June 2007/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    21 Jun 2007

  • Total URLs tested:

    243,946

  • Total tests run:

    79,361,802

  • Total number of PDF's:

    3,052

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    4.59%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    52.67%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.80%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    6.10%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    74.16%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Strabane (http://www.strabanedc.org.uk/) - 41,168 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Bexley (http://www.bexley.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
Barking &​ Dagenham100.00100.00
Camden100.00100.00
Elmbridge100.00100.00
Herefordshire100.00100.00
New Forest100.00100.00
Shepway100.00100.00
South Norfolk100.00100.00
Stockton-on-Tees100.00100.00
East Renfrewshire100.0099.22
Milton Keynes100.0099.22
North Cornwall100.0099.22
Thurrock100.0099.22
Mansfield100.0098.44
Adur100.0098.41
Easington100.0098.41
Mid Sussex100.0098.40
Durham City100.0097.62
Lewes100.0097.60
Slough100.0097.60
Solihull100.0096.88
Tynedale100.0096.85
Kirklees100.0096.83
Liverpool100.0096.06
South Bedfordshire100.0096.06
Stroud100.0096.06
Charnwood100.0096.00
Dacorum100.0095.35
Aylesbury Vale100.0095.20
Rotherham100.0093.80
Hounslow100.0093.75
Havant100.0092.97
Hertfordshire100.0092.86
Wear Valley100.0092.80
Surrey Heath100.0092.25
Gedling100.0092.06
South Holland100.0092.06
Warwick100.0091.47
Chester-le-Street100.0091.41
Oldham100.0091.41
Coventry100.0090.70
Hambleton100.0090.70
Barrow-in-Furness100.0090.62
North Devon100.0089.84
Wrexham100.0089.76
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0089.68
Southampton100.0089.68
Wycombe100.0088.80
Salford100.0088.19
Wellingborough100.0088.10
North Warwickshire100.0087.60
Chester100.0086.82
Eden100.0086.82
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.0086.61
North Hertfordshire100.0085.94
Hastings100.0085.83
Oswestry100.0082.40
Redbridge100.0082.03
South Bucks100.0082.03
Derbyshire100.0081.89
South Tyneside100.0081.89
Calderdale100.0081.75
Stratford-on-Avon100.0081.75
Richmond upon Thames​100.0081.25
Richmondshire100.0081.25
Purbeck100.0080.62
Eastleigh100.0079.69
Broxbourne100.0079.07
Teignbridge100.0078.12
Bristol100.0077.95
Tameside100.0077.60
South Lakeland100.0076.56
East Northamptonshir​e100.0074.60
Bedfordshire100.0074.42
Dover100.0074.42
South Cambridgeshire​100.0072.66
Knowsley100.0072.44
Isles of Scilly100.0072.09
Portsmouth100.0072.00
Gwynedd100.0071.32
Sedgemoor100.0069.77
Ribble Valley100.0067.97
Walsall100.0067.46
Bridgnorth100.0067.20
Trafford100.0067.19
Taunton Deane100.0066.67
Mid Devon100.0062.79
Rugby100.0062.02
Pendle100.0061.60
Sunderland100.0060.63
Congleton100.0060.16
East Sussex100.0059.84
Kettering100.0058.91
States of Jersey100.0058.91
Forest of Dean100.0057.81
Worthing100.0056.00
Eastbourne100.0055.56
Stafford100.0055.12
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0052.00
Aberdeenshire100.0051.97
North East Derbyshir​e100.0050.79
Preston100.0050.39
Thanet100.0048.00
West Oxfordshire100.0048.00
Belfast100.0044.88
Wyre100.0043.20
Worcester100.0042.97
Vale Royal100.0042.40
Ceredigion100.0041.09
North Yorkshire100.0040.31
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0039.06
Sheffield100.0037.01
Maidstone100.0036.00
Teesdale100.0035.66
Colchester100.0035.43
Bath &​ North East Somerset​100.0034.88
Allerdale100.0032.03
South Staffordshire100.0031.50
East Devon100.0031.25
Crewe and Nantwich100.0030.40
Ryedale100.0029.69
North Shropshire100.0029.13
Chorley100.0027.91
Newark and Sherwood100.0024.80
Ards100.0024.03
Woking100.0024.00
Leicestershire100.0023.81
Fife100.0022.66
Lancaster100.0022.22
Epsom &​ Ewell100.0021.88
Caradon100.0019.38
Alnwick100.0018.75
Gosport100.0018.25
Waverley100.0017.60
Leicester100.0015.87
North West Leicester​shire100.0015.50
Hartlepool100.0010.08
Wokingham100.0010.08
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.008.53
Chiltern100.008.53
Test Valley100.007.81
East Cambridgeshire100.006.40
Scarborough100.005.51
Ealing100.004.80
Edinburgh100.004.69
Rushmoor100.004.69
Blyth Valley100.004.65
Merton100.003.97
Lichfield100.003.88
North Down100.003.20
Harlow100.003.17
Bassetlaw100.003.10
Watford100.002.40
Rossendale100.002.34
Breckland100.001.60
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.001.59
Dudley100.001.57
Great Yarmouth100.001.56
Argyll &​ Bute100.000.79
Bracknell Forest100.000.79
Braintree100.000.79
Omagh100.000.79
Gloucester100.000.78
Macclesfield100.000.78
Sevenoaks100.000.78
St Helens100.000.78
Amber Valley100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Armagh100.000.00
Bedford100.000.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Blackpool100.000.00
Bolsover100.000.00
Brighton and Hove100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Bromsgrove100.000.00
Burnley100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Cannock Chase100.000.00
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
Derby100.000.00
Derwentside100.000.00
Dungannon100.000.00
East Hampshire100.000.00
East Lindsey100.000.00
East Staffordshire100.000.00
Erewash100.000.00
Exeter100.000.00
Fermanagh100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Gateshead100.000.00
Hackney100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Havering100.000.00
Hertsmere100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
Hillingdon100.000.00
Huntingdonshire100.000.00
Isle of Anglesey100.000.00
Kennet100.000.00
Kerrier100.000.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk100.000.00
Kingston upon Hull100.000.00
Kingston upon Thames​100.000.00
Lambeth100.000.00
Leeds100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Magherafelt100.000.00
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
Northamptonshire100.000.00
Nottinghamshire100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Penwith100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Restormel100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Rutland100.000.00
Salisbury100.000.00
Scottish Borders100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
Shropshire100.000.00
South Derbyshire100.000.00
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
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
Westminster100.000.00
Weymouth &​ Portland100.000.00
Wychavon100.000.00
York100.000.00
Essex99.2293.80
Tandridge99.2288.28
Mendip99.2286.72
Northampton99.2281.40
Wolverhampton99.2280.62
Canterbury99.2255.47
Cardiff99.2217.83
Castle Morpeth99.225.47
North Somerset99.220.78
Brentwood99.220.00
Croydon99.220.00
Derbyshire Dales99.220.00
Greenwich99.220.00
Guildford99.220.00
Norfolk99.220.00
Oxfordshire99.220.00
Poole99.220.00
Sandwell99.220.00
Wigan99.220.00
Wiltshire99.220.00
Shetland Islands99.2177.95
Moyle99.2174.02
Neath Port Talbot99.2171.43
Ashford99.2137.80
Stirling99.2114.29
Darlington99.218.66
Aberdeen99.213.15
Rochford99.210.79
Babergh99.210.00
Cambridgeshire99.210.00
Fenland99.210.00
Lincoln99.210.00
Plymouth99.210.00
Rother99.210.00
Somerset99.210.00
West Devon99.210.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad99.210.00
Worcestershire99.210.00
Rhondda Cynon Taff99.2096.00
Wansbeck99.2070.40
Dartford99.2057.60
Coleraine99.2048.80
Redcar and Cleveland​99.2012.00
South Shropshire99.202.40
Broadland99.200.00
Daventry99.200.00
Hinckley &​ Bosworth99.200.00
Horsham99.200.00
North Dorset99.200.00
Winchester98.4559.69
Bradford98.450.00
Glasgow98.450.00
Gloucestershire98.450.00
Kent98.450.00
Lewisham98.450.00
Luton98.4489.06
South Kesteven98.4464.06
Isle of Wight98.4436.72
Enfield98.4362.20
Hart98.4356.69
Harrogate98.430.00
Tower Hamlets98.430.00
South Somerset98.4176.98
Falkirk98.4157.14
Angus98.4134.92
West Dorset98.413.17
Blaenau Gwent98.410.00
Castlereagh98.410.00
Cheshire98.410.00
North Wiltshire98.410.00
North Norfolk98.4090.40
Uttlesford98.400.80
Carlisle98.400.00
Harrow98.400.00
Hyndburn98.400.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​98.400.00
Orkney98.400.00
South Ayrshire98.400.00
South Hams98.400.00
Norwich97.6738.76
Ipswich97.670.00
Mid Bedfordshire97.670.00
Middlesbrough97.670.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds97.670.00
Corby97.6621.09
Bolton97.660.00
Newport97.660.00
Pembrokeshire97.660.00
Peterborough97.6421.26
Strabane97.640.00
Torbay97.640.00
Larne97.600.00
St Edmundsbury97.600.00
Vale of Glamorgan96.9041.09
Carmarthenshire96.900.00
Tamworth96.8831.25
Durham96.880.00
West Sussex96.880.00
Reading96.8519.69
Barnet96.850.79
East Dunbartonshire96.8326.98
West Somerset96.830.00
High Peak96.8064.00
Bexley96.800.00
Dumfries and Gallowa​y96.800.00
London Mayor96.800.00
Basingstoke &​ Deane96.090.00
Islington96.060.00
St Albans96.030.79
Banbridge96.030.00
Denbighshire96.030.00
Newham95.354.65
North Tyneside95.350.78
Buckinghamshire95.240.79
East Lothian95.240.00
Gravesham95.240.00
Maldon95.240.00
Lancashire95.2017.60
Newry and Mourne95.200.00
Doncaster94.570.00
Down94.490.00
Wealden94.490.00
Broxtowe94.4457.94
Brent94.400.00
Castle Point93.800.00
Barnsley93.7576.56
Boston93.750.00
Inverclyde93.750.00
North East Lincolnsh​ire93.700.00
Tendring93.651.59
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar93.650.79
Ashfield92.970.00
Hampshire92.8015.20
Basildon92.800.00
Sedgefield92.0048.00
West Lothian92.000.00
Medway91.470.00
Warwickshire91.200.00
Perth &​ Kinross90.700.00
Nottingham89.840.00
Dundee89.680.00
Bournemouth89.150.00
South Northamptonshi​re88.980.00
Epping Forest88.890.00
Vale of White Horse88.800.00
Flintshire87.600.00
East Riding of Yorks​hire87.202.40
Halton86.400.00
Manchester85.600.00
Chesterfield85.160.00
Kensington &​ Chelsea83.4675.59
Reigate and Banstead​82.540.00
Craigavon80.310.00
Cambridge79.693.91
Mole Valley79.690.00
East Hertfordshire79.0763.57
Southwark78.120.00
Southend-on-Sea77.520.00
Warrington76.800.00
Arun75.200.00
Wyre Forest70.540.00
Tewkesbury68.223.10
Northumberland59.200.00
Merthyr Tydfil58.910.00
Monmouthshire53.540.00
Swale52.760.00
Cheltenham49.600.00
North Lanarkshire48.800.00
Wirral39.200.00
East Ayrshire28.000.00
Swansea21.880.00
Redditch11.360.00
Birmingham8.000.00
Ballymena7.940.00
Newtownabbey6.400.00
Bridgend6.350.00
Midlothian6.250.00
Derry5.600.00
Cookstown4.800.00
Caerphilly3.200.00
Waveney1.550.00
Selby0.800.00
Torfaen0.790.00
West Wiltshire0.790.00
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.

  • Broxbourne
  • Croydon
  • Durham City
  • East Renfrewshire
  • Elmbridge
  • Hambleton
  • Herefordshire
  • Isle of Wight
  • Lewisham
  • Luton
  • Milton Keynes
  • Oldham
  • Shepway
  • South Norfolk
  • Torridge
  • Trafford
  • Tynedale
  • West Lindsey
  • 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
  • Lisburn
  • Rochdale
  • South Lanarkshire
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PDF testing

24.1% 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
47.25%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
6.78%
file/url/badscheme
None
6.68%
file/url/badpath
None
6.51%
file/url/offtop
None
5.94%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
5.88%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
3.46%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
2.96%
url/mail/exception
Exception while verifying email address
2.49%
file/html/badmeta
None
2.38%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
31.14%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
27.97%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
10.84%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
7.77%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
6.28%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
4.78%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
4.40%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.76%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.90%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
1.03%