wyre Forest100.000.00
Essex99.2296.90
Camden99.2287.50
Kensington &​ Chelsea99.2279.69
Ceredigion99.2277.52
Neath Port Talbot99.2276.56
South Kesteven99.2275.97
Mendip99.2275.00
Dartford99.2255.04
Stirling99.2224.81
Luton99.221.55
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk99.220.78
Rochford99.220.78
Tendring99.220.78
Weymouth &​ Portland99.220.78
Ashford99.220.00
Cambridgeshire99.220.00
Exeter99.220.00
Greenwich99.220.00
Leeds99.220.00
Lewisham99.220.00
Three Rivers99.220.00
West Berkshire99.220.00
West Devon99.220.00
Dover99.2188.89
Northampton99.2177.95
Fife99.2123.62
Cardiff99.2122.05
Bolsover99.210.00
Bolton99.210.00
Derbyshire Dales99.210.00
Hackney99.210.00
Middlesbrough99.210.00
High Peak99.2060.80
Shetland Islands99.2057.60
Falkirk99.2049.60
Angus99.2041.60
Canterbury99.2020.00
Havant99.201.60
Bournemouth99.200.00
Broadland99.200.00
Castle Point99.200.00
Cheshire99.200.00
Denbighshire99.200.00
Hinckley &​ Bosworth99.200.00
Norfolk99.200.00
Orkney99.200.00
Wigan99.200.00
Worcestershire99.200.00
Tamworth98.4510.08
Bedford98.450.00
Kent98.450.00
West Lothian98.450.00
Isle of Wight98.4465.62
Coleraine98.4464.06
Kingston upon Hull98.440.00
Blackburn with Darwe​n98.437.87
Norwich98.433.15
Harrogate98.430.79
Plymouth98.430.00
South Somerset98.4141.27
Castlereagh98.410.00
North Wiltshire98.410.00
Somerset98.410.00
North Norfolk98.4083.20
Telford &​ Wrekin98.400.80
Basingstoke &​ Deane98.400.00
Newcastle upon Tyne98.400.00
North Dorset98.400.00
Northamptonshire98.400.00
Poole98.400.00
York98.400.00
Carmarthenshire97.670.00
Gloucestershire97.670.00
Stafford97.6652.34
Moyle97.6481.10
North Tyneside97.640.79
Hyndburn97.640.00
Medway97.640.00
Vale of Glamorgan97.640.00
Sunderland97.6257.94
East Dunbartonshire97.6225.40
Redcar and Cleveland​97.623.17
South Shropshire97.622.38
Barnet97.620.00
Durham97.620.00
Hillingdon97.620.00
Hart97.6054.40
St Edmundsbury97.600.00
Torbay97.600.00
Walsall96.9073.64
Pembrokeshire96.900.00
Wealden96.900.00
Brent96.850.00
Carlisle96.830.00
Bexley96.800.00
City of London96.800.00
Larne96.800.00
Lisburn96.800.00
Maldon96.800.00
Barnsley96.1254.26
Sedgefield96.0665.35
Dumfries and Gallowa​y96.030.00
Mid Bedfordshire96.030.00
Strabane96.000.00
Tower Hamlets96.000.00
Reading95.3537.98
East Lothian95.350.00
Bracknell Forest95.2822.83
Horsham95.280.00
South Hams95.280.00
Darlington95.240.79
Gravesham95.240.00
Manchester95.200.00
Inverclyde94.570.00
North East Derbyshir​e94.5342.97
Northumberland94.490.00
Hampshire94.4019.20
Harrow94.400.00
Kennet94.400.00
London Mayor94.400.00
Newry and Mourne94.400.00
Perth &​ Kinross93.700.00
Rhondda Cynon Taff93.6596.03
Broxtowe93.6538.10
Doncaster93.020.00
Cambridge92.9746.09
Ashfield92.910.00
Bassetlaw92.910.00
Blaenau Gwent92.910.00
Basildon92.800.00
South Northamptonshi​re92.000.00
Buckinghamshire91.340.79
Southwark90.620.00
Down90.400.00
Corby89.9222.48
Halton89.760.00
Vale of White Horse89.680.00
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar89.600.00
Newham89.1510.85
Ipswich89.150.00
Winchester88.370.00
Ryedale88.194.72
Flintshire88.100.00
Tewkesbury87.600.00
Southend-on-Sea87.400.00
East Riding of Yorks​hire87.203.20
Epping Forest87.200.00
Carrickfergus86.400.00
West Sussex85.940.00
West Somerset85.830.00
Aberdeen85.600.80
Boston85.040.00
Reigate and Banstead​84.920.00
Craigavon84.380.00
Warwickshire84.000.00
Swale83.590.00
North East Lincolnsh​ire82.540.00
Warrington81.250.00
East Hertfordshire80.6277.52
Hambleton80.160.00
Wirral79.370.00
Mole Valley79.070.00
Edinburgh76.800.00
Lancashire76.004.00
Arun76.000.00
Newport72.440.00
Monmouthshire69.770.00
Chesterfield66.410.00
North Lanarkshire65.600.00
Cheltenham53.600.00
Merthyr Tydfil52.340.78
Dundee49.600.00
Islington40.940.00
East Ayrshire37.600.00
Caerphilly17.603.20
Nottingham16.410.00
Newtownabbey15.204.00
Derry15.080.00
Redditch10.000.00
Penwith9.520.00
Midlothian8.530.00
Swansea7.030.00
Ballymena6.400.00
Birmingham6.250.00
Cookstown4.000.00
Bridgend3.150.00
Waveney3.120.00
Ballymoney1.600.00
Devon1.560.00
West Wiltshire0.790.00
Limavady0.000.00
Selby0.000.00
Torfaen0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Blaenau Gwent
  • Broxbourne
  • Colchester
  • Conwy
  • Croydon
  • Derwentside
  • East Renfrewshire
  • Elmbridge
  • Enfield
  • Herefordshire
  • Windsor and Maidenhead
  • South Ribble
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Thurrock
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Limavady
  • Selby
  • Torfaen
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Clackmannanshire
  • Rochdale
  • South Lanarkshire
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PDF testing

24.2% 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
41.89%
file/url/badpath
None
16.82%
file/url/badscheme
None
6.04%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
5.84%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
4.58%
file/url/offtop
None
4.57%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
4.50%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
2.33%
file/html/badmeta
None
2.17%
url/mail/exception
Exception while verifying email address
2.11%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
35.33%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
26.07%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
11.21%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
7.91%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
6.38%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
4.27%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
3.51%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.01%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.55%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
0.84%