May 2007/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    21 May 2007

  • Total URLs tested:

    243,204

  • Total tests run:

    79,138,202

  • Total number of PDF's:

    3,727

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    5.03%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    53.07%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.86%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    6.32%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    75.02%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Norwich (http://www.norwich.gov.uk/) - 52,707 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    St Albans (http://www.stalbans.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
Gedling100.00100.00
Herefordshire100.00100.00
New Forest100.00100.00
North Cornwall100.00100.00
Shepway100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Adur100.0099.22
Barking &​ Dagenham100.0099.22
Liverpool100.0099.22
Camden100.0099.21
Easington100.0099.21
South Norfolk100.0099.20
Kirklees100.0098.40
Elmbridge100.0097.67
Essex100.0097.67
Milton Keynes100.0097.64
Durham City100.0097.60
South Holland100.0096.90
North Devon100.0096.88
Southampton100.0096.80
Solihull100.0096.12
Charnwood100.0096.09
Stockton-on-Tees100.0096.06
Dacorum100.0095.31
Lewes100.0095.31
Mansfield100.0095.31
Tynedale100.0095.24
East Renfrewshire100.0095.20
Rotherham100.0094.57
Stroud100.0094.44
Aylesbury Vale100.0094.40
Mid Sussex100.0092.00
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0092.00
Hambleton100.0091.47
Wrexham100.0091.34
Wear Valley100.0091.20
Chester100.0090.70
Hertfordshire100.0090.55
Salford100.0089.60
South Bedfordshire100.0089.60
Coventry100.0089.15
Hounslow100.0088.19
Hastings100.0088.00
North Warwickshire100.0086.82
Richmondshire100.0086.82
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.0086.51
Oswestry100.0084.13
Calderdale100.0082.81
Redbridge100.0082.54
Wellingborough100.0082.54
Derbyshire100.0082.17
Eastleigh100.0082.03
South Bucks100.0081.89
Barrow-in-Furness100.0081.10
South Tyneside100.0080.00
Knowsley100.0079.53
South Cambridgeshire​100.0079.37
Trafford100.0079.07
Purbeck100.0078.40
Gwynedd100.0078.12
Chester-le-Street100.0077.95
Stratford-on-Avon100.0077.78
East Northamptonshir​e100.0077.60
Teignbridge100.0077.17
Portsmouth100.0075.20
Tandridge100.0072.87
Sedgemoor100.0072.09
Pendle100.0071.88
Wansbeck100.0071.20
Mid Devon100.0070.54
Taunton Deane100.0070.08
South Lakeland100.0068.99
East Staffordshire100.0068.25
Ribble Valley100.0068.00
Aberdeenshire100.0065.87
Cannock Chase100.0065.12
Rugby100.0063.57
Dover100.0063.20
Kettering100.0059.69
Falkirk100.0058.40
Bristol100.0057.03
Richmond upon Thames​100.0057.03
Eden100.0056.59
East Sussex100.0055.81
Sheffield100.0055.20
Forest of Dean100.0055.12
Brighton and Hove100.0052.71
Isles of Scilly100.0052.71
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0052.00
Sunderland100.0051.59
Belfast100.0051.18
Wyre100.0051.18
South Staffordshire100.0048.80
Bedfordshire100.0048.03
West Oxfordshire100.0044.80
Tamworth100.0043.31
Thanet100.0042.06
Worcester100.0040.31
Newark and Sherwood100.0039.84
Teesdale100.0039.06
Crewe and Nantwich100.0038.89
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0038.89
Test Valley100.0037.50
Bath &​ North East Somerset​100.0036.43
North East Derbyshir​e100.0036.43
Preston100.0036.22
Eastbourne100.0033.60
North Shropshire100.0031.78
North Yorkshire100.0031.78
Woking100.0030.40
Colchester100.0028.35
Allerdale100.0027.78
Chorley100.0027.13
Ryedale100.0026.36
Maidstone100.0025.00
Epsom &​ Ewell100.0024.00
Gosport100.0022.83
Peterborough100.0022.83
Leicestershire100.0022.66
Caradon100.0022.48
Alnwick100.0022.22
Ards100.0019.84
Waverley100.0019.84
Leicester100.0019.20
North West Leicester​shire100.0018.75
Lancaster100.0017.19
Rushmoor100.0011.81
Scarborough100.0010.94
Wokingham100.0010.08
Ealing100.008.00
Hartlepool100.007.81
Wycombe100.007.20
Chiltern100.007.03
West Dorset100.004.72
Merton100.004.69
Lichfield100.003.91
Watford100.003.20
Blyth Valley100.003.10
Harlow100.002.38
Rossendale100.002.36
Burnley100.002.34
Great Yarmouth100.001.60
Worthing100.001.60
East Cambridgeshire100.001.59
Dudley100.001.57
Macclesfield100.001.55
Magherafelt100.001.55
Argyll &​ Bute100.000.80
Bromsgrove100.000.80
St Helens100.000.80
Bracknell Forest100.000.79
Congleton100.000.79
Derby100.000.79
Gloucester100.000.79
Uttlesford100.000.79
Erewash100.000.78
Gateshead100.000.78
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.000.78
Sefton100.000.78
South Gloucestershir​e100.000.78
Surrey Heath100.000.78
Amber Valley100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Babergh100.000.00
Bedford100.000.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Bolsover100.000.00
Braintree100.000.00
Breckland100.000.00
Brentwood100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Carrick100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Cherwell100.000.00
Chichester100.000.00
City of London100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Cornwall100.000.00
Cotswold100.000.00
Craven100.000.00
Crawley100.000.00
Cumbria100.000.00
Derwentside100.000.00
Dungannon100.000.00
East Hampshire100.000.00
East Lindsey100.000.00
Fermanagh100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Glasgow100.000.00
Hackney100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
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
Leeds100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Malvern Hills100.000.00
Melton100.000.00
Mid Suffolk100.000.00
Moray100.000.00
Newcastle upon Tyne100.000.00
North Ayrshire100.000.00
North Kesteven100.000.00
North Lincolnshire100.000.00
Nottinghamshire100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Omagh100.000.00
Orkney100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Restormel100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Rutland100.000.00
Salisbury100.000.00
Sandwell100.000.00
Scottish Borders100.000.00
Sevenoaks100.000.00
Shropshire100.000.00
South Ayrshire100.000.00
South Derbyshire100.000.00
South Oxfordshire100.000.00
South Ribble100.000.00
Southend-on-Sea100.000.00
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
Telford &​ Wrekin100.000.00
Three Rivers100.000.00
Torridge100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Wakefield100.000.00
Waltham Forest100.000.00
Wandsworth100.000.00
Welwyn Hatfield100.000.00
West Berkshire100.000.00
West Dunbartonshire100.000.00
West Lancashire100.000.00
West Lindsey100.000.00
Weymouth &​ Portland100.000.00
Winchester100.000.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad100.000.00
Wychavon100.000.00
Wyre Forest100.000.00
York100.000.00
Rhondda Cynon Taff99.2299.22
Oldham99.2293.02
Warwick99.2286.72
Broxbourne99.2278.29
Northampton99.2276.74
Shetland Islands99.2276.56
Luton99.2269.53
States of Jersey99.2265.12
Ceredigion99.2254.69
Wolverhampton99.2252.34
Cardiff99.2227.34
Blackburn with Darwe​n99.226.98
Castle Morpeth99.224.69
Bradford99.220.00
Croydon99.220.00
Derbyshire Dales99.220.00
Durham99.220.00
Exeter99.220.00
Greenwich99.220.00
Islington99.220.00
Kingston upon Hull99.220.00
Poole99.220.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds99.220.00
Wigan99.220.00
Slough99.2195.24
Mendip99.2179.53
Moyle99.2177.95
North Hertfordshire99.2174.60
Canterbury99.2165.87
Neath Port Talbot99.2163.49
Fife99.2121.26
Stirling99.2119.84
Gloucestershire99.218.73
Aberdeen99.212.36
Newham99.210.79
Rochford99.210.79
South Shropshire99.210.79
Armagh99.210.00
Ashford99.210.00
Daventry99.210.00
Kent99.210.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​99.210.00
Norfolk99.210.00
South Hams99.210.00
Worcestershire99.210.00
Tameside99.2076.00
Bridgnorth99.2072.80
Coleraine99.2054.40
Vale Royal99.2044.80
Angus99.2040.00
Fenland99.203.20
St Albans99.203.20
North Down99.201.60
Bexley99.200.00
Broadland99.200.00
Hinckley &​ Bosworth99.200.00
Lincoln99.200.00
North Dorset99.200.00
Plymouth99.200.00
Wiltshire99.200.00
Walsall98.4565.89
Havant98.450.78
Bolton98.450.00
Ipswich98.450.00
Westminster98.450.00
Reading98.4447.66
Buckinghamshire98.440.78
Hillingdon98.440.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk98.440.00
Lewisham98.440.00
Northamptonshire98.440.00
Oxfordshire98.440.00
Somerset98.440.00
West Devon98.440.00
East Devon98.4332.28
Basingstoke &​ Deane98.430.00
Blackpool98.430.00
Cambridgeshire98.430.00
Harrogate98.430.00
St Edmundsbury98.430.00
North Norfolk98.4189.68
High Peak98.4165.08
Dartford98.4153.97
Redcar and Cleveland​98.4110.32
Castlereagh98.410.00
Middlesbrough98.410.00
North Wiltshire98.410.00
Hart98.4059.20
Guildford98.400.80
Horsham98.400.00
North Somerset98.400.00
Vale of Glamorgan97.670.78
Castle Point97.670.00
London Mayor97.670.00
Rother97.670.00
Norwich97.6627.34
Cheshire97.660.00
Enfield97.6436.22
Blaenau Gwent97.640.00
North Tyneside97.620.79
Carlisle97.620.00
Newry and Mourne97.620.00
Lisburn97.600.00
Strabane97.600.00
Barnsley96.9059.69
Mid Bedfordshire96.900.78
Carmarthenshire96.900.00
Barnet96.8855.47
Pembrokeshire96.880.00
Larne96.850.00
East Dunbartonshire96.8340.48
Brent96.830.00
South Somerset96.8064.00
Stafford96.8051.20
Tendring96.800.00
Tower Hamlets96.800.00
West Lothian96.800.00
Corby96.1217.05
Perth &​ Kinross96.090.00
West Somerset96.060.00
Sedgefield96.0365.08
East Lothian96.000.00
Torbay96.000.00
Wealden95.350.00
Gravesham95.310.00
Denbighshire95.240.00
West Sussex95.240.00
Maldon95.200.00
Medway95.200.00
South Northamptonshi​re95.200.00
South Kesteven94.4969.29
Inverclyde94.490.00
Isle of Wight94.4430.16
Dumfries and Gallowa​y94.440.00
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar94.400.80
Banbridge94.400.00
Bournemouth94.400.00
North East Lincolnsh​ire93.750.00
Hyndburn93.700.00
Ashfield93.650.00
Broxtowe93.6044.80
Hampshire93.607.20
Boston92.910.00
Kennet92.910.00
Harrow92.860.00
Basildon92.800.00
Doncaster92.250.00
Cambridge92.1946.88
Bassetlaw92.060.00
Down92.000.00
Northumberland92.000.00
Southwark91.340.00
East Riding of Yorks​hire89.603.20
Reigate and Banstead​89.060.00
Warwickshire88.100.00
Manchester87.300.00
Epping Forest87.200.00
Kensington &​ Chelsea86.6177.95
Flintshire86.610.00
Nottingham86.400.00
Darlington86.050.00
Chesterfield82.170.00
Vale of White Horse81.600.00
Craigavon81.400.00
Mole Valley79.840.00
East Hertfordshire78.9174.22
Lancashire78.406.40
Swale76.380.00
Newport75.200.00
Arun74.400.00
Warrington73.600.00
Edinburgh72.870.00
Halton69.841.59
Tewkesbury67.970.00
Monmouthshire54.690.00
Cheltenham51.200.00
Merthyr Tydfil48.840.00
North Lanarkshire47.200.00
Dundee44.800.00
East Ayrshire31.200.00
Wirral27.780.00
Swansea17.050.00
Birmingham12.800.00
Newtownabbey12.800.00
Penwith11.810.00
Redditch11.360.00
Ballymena8.000.00
Derry5.600.00
Midlothian5.470.00
Cookstown4.800.00
Waveney3.100.00
Caerphilly2.380.00
Bridgend1.560.00
Torfaen0.800.00
West Wiltshire0.800.00
Selby0.780.00
Ballymoney0.000.00
Carrickfergus0.000.00
Devon0.000.00
Limavady0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Barking & Dagenham
  • Blaenau Gwent
  • Bristol
  • Broxbourne
  • Croydon
  • Derbyshire
  • East Renfrewshire
  • East Staffordshire
  • Elmbridge
  • Essex
  • Slough
  • South Norfolk
  • South Shropshire
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Thurrock
  • Tynedale
  • West Lindsey
  • Wolverhampton
  • Wrexham
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Ballymoney
  • Carrickfergus
  • Devon
  • Limavady
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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

21.7% 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
37.17%
file/url/badpath
None
22.80%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
7.63%
file/url/offtop
None
6.35%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
5.36%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
4.60%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
2.97%
url/mail/exception
Exception while verifying email address
1.98%
file/html/badmeta
None
1.96%
url/mail/badsmtp
Mail server returned unexpected response
1.88%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
31.37%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
27.77%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
10.10%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
7.97%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
5.90%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
5.48%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
4.85%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.67%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.67%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
1.10%