July 2007/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    23 Jul 2007

  • Total URLs tested:

    241,259

  • Total tests run:

    78,500,721

  • Total number of PDF's:

    3,521

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    4.53%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    52.50%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.71%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    6.17%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    74.21%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Fermanagh (http://www.fermanagh.gov.uk/) - 27,502 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Newry and Mourne (http://www.newryandmourne.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
East Renfrewshire100.00100.00
Gedling100.00100.00
Merton100.00100.00
New Forest100.00100.00
Shepway100.00100.00
South Norfolk100.00100.00
Elmbridge100.0099.22
Thurrock100.0099.22
Adur100.0099.21
Camden100.0099.21
Stockton-on-Tees100.0099.21
Solihull100.0098.45
North Cornwall100.0098.44
Herefordshire100.0098.40
North Devon100.0097.67
Easington100.0097.62
Kirklees100.0097.60
Liverpool100.0097.60
Essex100.0096.90
Caradon100.0096.09
Aylesbury Vale100.0095.28
Tynedale100.0095.24
Mid Sussex100.0095.20
Slough100.0095.20
Dacorum100.0094.57
Stroud100.0094.49
Hambleton100.0094.40
Mansfield100.0093.80
South Holland100.0093.70
Charnwood100.0093.65
Lewes100.0093.60
Surrey Heath100.0093.02
Wrexham100.0092.91
Coventry100.0092.86
Portsmouth100.0092.80
Warwick100.0092.13
Chester100.0091.27
East Northamptonshir​e100.0091.27
Hounslow100.0091.20
Hertfordshire100.0090.40
Hastings100.0089.60
Tandridge100.0089.15
Richmondshire100.0088.98
Chester-le-Street100.0088.89
Mendip100.0088.37
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.0088.10
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0088.00
North Warwickshire100.0087.60
Richmond upon Thames​100.0087.60
Durham City100.0087.40
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0087.40
Calderdale100.0087.20
Wear Valley100.0086.72
Wycombe100.0086.40
Salford100.0085.04
Gwynedd100.0084.50
Wellingborough100.0083.72
Bridgnorth100.0083.33
Tameside100.0082.40
Purbeck100.0082.17
Knowsley100.0081.60
South Bucks100.0081.25
Eastleigh100.0080.95
Sedgemoor100.0080.62
Stratford-on-Avon100.0080.00
South Tyneside100.0079.20
Barrow-in-Furness100.0077.95
Bristol100.0077.95
Rotherham100.0077.78
Broxbourne100.0076.74
Derbyshire100.0076.38
Sunderland100.0075.40
Wansbeck100.0075.20
Eden100.0075.00
Teignbridge100.0074.42
South Cambridgeshire​100.0072.66
South Lakeland100.0072.09
Bedfordshire100.0071.32
Cannock Chase100.0071.32
Taunton Deane100.0069.53
Trafford100.0068.75
Dover100.0067.20
Southampton100.0067.19
Pendle100.0065.12
Wyre100.0063.78
Rugby100.0063.57
Isles of Scilly100.0060.47
Falkirk100.0060.32
Test Valley100.0060.16
Kettering100.0058.91
Aberdeenshire100.0057.94
East Sussex100.0056.35
Thanet100.0055.56
Forest of Dean100.0052.76
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0050.00
States of Jersey100.0049.61
Preston100.0046.40
Eastbourne100.0045.60
Worcester100.0044.44
Milton Keynes100.0043.65
Ryedale100.0041.41
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0040.16
Bracknell Forest100.0036.51
Bath &​ North East Somerset​100.0036.43
Restormel100.0036.22
Newcastle upon Tyne100.0034.13
Chorley100.0033.33
North East Derbyshir​e100.0033.33
North Yorkshire100.0033.33
Allerdale100.0032.81
South Staffordshire100.0031.78
Sheffield100.0031.50
Oswestry100.0030.95
East Devon100.0030.47
Leicestershire100.0029.92
Harlow100.0029.37
North Shropshire100.0028.68
Ards100.0028.12
Havant100.0027.78
Oldham100.0027.56
Teesdale100.0027.13
Maidstone100.0026.40
Epsom &​ Ewell100.0024.00
Waverley100.0024.00
Rutland100.0022.83
Crewe and Nantwich100.0022.40
West Oxfordshire100.0022.40
Colchester100.0022.05
Woking100.0021.60
Newark and Sherwood100.0019.20
Lancaster100.0018.40
Hartlepool100.0016.41
Alnwick100.0012.50
Orkney100.0011.90
Rushmoor100.009.30
Scarborough100.009.30
Wokingham100.009.30
Gosport100.007.94
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.007.87
West Dorset100.007.09
Chiltern100.007.03
Ealing100.006.40
East Cambridgeshire100.006.40
Great Yarmouth100.005.43
North Down100.003.97
Peterborough100.003.94
Lichfield100.003.91
Blyth Valley100.003.88
Sevenoaks100.003.20
Watford100.002.38
Burnley100.002.34
Rossendale100.002.33
Breckland100.001.59
St Helens100.000.80
Derby100.000.79
Gloucester100.000.79
Omagh100.000.79
Bassetlaw100.000.78
Edinburgh100.000.78
North Kesteven100.000.78
North West Leicester​shire100.000.78
Amber Valley100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Argyll &​ Bute100.000.00
Armagh100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Bolsover100.000.00
Braintree100.000.00
Brentwood100.000.00
Brighton and Hove100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Bromsgrove100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Cambridgeshire100.000.00
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
Cumbria100.000.00
Derwentside100.000.00
Dudley100.000.00
Dungannon100.000.00
Durham100.000.00
East Hampshire100.000.00
East Staffordshire100.000.00
Erewash100.000.00
Exeter100.000.00
Fermanagh100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Gateshead100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Havering100.000.00
Hertsmere100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
Huntingdonshire100.000.00
Isle of Anglesey100.000.00
Kennet100.000.00
Kerrier100.000.00
Kingston upon Hull100.000.00
Kingston upon Thames​100.000.00
Lambeth100.000.00
Leeds100.000.00
Leicester100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Macclesfield100.000.00
Magherafelt100.000.00
Malvern Hills100.000.00
Melton100.000.00
Moray100.000.00
North Ayrshire100.000.00
North Lincolnshire100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Perth &​ Kinross100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Rother100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Salisbury100.000.00
Sandwell100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
Shropshire100.000.00
South Derbyshire100.000.00
South Gloucestershir​e100.000.00
South Oxfordshire100.000.00
South Ribble100.000.00
Southend-on-Sea100.000.00
Spelthorne100.000.00
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
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
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad100.000.00
Worcestershire100.000.00
Wychavon100.000.00
Rhondda Cynon Taff99.2299.22
North Hertfordshire99.2282.95
Northampton99.2279.84
Ribble Valley99.2257.81
Vale Royal99.2247.66
Cardiff99.2218.60
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth99.222.33
Rochford99.220.78
Croydon99.220.00
Derbyshire Dales99.220.00
East Lindsey99.220.00
Greenwich99.220.00
Guildford99.220.00
Ipswich99.220.00
Nottinghamshire99.220.00
Penwith99.220.00
Staffordshire99.220.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds99.220.00
Tendring99.220.00
Ceredigion99.2165.35
Belfast99.2161.90
Neath Port Talbot99.2159.52
Mid Devon99.2156.69
Worthing99.2147.24
Ashford99.2127.78
Fife99.2120.63
Stirling99.2119.05
Redcar and Cleveland​99.2111.81
Castle Morpeth99.218.73
Bedford99.210.00
Broadland99.210.00
Cheshire99.210.00
Dumfries and Gallowa​y99.210.00
Hackney99.210.00
Hinckley &​ Bosworth99.210.00
Lewisham99.210.00
Lincoln99.210.00
Norfolk99.210.00
South Bedfordshire99.210.00
Weymouth &​ Portland99.210.00
Wiltshire99.210.00
Moyle99.2077.60
Congleton99.2068.00
Shetland Islands99.2058.40
Stafford99.2054.40
Canterbury99.2053.60
Aberdeen99.203.20
Babergh99.200.00
City of London99.200.00
Daventry99.200.00
Gloucestershire99.200.00
North Dorset99.200.00
Plymouth99.200.00
South Ayrshire99.200.00
Wigan99.200.00
York99.200.00
Luton98.4579.07
Winchester98.4562.79
Vale of Glamorgan98.4545.74
Tewkesbury98.450.78
Glasgow98.450.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk98.450.00
Wolverhampton98.4474.22
Buckinghamshire98.440.78
North Tyneside98.440.78
Blackpool98.440.00
Darlington98.440.00
Mid Suffolk98.440.00
North Norfolk98.4390.55
Fenland98.4318.11
North Somerset98.432.36
Harrogate98.430.00
Horsham98.430.00
Northamptonshire98.430.00
Oxfordshire98.430.00
Uttlesford98.412.38
Bradford98.410.00
Carlisle98.410.00
North Wiltshire98.410.00
Tower Hamlets98.410.00
Walsall98.4076.80
Coleraine98.4052.80
Angus98.4039.20
Norwich98.4036.80
St Albans98.402.40
South Shropshire98.400.80
Castlereagh98.400.00
Harrow98.400.00
Poole98.400.00
St Edmundsbury98.400.00
West Devon98.400.00
Enfield97.6767.44
Basingstoke &​ Deane97.670.00
Hart97.6659.38
Barnet97.660.78
Somerset97.660.00
Tamworth97.6433.07
Isle of Wight97.6414.17
Telford &​ Wrekin97.640.00
Hillingdon97.620.00
Mid Bedfordshire97.620.00
Broxtowe97.6058.40
Blaenau Gwent97.600.00
Denbighshire97.600.00
Sedgefield96.8864.84
South Somerset96.8582.68
Dundee96.850.00
Dartford96.8352.38
West Somerset96.830.00
High Peak96.8055.20
Bexley96.800.00
Larne96.800.00
Newry and Mourne96.800.00
Strabane96.800.00
West Lothian96.800.00
South Hams96.120.00
Wealden96.120.00
Boston96.060.00
Torbay96.030.00
Warwickshire95.350.00
Gravesham95.280.00
Middlesbrough95.240.00
Redbridge95.240.00
Bournemouth95.200.00
East Lothian95.200.00
South Kesteven94.5770.54
Kent94.571.55
Inverclyde94.570.00
Banbridge94.440.00
Castle Point94.440.00
Maldon94.400.00
Reading93.8532.31
North East Lincolnsh​ire93.750.00
Down93.650.00
Barnsley93.0263.57
East Dunbartonshire92.9125.98
Brent92.860.00
Hampshire92.8017.60
Basildon92.800.00
South Northamptonshi​re92.800.00
Islington92.190.00
Hyndburn92.000.00
Vale of White Horse92.000.00
Corby91.4725.58
Ashfield91.470.00
Newham91.348.66
Lancashire91.341.57
Scottish Borders91.340.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed91.200.00
London Mayor91.200.00
Carmarthenshire90.700.00
Doncaster90.700.00
Epping Forest90.550.79
Bolton89.840.00
West Sussex89.150.00
Medway89.060.00
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar88.000.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​86.726.25
Nottingham86.510.00
Southwark86.400.00
Reigate and Banstead​85.710.00
Flintshire83.590.00
Chesterfield82.680.00
Craigavon81.100.00
Cambridge80.801.60
Wyre Forest79.840.00
Halton79.530.00
Mole Valley79.070.00
Manchester78.570.00
East Hertfordshire78.1267.97
Swale76.800.00
Arun74.400.00
Newport71.200.00
Warrington67.190.00
Wirral65.350.00
Monmouthshire63.570.00
Pembrokeshire62.020.00
North Lanarkshire57.940.00
Redditch56.820.00
Merthyr Tydfil56.250.00
East Riding of Yorks​hire54.402.40
Cheltenham51.200.00
Northumberland44.190.00
East Ayrshire36.510.00
Swansea17.190.00
Newtownabbey13.600.00
Birmingham10.080.00
Ballymena8.000.00
Bridgend6.350.00
Cookstown4.800.00
Derry4.650.00
Caerphilly3.970.79
Midlothian2.340.00
Torfaen0.800.00
West Wiltshire0.800.00
Selby0.790.00
Waveney0.790.00
Devon0.780.00
Ballymoney0.000.00
Carrickfergus0.000.00
Limavady0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Aylesbury Vale
  • Broxbourne
  • Congleton
  • Croydon
  • Derbyshire
  • East Renfrewshire
  • North Devon
  • Perth & Kinross
  • Portsmouth
  • Restormel
  • Runnymede
  • Shepway
  • South Norfolk
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Thurrock
  • Trafford
  • Wakefield
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Ballymoney
  • Carrickfergus
  • 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

23.0% 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
47.12%
file/url/badpath
None
7.55%
file/url/badscheme
None
7.55%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
6.53%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
5.79%
file/url/offtop
None
5.75%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
2.73%
url/mail/exception
Exception while verifying email address
2.46%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
2.05%
file/html/badmeta
None
1.95%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
28.42%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
25.09%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
13.03%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
9.35%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
6.74%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
5.18%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
4.97%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.94%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.94%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
1.09%