September 2007/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    20 Sep 2007

  • Total URLs tested:

    242,216

  • Total tests run:

    78,811,226

  • Total number of PDF's:

    3,501

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    4.83%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    51.23%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.66%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    5.44%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    73.92%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Carmarthenshire (http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/) - 1,473,278 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
Adur100.00100.00
East Renfrewshire100.00100.00
New Forest100.00100.00
North Cornwall100.00100.00
Rhondda Cynon Taff100.00100.00
Shepway100.00100.00
South Bedfordshire100.00100.00
South Norfolk100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Gedling100.0099.22
Merton100.0099.22
Salford100.0099.22
Hounslow100.0099.21
Barking &​ Dagenham100.0099.20
Stockton-on-Tees100.0099.20
Easington100.0098.41
Herefordshire100.0098.41
Elmbridge100.0097.64
Liverpool100.0097.62
Slough100.0097.62
Mid Sussex100.0097.60
Camden100.0096.90
Rotherham100.0096.88
Dacorum100.0096.83
Milton Keynes100.0096.03
Aylesbury Vale100.0096.00
Durham City100.0096.00
Kirklees100.0096.00
North Warwickshire100.0095.35
Solihull100.0095.35
Hambleton100.0095.31
Mansfield100.0095.28
North Devon100.0095.28
Calderdale100.0095.20
Portsmouth100.0095.20
Tandridge100.0094.53
Stroud100.0094.49
Surrey Heath100.0093.75
Havant100.0093.65
Hertfordshire100.0093.65
Oldham100.0093.02
Wrexham100.0092.86
Northumberland100.0092.25
Charnwood100.0092.19
Wycombe100.0091.20
South Tyneside100.0090.40
Warwick100.0089.92
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.0089.68
Tynedale100.0089.68
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0089.60
Chester100.0088.80
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0088.00
Caradon100.0086.82
Richmond upon Thames​100.0085.94
South Bucks100.0085.27
South Cambridgeshire​100.0085.16
Wear Valley100.0084.50
Purbeck100.0084.25
Coventry100.0083.72
Wellingborough100.0083.72
Bristol100.0082.81
Hastings100.0081.89
Knowsley100.0081.60
Tameside100.0081.60
Woking100.0081.40
Ceredigion100.0081.25
Thanet100.0080.31
Dover100.0080.16
Sedgemoor100.0079.84
Richmondshire100.0078.29
South Holland100.0078.12
South Lakeland100.0077.52
Shetland Islands100.0076.38
Barrow-in-Furness100.0075.40
Broxbourne100.0075.40
Cannock Chase100.0075.19
Bedfordshire100.0074.42
North Hertfordshire100.0074.42
Congleton100.0073.44
Eden100.0071.09
Taunton Deane100.0070.31
Derbyshire100.0069.60
Restormel100.0069.53
Winchester100.0066.41
South Staffordshire100.0064.80
Torfaen100.0064.57
Isles of Scilly100.0064.06
Pendle100.0063.57
Mid Devon100.0063.49
Southampton100.0062.99
Manchester100.0062.40
Sunderland100.0062.40
Bridgnorth100.0061.90
Rugby100.0061.24
Oswestry100.0058.40
Exeter100.0057.48
Havering100.0057.03
Kettering100.0055.81
Aberdeenshire100.0054.69
Wyre100.0051.97
Ards100.0051.94
States of Jersey100.0050.00
Stafford100.0049.61
Stratford-on-Avon100.0049.60
Belfast100.0046.83
Forest of Dean100.0044.88
West Oxfordshire100.0044.80
Crewe and Nantwich100.0042.52
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0042.52
Maidstone100.0040.80
Teesdale100.0036.51
Waverley100.0036.00
Sheffield100.0034.92
North Yorkshire100.0034.62
Redbridge100.0034.38
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0032.54
Allerdale100.0030.16
North East Derbyshir​e100.0029.69
Worcester City Counc​il100.0028.91
Eastbourne100.0026.98
Colchester100.0026.36
Rutland100.0025.00
Chorley100.0024.81
Epsom &​ Ewell100.0023.81
East Sussex100.0023.26
Lancaster100.0022.40
Ryedale100.0021.71
North Shropshire100.0015.08
Harlow100.0014.29
Lewes100.0013.60
Gosport100.0013.49
Hartlepool100.0013.39
Newcastle upon Tyne100.0013.39
North Down100.0011.81
Scarborough100.0011.81
Derbyshire Dales100.009.45
Wokingham100.009.45
Chiltern100.009.30
Ealing100.007.20
Alnwick100.006.98
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.006.35
East Cambridgeshire100.006.25
South Derbyshire100.006.20
West Dorset100.005.56
Blyth Valley100.005.47
Lichfield100.003.88
Rushmoor100.003.10
Derby100.002.40
Rossendale100.002.36
Watford100.002.34
Bracknell Forest100.001.59
St Helens100.001.59
Craven100.001.57
Erewash100.001.57
Burnley100.001.55
Edinburgh100.001.55
Magherafelt100.001.55
Falkirk100.000.80
Gateshead100.000.80
Omagh100.000.80
Sevenoaks100.000.79
Chester-le-Street100.000.78
North West Leicester​shire100.000.78
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.000.78
Sefton100.000.78
Test Valley100.000.78
Amber Valley100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Argyll &​ Bute100.000.00
Armagh100.000.00
Babergh100.000.00
Bassetlaw100.000.00
Bedford100.000.00
Bexley100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Bolsover100.000.00
Bradford100.000.00
Braintree100.000.00
Breckland100.000.00
Brighton and Hove100.000.00
Broadland100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Bromsgrove100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Carrick100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Cherwell100.000.00
Cheshire100.000.00
Chichester100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Cotswold100.000.00
Crawley100.000.00
Cumbria100.000.00
Derwentside100.000.00
Dudley100.000.00
Dungannon100.000.00
East Hampshire100.000.00
East Lindsey100.000.00
East Northamptonshir​e100.000.00
East Staffordshire100.000.00
Fermanagh100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Great Yarmouth100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
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
Malvern Hills100.000.00
Melton100.000.00
Mid Suffolk100.000.00
Moray100.000.00
Newark and Sherwood100.000.00
North Ayrshire100.000.00
North Kesteven100.000.00
North Somerset100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Oxfordshire100.000.00
Perth &​ Kinross100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Redditch100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Rother100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Salisbury100.000.00
Sandwell100.000.00
Shropshire100.000.00
South Ayrshire100.000.00
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
Vale Royal100.000.00
Wakefield100.000.00
Waltham Forest100.000.00
Welwyn Hatfield100.000.00
West Berkshire100.000.00
West Dunbartonshire100.000.00
West Lancashire100.000.00
West Lindsey100.000.00
Worcestershire100.000.00
York100.000.00
Mendip99.2283.59
Northampton99.2275.19
Walsall99.2272.87
Vale of Glamorgan99.2252.34
Preston99.2239.84
Norwich99.2233.33
Fife99.2221.88
Orkney99.2213.95
Gwynedd99.2210.85
Rochford99.220.78
Tewkesbury99.220.78
Aberdeen99.220.00
Cornwall99.220.00
Durham99.220.00
Gloucestershire99.220.00
Greenwich99.220.00
Guildford99.220.00
Hackney99.220.00
Hinckley &​ Bosworth99.220.00
Ipswich99.220.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk99.220.00
Lincoln99.220.00
North Lincolnshire99.220.00
Oadby &​ Wigston99.220.00
Penwith99.220.00
Somerset99.220.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds99.220.00
Essex99.2192.91
Eastleigh99.2180.95
Neath Port Talbot99.2161.11
Ribble Valley99.2157.14
Bath &​ North East Somerset​99.2150.00
Ashford99.2133.33
East Devon99.2131.75
Leicestershire99.2123.62
Fenland99.2116.54
Cardiff99.2114.96
Stirling99.2114.96
Castle Morpeth99.217.94
Harrogate99.210.79
Redcar and Cleveland​99.210.79
Denbighshire99.210.00
Glasgow99.210.00
Northamptonshire99.210.00
Staffordshire99.210.00
Weymouth &​ Portland99.210.00
Wigan99.210.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad99.210.00
Mid Bedfordshire99.2083.20
Moyle99.2073.60
Wansbeck99.2073.60
Canterbury99.2057.60
High Peak99.2052.00
Worthing99.2044.80
East Dunbartonshire99.2027.20
Peterborough99.2016.00
Gloucester99.202.40
Buckinghamshire99.200.80
Telford &​ Wrekin99.200.80
Brentwood99.200.00
Carlisle99.200.00
City of London99.200.00
Daventry99.200.00
Fylde99.200.00
Norfolk99.200.00
Plymouth99.200.00
Westminster99.200.00
Wiltshire99.200.00
Wychavon99.200.00
Blackpool98.450.00
Croydon98.450.00
Lewisham98.450.00
North Wiltshire98.450.00
West Lothian98.450.00
Luton98.4481.25
Wolverhampton98.4456.25
Cambridgeshire98.440.78
North Norfolk98.4389.76
Hart98.4358.27
Dumfries and Gallowa​y98.430.00
North Tyneside98.430.00
West Devon98.430.00
Angus98.4136.51
Uttlesford98.411.59
Castlereagh98.410.00
Nottinghamshire98.410.00
Poole98.410.00
Wealden98.410.00
Dartford98.4063.20
Enfield98.4036.80
South Shropshire98.400.80
Brent98.400.00
Horsham98.400.00
Limavady98.400.00
Lisburn98.400.00
St Edmundsbury98.400.00
Harrow97.6663.28
Tamworth97.6630.47
South Hams97.660.00
Wirral97.640.00
Newry and Mourne97.620.00
Hillingdon97.600.00
Hyndburn97.600.00
North Dorset97.600.00
Strabane97.600.00
Reading96.9031.01
Wandsworth96.880.00
Isle of Wight96.8342.86
Sedgefield96.8056.80
Coleraine96.8050.40
Lancashire96.805.60
Tower Hamlets96.800.00
North East Lincolnsh​ire96.120.00
South Kesteven96.0971.09
Darlington96.095.47
Basingstoke &​ Deane96.090.00
Midlothian96.060.00
Hampshire96.0320.63
London Mayor96.030.00
Corby95.352.33
Middlesbrough95.350.00
Bolton95.310.00
Barnet95.280.79
Gravesham95.280.00
Maldon95.200.00
Inverclyde94.570.00
Newport94.570.00
Torbay94.570.00
Carmarthenshire94.490.79
Newcastle-under-Lyme​94.490.79
South Northamptonshi​re94.440.00
St Albans94.402.40
Banbridge94.400.00
West Somerset94.400.00
Boston93.800.00
Castle Point93.800.00
Ashfield93.750.00
Islington93.650.00
Scottish Borders93.650.00
Blaenau Gwent93.600.00
South Somerset92.8056.00
Warwickshire92.800.00
East Lothian92.130.00
Down92.000.00
Tendring92.000.00
Doncaster91.470.00
Medway91.470.00
Broxtowe91.4145.31
Kent91.410.00
Vale of White Horse90.550.00
Basildon90.400.00
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar90.400.00
Epping Forest89.600.00
Southwark89.060.00
Newham88.2811.72
Chesterfield88.190.00
Dundee88.100.00
West Sussex86.720.00
East Riding of Yorks​hire86.401.60
Nottingham84.800.00
Halton84.130.00
Bournemouth83.330.00
Craigavon83.330.00
Flintshire83.200.00
Swale82.950.00
Reigate and Banstead​82.810.00
Warrington81.890.00
Cambridge81.250.00
Monmouthshire81.250.00
Wyre Forest80.160.00
Mole Valley79.840.00
East Hertfordshire78.9171.88
Larne77.780.00
Arun76.800.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed74.400.00
Pembrokeshire62.020.78
Merthyr Tydfil54.260.78
East Ayrshire49.210.00
Cheltenham48.800.00
Bridgend31.010.00
North Lanarkshire28.000.00
Teignbridge21.267.09
Derry15.870.00
Birmingham10.940.00
Ballymena7.140.00
Newtownabbey6.350.79
Caerphilly4.800.00
Cookstown4.800.00
Swansea3.880.00
Ballymoney3.200.00
West Wiltshire3.120.00
Selby0.790.00
Waveney0.780.00
Barnsley0.0064.84
Carrickfergus0.000.00
Devon0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Barking & Dagenham
  • Broxbourne
  • Conwy
  • East Dunbartonshire
  • East Hertfordshire
  • East Renfrewshire
  • Gedling
  • Herefordshire
  • Hounslow
  • Milton Keynes
  • Redbridge
  • Restormel
  • South Ribble
  • Thurrock
  • Wolverhampton
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Carrickfergus
  • Devon
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Clackmannanshire
  • Rochdale
  • South Lanarkshire
  • Trafford
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PDF testing

25.2% 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
41.63%
file/url/offtop
None
11.81%
file/url/badpath
None
7.09%
file/url/badscheme
None
6.67%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
6.15%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
6.07%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
5.20%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
2.52%
url/mail/exception
Exception while verifying email address
2.36%
file/html/badmeta
None
2.04%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
33.73%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
32.61%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
22.82%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
2.82%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
2.13%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
1.84%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
1.72%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
0.90%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
0.62%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
0.34%