November 2007/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    23 Nov 2007

  • Total URLs tested:

    245,410

  • Total tests run:

    79,837,498

  • Total number of PDF's:

    3,048

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    4.14%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    51.59%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.67%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    4.87%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    72.88%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Carmarthenshire (http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/) - 1,464,908 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
Easington100.00100.00
Gedling100.00100.00
Herefordshire100.00100.00
Merton100.00100.00
Shepway100.00100.00
South Bedfordshire100.00100.00
South Norfolk100.00100.00
Stockton-on-Tees100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Hounslow100.0099.22
Elmbridge100.0099.21
Mid Bedfordshire100.0099.21
North Cornwall100.0099.21
Barking &​ Dagenham100.0099.20
Liverpool100.0098.45
Surrey Heath100.0098.45
East Renfrewshire100.0098.41
North Devon100.0097.64
Salford100.0097.62
Southampton100.0096.88
Richmond upon Thames​100.0096.85
Melton100.0096.83
North Warwickshire100.0096.09
Slough100.0096.03
Calderdale100.0096.00
Dacorum100.0096.00
Mid Sussex100.0096.00
Warwick100.0095.31
Havant100.0094.57
Oldham100.0094.49
Aylesbury Vale100.0094.40
Durham City100.0093.80
Tynedale100.0093.70
Portsmouth100.0093.65
Wycombe100.0093.65
New Forest100.0092.25
Stroud100.0092.06
Charnwood100.0092.00
Hambleton100.0092.00
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.0091.41
Camden100.0091.34
Wear Valley100.0091.34
Wrexham100.0091.27
South Holland100.0091.20
Coventry100.0090.48
South Tyneside100.0089.68
Hertfordshire100.0088.80
Hastings100.0088.00
Chester100.0087.60
Barrow-in-Furness100.0087.40
Eastleigh100.0087.20
Milton Keynes100.0086.61
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0085.71
Wellingborough100.0085.27
South Lakeland100.0084.38
Argyll &​ Bute100.0083.59
Redbridge100.0083.46
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0083.20
Rotherham100.0082.81
North Hertfordshire100.0082.17
Woking100.0081.89
South Bucks100.0081.40
Teignbridge100.0079.69
South Cambridgeshire​100.0078.40
Bracknell Forest100.0078.12
Tameside100.0077.78
North Norfolk100.0077.60
Wyre100.0076.98
Broxbourne100.0076.38
Tandridge100.0075.78
Hyndburn100.0075.00
Caradon100.0074.42
Sedgemoor100.0074.42
Shetland Islands100.0074.40
Harlow100.0073.44
Bedfordshire100.0072.87
Bristol100.0072.87
Knowsley100.0072.80
Restormel100.0072.44
Cannock Chase100.0072.09
Hinckley &​ Bosworth100.0072.00
Derbyshire100.0070.40
Pendle100.0069.53
Chichester100.0068.80
Purbeck100.0068.75
Eden100.0068.25
Sunderland100.0068.25
Richmondshire100.0068.22
Torfaen100.0068.22
Mid Devon100.0067.19
Congleton100.0066.41
Wansbeck100.0065.60
Isles of Scilly100.0063.57
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0062.50
Taunton Deane100.0062.40
Teesdale100.0060.94
Stafford100.0060.80
Falkirk100.0060.16
Rugby100.0060.16
Kettering100.0059.69
States of Jersey100.0059.38
Bassetlaw100.0059.06
Worcester City Counc​il100.0058.14
Forest of Dean100.0057.36
Thanet100.0056.00
Belfast100.0055.20
Kirklees100.0055.20
Oswestry100.0055.12
Waverley100.0052.00
Shropshire100.0050.39
Manchester100.0050.00
Crewe and Nantwich100.0048.80
Vale of Glamorgan100.0048.06
High Peak100.0047.62
South Staffordshire100.0047.20
Preston100.0046.03
Aberdeenshire100.0044.44
Eastbourne100.0042.40
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0042.19
West Oxfordshire100.0042.06
Ryedale100.0041.09
Havering100.0039.20
Stratford-on-Avon100.0038.40
North Shropshire100.0037.60
North Yorkshire100.0036.72
North East Derbyshir​e100.0035.16
Alnwick100.0033.86
Sheffield100.0028.57
Ards100.0024.03
Allerdale100.0021.71
Lancaster100.0020.80
Chorley100.0020.16
Rutland100.0019.84
Gwynedd100.0016.28
Orkney100.0015.08
Peterborough100.0013.60
Gosport100.0012.80
Hartlepool100.0012.60
Wokingham100.009.60
Lewes100.008.80
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.006.25
Chiltern100.006.25
Mansfield100.006.20
Ealing100.004.76
Rushmoor100.004.72
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.004.00
West Dorset100.004.00
Lichfield100.003.88
Scarborough100.003.88
Watford100.002.40
Bridgnorth100.002.36
Test Valley100.002.34
Uttlesford100.001.60
Sefton100.001.56
Great Yarmouth100.001.55
Dover100.000.80
Omagh100.000.80
Sevenoaks100.000.80
East Northamptonshir​e100.000.79
Magherafelt100.000.79
Rochford100.000.79
St Helens100.000.79
Chester-le-Street100.000.78
Colchester100.000.78
North West Leicester​shire100.000.78
Amber Valley100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Armagh100.000.00
Bedford100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Bolsover100.000.00
Bradford100.000.00
Braintree100.000.00
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
Conwy100.000.00
Cookstown100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Craven100.000.00
Crawley100.000.00
Cumbria100.000.00
Derby100.000.00
Derwentside100.000.00
Down100.000.00
Dudley100.000.00
Dungannon100.000.00
Durham100.000.00
East Cambridgeshire100.000.00
East Devon100.000.00
East Hampshire100.000.00
East Staffordshire100.000.00
East Sussex100.000.00
Edinburgh100.000.00
Erewash100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Gateshead100.000.00
Glasgow100.000.00
Hackney100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Harrogate100.000.00
Hertsmere100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
Huntingdonshire100.000.00
Inverclyde100.000.00
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
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Macclesfield100.000.00
Maidstone100.000.00
Malvern Hills100.000.00
Mid Suffolk100.000.00
Midlothian100.000.00
Moray100.000.00
Newark and Sherwood100.000.00
Newcastle upon Tyne100.000.00
Norfolk100.000.00
North Ayrshire100.000.00
North Kesteven100.000.00
North Somerset100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Oxfordshire100.000.00
Pembrokeshire100.000.00
Penwith100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Redditch100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Rossendale100.000.00
Rother100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Sedgefield100.000.00
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
Staffordshire100.000.00
Stevenage100.000.00
Stockport100.000.00
Strabane100.000.00
Suffolk100.000.00
Suffolk Coastal100.000.00
Surrey100.000.00
Sutton100.000.00
Swansea100.000.00
Swindon100.000.00
Three Rivers100.000.00
Torridge100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Vale Royal100.000.00
Wakefield100.000.00
Wandsworth100.000.00
Welwyn Hatfield100.000.00
West Berkshire100.000.00
West Devon100.000.00
West Dunbartonshire100.000.00
West Lancashire100.000.00
West Lindsey100.000.00
Westminster100.000.00
Wirral100.000.00
Wychavon100.000.00
York100.000.00
Exeter99.2282.95
Northampton99.2276.74
Bath &​ North East Somerset​99.2268.22
Ashford99.2232.56
Cardiff99.2228.91
Fife99.2224.81
Hillingdon99.2215.50
Castle Morpeth99.225.47
Blyth Valley99.224.65
Cambridgeshire99.220.00
Cheshire99.220.00
Croydon99.220.00
Daventry99.220.00
Denbighshire99.220.00
Derbyshire Dales99.220.00
Devon99.220.00
Ipswich99.220.00
Lewisham99.220.00
Oadby &​ Wigston99.220.00
Poole99.220.00
Tendring99.220.00
Rhondda Cynon Taff99.21100.00
Essex99.2192.86
Moyle99.2170.08
Ceredigion99.2157.94
Nottinghamshire99.210.79
Redcar and Cleveland​99.210.79
Somerset99.210.79
Babergh99.210.00
Breckland99.210.00
City of London99.210.00
Cornwall99.210.00
Cotswold99.210.00
Fylde99.210.00
Leicestershire99.210.00
Lincoln99.210.00
North Down99.210.00
Sandwell99.210.00
Stirling99.210.00
Trafford99.210.00
West Lothian99.210.00
Worcestershire99.210.00
Mendip99.2085.60
Dartford99.2064.80
Canterbury99.2055.20
Solihull99.2040.80
Weymouth &​ Portland99.200.80
Buckinghamshire99.200.00
Carlisle99.200.00
Guildford99.200.00
North Dorset99.200.00
Perth &​ Kinross99.200.00
Wigan99.200.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad99.200.00
Wolverhampton98.4572.09
Brentwood98.450.00
Gloucestershire98.450.00
Greenwich98.450.00
Kent98.450.00
North Lincolnshire98.450.00
Telford &​ Wrekin98.450.00
Luton98.4489.06
Burnley98.4473.44
Ribble Valley98.4463.28
Castlereagh98.440.00
East Lindsey98.440.00
North Wiltshire98.440.00
Wealden98.440.00
Hart98.4362.20
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk98.432.36
North Tyneside98.430.00
Fenland98.4122.22
South Shropshire98.413.17
Limavady98.410.00
Wiltshire98.410.00
Neath Port Talbot98.4064.80
Worthing98.4046.40
East Dunbartonshire98.4027.20
Angus98.4025.60
Bexley98.400.00
Dumfries and Gallowa​y98.400.00
Northamptonshire98.400.00
South Ayrshire98.400.00
St Edmundsbury98.400.00
Stoke-on-Trent98.400.00
Tewkesbury97.674.65
Gloucester97.670.78
Medway97.670.00
Norwich97.6442.52
South Hams97.640.00
Leicester97.620.00
Plymouth97.620.00
Horsham97.6013.60
Torbay97.600.80
Lisburn97.600.00
Enfield96.9082.95
Isle of Wight96.8528.35
Barnet96.850.79
Nottingham96.850.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​96.830.00
Coleraine96.8047.20
London Mayor96.800.00
Tower Hamlets96.800.00
Winchester96.1240.31
Corby96.120.78
Harrow96.0681.10
South Kesteven96.0666.93
Castle Point96.060.00
Reading96.0338.89
Hampshire96.0315.08
Tamworth96.0042.40
South Somerset95.3544.19
Newham95.354.65
North East Lincolnsh​ire95.350.00
Northumberland95.3180.47
Salisbury95.280.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds95.2449.21
Gravesham95.240.00
West Somerset95.200.00
Walsall94.5768.22
Boston94.530.00
Scottish Borders94.530.00
Middlesbrough94.440.00
Lancashire94.4011.20
St Albans94.402.40
Banbridge94.400.00
Carmarthenshire94.400.00
Newry and Mourne94.400.00
Monmouthshire93.800.00
Barnsley93.7064.57
Blaenau Gwent93.650.00
Maldon93.650.00
Vale of White Horse93.600.00
Ashfield92.910.00
Basildon92.800.00
Newport92.130.00
Bolton91.470.00
Warwickshire91.270.00
Doncaster90.700.00
Islington90.550.00
Basingstoke &​ Deane90.400.00
Broxtowe89.8451.56
Brent89.600.00
Dundee89.600.00
South Northamptonshi​re89.600.00
West Sussex88.280.00
Chesterfield88.190.00
Epping Forest88.000.80
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar87.300.00
Flintshire86.820.00
Blackpool86.720.00
Reigate and Banstead​86.610.00
East Lothian85.040.00
Waltham Forest84.250.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed84.000.00
Cambridge82.950.00
Darlington82.030.00
Craigavon80.800.00
Halton80.800.00
Wyre Forest80.310.00
Mole Valley78.910.00
East Hertfordshire78.7477.17
Warrington78.120.00
Larne77.780.00
Arun76.000.00
Swale75.970.00
East Riding of Yorks​hire73.602.40
Fermanagh71.430.00
Merthyr Tydfil68.750.00
Southwark64.340.00
North Lanarkshire61.600.00
Bournemouth54.260.00
Cheltenham49.210.00
East Ayrshire48.030.00
Bridgend44.530.00
Birmingham16.540.00
Newtownabbey16.000.80
Ballymena10.400.00
Derry10.400.00
Caerphilly4.800.00
Aberdeen3.883.10
West Wiltshire2.340.00
Waveney1.600.00
Epsom &​ Ewell1.560.00
Selby0.790.00
Ballymoney0.000.00
Carrickfergus0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Belfast
  • Broxbourne
  • East Renfrewshire
  • Elmbridge
  • Gedling
  • Hounslow
  • Mid Bedfordshire
  • North Down
  • Redbridge
  • Shepway
  • South Bedfordshire
  • Tynedale
  • Vale of Glamorgan
  • Wakefield
  • Winchester
  • Worcester City Council
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Ballymoney
  • Carrickfergus
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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

29.2% 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
44.75%
file/url/offtop
None
9.83%
file/url/badpath
None
7.95%
file/url/badscheme
None
7.25%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
6.56%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
5.82%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
2.85%
file/html/badmeta
None
2.33%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
2.11%
url/mail/exception
Exception while verifying email address
2.10%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
33.12%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
33.10%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
23.16%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
2.69%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
2.07%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
1.76%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
1.63%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
0.84%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
0.69%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
0.45%