April 2008/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    22 Apr 2008

  • Total URLs tested:

    253,330

  • Total tests run:

    82,435,730

  • Total number of PDF's:

    3,980

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    4.48%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    51.34%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.48%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    4.61%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    72.19%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Carmarthenshire (http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/) - 1,467,616 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
Caradon100.00100.00
East Renfrewshire100.00100.00
Liverpool100.00100.00
Mid Bedfordshire100.00100.00
North Devon100.00100.00
North Down100.00100.00
Shepway100.00100.00
South Bedfordshire100.00100.00
South Norfolk100.00100.00
Southampton100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Adur100.0099.21
Stockton-on-Tees100.0099.21
Easington100.0099.20
Herefordshire100.0099.20
Salford100.0099.20
Chester-le-Street100.0098.45
North Cornwall100.0098.41
Milton Keynes100.0097.67
Merton100.0097.64
Elmbridge100.0097.62
Slough100.0097.62
Surrey Heath100.0097.62
Hambleton100.0096.88
Hounslow100.0096.88
Calderdale100.0096.80
Gedling100.0096.12
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0096.06
Kirklees100.0096.03
Taunton Deane100.0095.35
New Forest100.0095.24
Lewes100.0094.40
Chester100.0093.70
Wrexham100.0093.65
Mid Sussex100.0093.60
Camden100.0093.02
Richmond upon Thames​100.0093.02
Eastleigh100.0092.91
Wear Valley100.0092.25
Woking100.0092.19
Stroud100.0092.00
Dacorum100.0091.20
Barrow-in-Furness100.0090.40
Melton100.0090.40
Worcester City Counc​il100.0089.76
Dover100.0088.98
Oldham100.0088.37
Rotherham100.0088.37
Hillingdon100.0088.28
Redbridge100.0087.60
Sedgemoor100.0086.82
Hertfordshire100.0086.61
Bracknell Forest100.0084.92
South Bucks100.0084.38
Congleton100.0084.25
Tandridge100.0084.25
Tynedale100.0084.25
Durham City100.0083.59
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0083.20
South Tyneside100.0083.20
Teignbridge100.0082.68
Wellingborough100.0082.17
Mansfield100.0081.40
Bristol100.0080.95
Coventry100.0080.95
Tameside100.0080.47
North Yorkshire100.0080.16
Oswestry100.0080.00
Sunderland100.0078.74
Harrow100.0077.34
Restormel100.0077.34
Mendip100.0076.56
Gateshead100.0075.40
Hinckley &​ Bosworth100.0075.40
Charnwood100.0075.00
Test Valley100.0075.00
Spelthorne100.0074.42
South Cambridgeshire​100.0074.40
Knowsley100.0073.60
Pendle100.0073.23
Broxbourne100.0073.02
Mid Devon100.0072.80
North Warwickshire100.0069.29
Shetland Islands100.0069.05
Chichester100.0068.99
Wansbeck100.0068.25
Cannock Chase100.0068.22
Bedfordshire100.0067.72
East Hertfordshire100.0066.93
Teesdale100.0066.41
Cherwell100.0064.84
Isles of Scilly100.0064.84
Torfaen100.0064.80
Wyre100.0063.78
Manchester100.0061.60
Stafford100.0060.63
Thanet100.0060.00
Vale of Glamorgan100.0057.36
States of Jersey100.0055.81
Wychavon100.0055.81
Ceredigion100.0055.56
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0055.04
Bromsgrove100.0053.60
Rugby100.0052.38
Orkney100.0051.59
Forest of Dean100.0051.16
Bassetlaw100.0049.61
South Staffordshire100.0049.61
Gwynedd100.0048.06
Aberdeen100.0046.51
Preston100.0045.67
Allerdale100.0045.24
Eden100.0044.80
Aberdeenshire100.0043.75
Kettering100.0043.41
Sheffield100.0041.41
St Helens100.0041.27
Eastbourne100.0040.80
North East Derbyshir​e100.0037.98
Havering100.0035.43
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0034.92
Peterborough100.0033.60
Reading100.0032.00
Crewe and Nantwich100.0031.20
Waltham Forest100.0030.95
West Oxfordshire100.0025.78
Harlow100.0024.60
Shropshire100.0023.44
North Shropshire100.0022.40
Ryedale100.0022.22
Lancaster100.0020.80
Chorley100.0019.38
Richmondshire100.0017.83
Portsmouth100.0015.20
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.0014.29
Cardiff100.0010.24
Wokingham100.009.60
Alnwick100.009.38
Wycombe100.008.00
Chiltern100.007.87
Hartlepool100.007.09
Bridgnorth100.006.35
Rushmoor100.006.25
Tewkesbury100.006.20
Great Yarmouth100.004.76
Colchester100.004.69
Rossendale100.002.38
Watford100.002.38
Stratford-on-Avon100.001.59
West Dorset100.001.59
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.001.57
Magherafelt100.001.55
Redcar and Cleveland​100.000.80
Ards100.000.79
Buckinghamshire100.000.79
Gloucester100.000.79
Leicester100.000.79
North West Leicester​shire100.000.79
Rochford100.000.79
Sevenoaks100.000.79
West Lancashire100.000.79
Edinburgh100.000.78
Havant100.000.78
Sefton100.000.78
Uttlesford100.000.78
Amber Valley100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Armagh100.000.00
Aylesbury Vale100.000.00
Ballymoney100.000.00
Bedford100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Bolsover100.000.00
Bradford100.000.00
Brighton and Hove100.000.00
Broadland100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Broxtowe100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Cambridgeshire100.000.00
Carrick100.000.00
Castle Point100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Cookstown100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Cornwall100.000.00
Craven100.000.00
Crawley100.000.00
Croydon100.000.00
Cumbria100.000.00
Derby100.000.00
Derbyshire Dales100.000.00
Derwentside100.000.00
Down100.000.00
Dudley100.000.00
Dungannon100.000.00
Ealing100.000.00
East Cambridgeshire100.000.00
East Devon100.000.00
East Hampshire100.000.00
East Lindsey100.000.00
East Northamptonshir​e100.000.00
East Staffordshire100.000.00
East Sussex100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Gloucestershire100.000.00
Greenwich100.000.00
Hackney100.000.00
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Harrogate100.000.00
Hertsmere100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
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
Leicestershire100.000.00
Lichfield100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Macclesfield100.000.00
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 East Lincolnsh​ire100.000.00
North Hertfordshire100.000.00
North Kesteven100.000.00
North Lincolnshire100.000.00
North Somerset100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Pembrokeshire100.000.00
Penwith100.000.00
Perth &​ Kinross100.000.00
Plymouth100.000.00
Poole100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Rother100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Rutland100.000.00
South Derbyshire100.000.00
South Gloucestershir​e100.000.00
South Hams100.000.00
South Oxfordshire100.000.00
South Ribble100.000.00
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
Telford &​ Wrekin100.000.00
Three Rivers100.000.00
Torridge100.000.00
Trafford100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Vale Royal100.000.00
Wakefield100.000.00
Waverley100.000.00
Welwyn Hatfield100.000.00
West Berkshire100.000.00
West Dunbartonshire100.000.00
West Lindsey100.000.00
Westminster100.000.00
Weymouth &​ Portland100.000.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad100.000.00
Wirral100.000.00
York100.000.00
Essex99.2282.95
Northampton99.2277.52
Ribble Valley99.2272.87
Norwich99.2245.74
Redditch99.2237.21
Fife99.2224.81
Carlisle99.229.38
Blyth Valley99.223.10
Argyll &​ Bute99.220.78
Newham99.220.78
North Tyneside99.220.78
Erewash99.220.00
Gosport99.220.00
Guildford99.220.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk99.220.00
Vale of White Horse99.220.00
Hyndburn99.2199.21
Rhondda Cynon Taff99.2197.62
Derbyshire99.2188.98
South Lakeland99.2184.92
Moyle99.2169.05
Belfast99.2157.14
Omagh99.210.79
Tendring99.210.79
Braintree99.210.00
Cheshire99.210.00
Daventry99.210.00
Durham99.210.00
Glasgow99.210.00
Huntingdonshire99.210.00
Somerset99.210.00
Wealden99.210.00
Wiltshire99.210.00
Hastings99.2088.00
Worthing99.2060.80
Angus99.2031.20
Ashford99.2020.80
Bath &​ North East Somerset​99.202.40
Babergh99.200.00
Bexley99.200.00
Brentwood99.200.00
Denbighshire99.200.00
Falkirk99.200.00
North Dorset99.200.00
Oxfordshire99.200.00
Wandsworth99.200.00
West Devon99.200.00
Burnley98.4570.54
Luton98.4570.54
Winchester98.4558.14
Kent98.450.78
Devon98.450.00
Lewisham98.450.00
Medway98.450.00
Stoke-on-Trent98.450.00
Swansea98.450.00
Wolverhampton98.4473.44
Ipswich98.440.00
Warwick98.4390.55
North Norfolk98.4378.74
South Somerset98.4374.02
Malvern Hills98.4349.61
Breckland98.431.57
Cotswold98.430.00
Sandwell98.430.00
Isle of Wight98.4130.16
High Peak98.4125.40
South Shropshire98.416.35
Castlereagh98.410.00
Scarborough98.410.00
Staffordshire98.410.00
Solihull98.4080.00
Canterbury98.4052.00
Coleraine98.4052.00
Hampshire98.405.60
Newtownabbey98.400.80
East Riding of Yorks​hire98.400.00
Limavady98.400.00
Lisburn98.400.00
North Wiltshire98.400.00
Northamptonshire98.400.00
South Ayrshire98.400.00
South Kesteven97.6667.19
Banbridge97.660.00
Neath Port Talbot97.6484.25
South Holland97.6474.80
Worcestershire97.6239.68
Hart97.6066.40
Dartford97.6048.00
Tamworth96.8519.69
City of London96.850.00
Southend-on-Sea96.850.00
Fenland96.8318.25
Barnet96.830.79
Dumfries and Gallowa​y96.830.00
Wigan96.830.00
Tower Hamlets96.800.00
Blaenau Gwent96.120.00
Horsham96.069.45
Castle Morpeth96.060.00
Newry and Mourne96.060.00
London Mayor96.000.00
Salisbury96.000.00
West Lothian95.350.00
Gravesham95.310.00
Darlington95.283.15
Lincoln95.2410.32
Newcastle-under-Lyme​95.200.00
Enfield94.5765.89
Middlesbrough94.490.00
Walsall94.4473.81
Maldon94.440.00
South Northamptonshi​re94.440.00
Northumberland93.6561.90
Staffordshire Moorla​nds93.6557.94
Basingstoke &​ Deane93.650.00
Carmarthenshire93.650.00
East Dunbartonshire93.6028.00
Corby93.604.00
Bolton92.910.00
Ashfield92.800.00
Exeter92.1388.19
Nottinghamshire92.064.76
Basildon92.000.00
St Edmundsbury92.000.00
Doncaster91.470.00
West Somerset91.200.00
Islington90.400.00
Southwark90.400.00
West Sussex89.7630.71
Dundee89.600.00
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar88.890.79
Boston88.280.00
Blackpool88.100.00
Chesterfield87.500.00
Flintshire86.720.00
St Albans86.402.40
Monmouthshire85.830.00
Nottingham85.710.00
Epping Forest85.600.80
Reigate and Banstead​84.130.00
Warrington83.590.00
Merthyr Tydfil83.330.79
East Lothian83.330.00
Scottish Borders83.200.00
Newport82.400.00
Larne81.890.00
Brent80.950.00
Barnsley80.8060.00
Craigavon80.470.00
Wyre Forest79.690.00
Bournemouth79.200.00
Lancashire77.7813.49
Cambridge76.803.20
Mole Valley75.780.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed75.200.00
Halton74.800.00
Arun74.400.00
Warwickshire73.600.00
Swale70.080.00
Ballymena69.290.00
North Lanarkshire54.400.00
Cheltenham49.600.00
East Ayrshire45.670.00
Bridgend44.440.00
Sedgefield30.950.00
Torbay26.980.00
Caerphilly10.403.20
Birmingham4.800.00
Derry4.800.00
West Wiltshire3.170.00
Epsom &​ Ewell1.590.00
Waveney1.550.00
Carrickfergus0.800.00
Selby0.780.00
Fermanagh0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Aylesbury Vale
  • Barking & Dagenham
  • Broadland
  • Camden
  • Caradon
  • Liverpool
  • Mid Bedfordshire
  • North Down
  • Redbridge
  • Runnymede
  • Rutland
  • Shepway
  • Slough
  • South Bedfordshire
  • South Ribble
  • Thurrock
  • Trafford
  • Vale of Glamorgan
  • Worcester City Council
  • Wrexham
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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.

  • Clackmannanshire
  • Purbeck
  • Rochdale
  • South Lanarkshire
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PDF testing

29.4% 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
42.20%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
8.52%
file/url/offtop
None
7.97%
file/url/badpath
None
7.52%
file/url/badscheme
None
7.32%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
5.74%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
4.20%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
2.66%
file/html/badmeta
None
2.59%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
2.50%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
33.67%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
33.65%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
22.92%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
2.34%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
1.79%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
1.67%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
1.58%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
0.98%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
0.52%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
0.39%