February 2008/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    20 Feb 2008

  • Total URLs tested:

    251,528

  • Total tests run:

    81,852,810

  • Total number of PDF's:

    4,085

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    4.38%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    51.85%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.46%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    4.63%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    72.74%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Guildford (http://www.guildford.gov.uk/) - 44,058 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
Adur100.00100.00
Easington100.00100.00
Gedling100.00100.00
Herefordshire100.00100.00
Mid Bedfordshire100.00100.00
North Down100.00100.00
Salford100.00100.00
South Bedfordshire100.00100.00
South Norfolk100.00100.00
Southampton100.00100.00
Surrey Heath100.00100.00
North Devon100.0099.22
Barking &​ Dagenham100.0099.21
East Renfrewshire100.0099.21
Hyndburn100.0099.21
Stockton-on-Tees100.0099.21
Thurrock100.0099.21
Hounslow100.0098.43
North Cornwall100.0098.40
Caradon100.0097.67
Chester-le-Street100.0097.67
Elmbridge100.0097.66
Portsmouth100.0097.62
Dacorum100.0097.60
Merton100.0097.60
Taunton Deane100.0097.60
Milton Keynes100.0096.90
Aylesbury Vale100.0096.00
Calderdale100.0096.00
Rhondda Cynon Taff100.0096.00
Slough100.0096.00
Mid Sussex100.0094.40
Kirklees100.0093.75
Congleton100.0093.65
Melton100.0093.60
Hillingdon100.0092.97
Stroud100.0092.91
Oldham100.0092.86
Dover100.0092.80
Wear Valley100.0092.00
Hambleton100.0091.47
Spelthorne100.0089.92
Eastleigh100.0089.76
Wrexham100.0089.60
Derbyshire100.0089.06
Exeter100.0088.37
South Bucks100.0088.28
New Forest100.0087.50
Hastings100.0087.20
Wycombe100.0087.20
Wellingborough100.0086.82
Sunderland100.0085.94
Sedgemoor100.0085.27
Camden100.0085.16
South Tyneside100.0084.92
Mansfield100.0084.50
Tynedale100.0084.13
Argyll &​ Bute100.0083.72
Essex100.0083.33
Hertfordshire100.0083.33
Worcester City Counc​il100.0083.33
Chester100.0082.81
Durham City100.0082.68
Mendip100.0082.68
South Lakeland100.0082.40
Bracknell Forest100.0082.03
Knowsley100.0081.75
South Holland100.0081.10
Purbeck100.0080.62
Teignbridge100.0080.62
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0080.47
North Hertfordshire100.0079.84
Cannock Chase100.0079.07
Tandridge100.0078.57
Restormel100.0077.95
Harrow100.0077.52
Charnwood100.0077.34
Redbridge100.0076.56
Woking100.0076.56
Tameside100.0076.19
Rotherham100.0075.19
South Cambridgeshire​100.0074.40
Worthing100.0074.40
North Norfolk100.0073.60
Wansbeck100.0072.80
States of Jersey100.0072.66
Chichester100.0072.44
Broxbourne100.0071.20
Bedfordshire100.0071.09
Wyre100.0070.08
Pendle100.0069.84
Solihull100.0069.60
Hinckley &​ Bosworth100.0068.80
Torfaen100.0068.75
Ceredigion100.0067.19
Mid Devon100.0066.67
Manchester100.0065.12
Richmond upon Thames​100.0065.12
Waverley100.0065.08
Richmondshire100.0064.57
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0064.34
Forest of Dean100.0062.40
Belfast100.0060.00
Isles of Scilly100.0059.69
Shetland Islands100.0059.06
Bromsgrove100.0058.91
Rugby100.0058.59
East Hertfordshire100.0058.27
Stafford100.0057.60
Thanet100.0056.80
Oswestry100.0055.47
Vale of Glamorgan100.0053.49
Aberdeenshire100.0051.20
Kettering100.0051.16
South Staffordshire100.0049.61
Preston100.0048.06
Wychavon100.0047.66
Eden100.0046.03
Waltham Forest100.0045.24
Bassetlaw100.0044.53
Teesdale100.0043.75
Eastbourne100.0042.52
Crewe and Nantwich100.0041.73
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0040.00
Redditch100.0038.58
High Peak100.0035.71
Allerdale100.0034.92
Sheffield100.0029.92
West Oxfordshire100.0028.57
Reading100.0028.35
Barrow-in-Furness100.0028.00
Chorley100.0026.36
Harlow100.0025.20
North Shropshire100.0022.40
Ryedale100.0021.09
Cardiff100.0018.60
Lancaster100.0017.83
Test Valley100.0014.06
Shropshire100.0013.95
Hampshire100.0012.00
North East Derbyshir​e100.0011.63
Colchester100.0011.20
Gosport100.0011.20
Hartlepool100.008.59
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.008.53
Alnwick100.007.81
West Dorset100.007.14
Chiltern100.007.03
Wokingham100.006.98
North West Leicester​shire100.006.20
Stratford-on-Avon100.005.60
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.005.47
Bridgnorth100.004.80
Ealing100.004.80
North Yorkshire100.004.00
Great Yarmouth100.003.97
Lichfield100.003.91
Rushmoor100.003.88
Watford100.002.40
Rossendale100.002.34
Sevenoaks100.001.60
Redcar and Cleveland​100.001.59
Rochford100.000.80
Falkirk100.000.79
South Ayrshire100.000.79
St Helens100.000.79
Uttlesford100.000.79
Gwynedd100.000.78
South Oxfordshire100.000.78
Amber Valley100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Ards100.000.00
Armagh100.000.00
Ballymoney100.000.00
Banbridge100.000.00
Bexley100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Bolsover100.000.00
Bradford100.000.00
Braintree100.000.00
Brighton and Hove100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Carrick100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Cherwell100.000.00
Cheshire100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Cookstown100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Cornwall100.000.00
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 Northamptonshir​e100.000.00
East Staffordshire100.000.00
East Sussex100.000.00
Edinburgh100.000.00
Erewash100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Gateshead100.000.00
Glasgow100.000.00
Gloucestershire100.000.00
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Harrogate100.000.00
Havant100.000.00
Havering100.000.00
Hertsmere100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
Inverclyde100.000.00
Isle of Anglesey100.000.00
Kennet100.000.00
Kerrier100.000.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk100.000.00
Kingston upon Thames​100.000.00
Lambeth100.000.00
Leeds100.000.00
Lincoln100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Macclesfield100.000.00
Magherafelt100.000.00
Maidstone100.000.00
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 Lincolnshire100.000.00
North Somerset100.000.00
Nottinghamshire100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Oxfordshire100.000.00
Pembrokeshire100.000.00
Penwith100.000.00
Perth &​ Kinross100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Rother100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Sandwell100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
South Derbyshire100.000.00
South Gloucestershir​e100.000.00
South Hams100.000.00
South Ribble100.000.00
Staffordshire100.000.00
Stevenage100.000.00
Stirling100.000.00
Stockport100.000.00
Strabane100.000.00
Suffolk100.000.00
Suffolk Coastal100.000.00
Surrey100.000.00
Sutton100.000.00
Swindon100.000.00
Three Rivers100.000.00
Torridge100.000.00
Trafford100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Vale Royal100.000.00
Vale of White Horse100.000.00
Wakefield100.000.00
Wandsworth100.000.00
Wealden100.000.00
Welwyn Hatfield100.000.00
West Berkshire100.000.00
West Devon100.000.00
West Lancashire100.000.00
West Lindsey100.000.00
Westminster100.000.00
Weymouth &​ Portland100.000.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad100.000.00
Wirral100.000.00
York100.000.00
North Warwickshire99.2283.59
Northampton99.2270.31
Ribble Valley99.2262.79
Malvern Hills99.2249.22
Orkney99.2245.31
Tewkesbury99.226.98
Blyth Valley99.223.12
Bath &​ North East Somerset​99.222.34
Telford &​ Wrekin99.220.78
Derbyshire Dales99.220.00
North East Lincolnsh​ire99.220.00
Poole99.220.00
Rutland99.220.00
West Lothian99.220.00
Liverpool99.2189.68
Neath Port Talbot99.2173.81
Bristol99.2170.63
Moyle99.2169.84
Dartford99.2163.78
Canterbury99.2152.38
Fife99.2125.40
Ashford99.2123.62
Breckland99.211.57
Buckinghamshire99.211.57
Omagh99.210.79
Tendring99.210.79
Broxtowe99.210.00
Cotswold99.210.00
Daventry99.210.00
Denbighshire99.210.00
Devon99.210.00
North Dorset99.210.00
Plymouth99.210.00
Wigan99.210.00
Wiltshire99.210.00
Angus99.2025.60
Carlisle99.206.40
Lewes99.206.40
Brentwood99.200.00
Kingston upon Hull99.200.00
Luton98.4566.67
Greenwich98.450.00
North Tyneside98.450.00
North Wiltshire98.450.00
Shepway98.4498.44
Babergh98.440.00
Castle Point98.440.00
Hackney98.440.00
Ipswich98.440.00
Leicestershire98.440.00
Lewisham98.440.00
East Dunbartonshire98.4326.77
South Shropshire98.433.15
Scarborough98.430.00
Stoke-on-Trent98.430.00
Coventry98.4173.02
Gloucester98.410.79
Bedford98.410.00
Broadland98.410.00
East Lindsey98.410.00
Sedgefield98.410.00
Hart98.4061.60
Coleraine98.4051.20
Castlereagh98.400.00
Limavady98.400.00
Newry and Mourne98.400.00
Northamptonshire98.400.00
Guildford97.670.00
Burnley97.6675.00
Warwick97.662.34
Barnet97.660.78
Winchester97.6455.12
Somerset97.640.79
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham97.6280.16
Fenland97.6215.87
Huntingdonshire97.620.00
Norwich97.6060.80
Worcestershire97.6040.00
Lisburn97.600.00
Torbay97.600.00
Medway96.900.00
Wolverhampton96.8566.93
Peterborough96.8518.11
Salisbury96.850.00
Tower Hamlets96.850.00
Castle Morpeth96.830.00
Leicester96.800.00
London Mayor96.800.00
Walsall96.1261.24
Cambridgeshire96.090.00
South Somerset96.0369.05
Tamworth96.0326.98
Corby96.033.17
Kent95.350.78
Gravesham95.350.00
Darlington95.313.12
Nottingham95.280.00
Enfield95.2461.11
Isle of Wight95.2434.13
Lancashire95.2417.46
Newtownabbey95.240.79
Swansea95.240.00
City of London94.570.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds94.5358.59
Newham94.535.47
Middlesbrough94.490.00
Dundee94.400.00
Maldon94.400.00
Carmarthenshire93.800.00
Northumberland93.7535.94
Basingstoke &​ Deane93.700.00
West Somerset93.650.79
Bolton93.650.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​93.600.00
Southend-on-Sea92.970.00
Blaenau Gwent92.800.00
Dumfries and Gallowa​y92.800.00
Barnsley92.2572.09
Ashfield92.000.00
South Northamptonshi​re92.000.00
Doncaster91.470.00
Boston91.410.00
South Kesteven91.2757.94
West Sussex90.6238.28
Horsham90.557.09
Epping Forest88.800.80
Basildon88.800.00
St Albans88.002.40
Islington88.000.00
Flintshire87.400.00
Monmouthshire87.400.00
Croydon87.200.00
Blackpool86.610.00
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar86.510.79
Warwickshire86.510.00
Aberdeen85.940.00
Scottish Borders85.940.00
Chesterfield84.800.00
Reigate and Banstead​83.330.00
Cambridge82.680.00
East Riding of Yorks​hire82.680.00
Southwark82.030.00
Brent81.600.00
Craigavon80.800.00
East Lothian80.800.00
St Edmundsbury80.800.00
Warrington80.000.00
Larne79.530.00
Mole Valley78.910.00
Halton77.600.00
Bournemouth74.600.00
Wyre Forest74.400.00
Newport74.020.00
Arun72.800.00
West Dunbartonshire71.650.00
Swale68.500.00
North Lanarkshire66.400.00
Merthyr Tydfil62.400.80
Berwick-Upon-Tweed58.400.00
Cheltenham49.600.00
East Ayrshire46.400.00
Bridgend35.200.00
Ballymena10.320.00
Caerphilly9.601.60
Birmingham9.450.00
Derry3.200.00
West Wiltshire3.120.00
Waveney2.360.00
Epsom &​ Ewell1.550.00
Carrickfergus0.800.00
Selby0.790.00
Fermanagh0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Barking & Dagenham
  • Bassetlaw
  • Bracknell Forest
  • Bradford
  • Caradon
  • Derbyshire
  • Easington
  • Elmbridge
  • Herefordshire
  • Hyndburn
  • Mid Bedfordshire
  • North Down
  • Redbridge
  • South Bedfordshire
  • South Ribble
  • St Helens
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Teignbridge
  • Thurrock
  • West Dunbartonshire
  • Wirral
  • Wolverhampton
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Fermanagh
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • No sites were excluded from this INDEX
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PDF testing

26.5% 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
42.38%
file/url/offtop
None
13.77%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
7.21%
file/url/badscheme
None
6.80%
file/url/badpath
None
6.19%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
5.03%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
2.55%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
2.37%
url/mail/badsmtp
Mail server returned unexpected response
2.19%
file/html/badmeta
None
2.14%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
26.23%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
26.17%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
12.36%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
9.32%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
7.03%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
5.81%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
5.60%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.91%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.72%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
1.37%