December 2008/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    16 Dec 2008

  • Total URLs tested:

    257,063

  • Total tests run:

    83,625,243

  • Total number of PDF's:

    3,068

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    4.57%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    54.06%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.61%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    4.62%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    75.28%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Guildford (http://www.guildford.gov.uk/) - 43,779 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
Barking &​ Dagenham100.00100.00
Caradon100.00100.00
Elmbridge100.00100.00
North Devon100.00100.00
Surrey Heath100.00100.00
Taunton Deane100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Hyndburn100.0099.22
Mid Bedfordshire100.0099.21
North Down100.0099.21
Slough100.0099.21
South Bedfordshire100.0099.21
Easington100.0099.20
North Yorkshire100.0099.20
Salford100.0099.20
Broxtowe100.0098.45
Stockton-on-Tees100.0098.44
Hillingdon100.0098.43
North Cornwall100.0098.41
Herefordshire100.0098.40
Merton100.0097.66
Gedling100.0097.64
Camden100.0097.62
Shepway100.0096.83
York100.0096.80
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0096.09
Derbyshire100.0096.00
Brentwood100.0094.44
Portsmouth100.0094.44
Chester100.0093.70
Mansfield100.0093.02
Lewes100.0092.86
Eastleigh100.0092.13
Calderdale100.0092.06
Waltham Forest100.0092.06
Tameside100.0092.00
Gwynedd100.0091.47
South Bucks100.0091.47
Liverpool100.0091.41
Durham City100.0091.34
Mid Sussex100.0090.40
Wrexham100.0090.40
Rossendale100.0089.76
Argyll &​ Bute100.0089.15
Tandridge100.0087.40
East Hertfordshire100.0086.82
Woking100.0086.51
Hounslow100.0086.40
Tynedale100.0086.40
Richmond upon Thames​100.0084.50
Worcester City Counc​il100.0084.38
New Forest100.0084.13
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0083.46
South Lakeland100.0083.46
Havering100.0082.68
Oldham100.0081.40
South Holland100.0081.40
South Tyneside100.0080.16
Rhondda Cynon Taff100.0080.00
Wellingborough100.0079.84
Sunderland100.0078.91
Kirklees100.0078.57
Isles of Scilly100.0077.52
Restormel100.0076.19
North Warwickshire100.0075.00
Vale of White Horse100.0074.80
Charnwood100.0074.22
Manchester100.0074.02
Congleton100.0073.64
Eden100.0073.64
Mid Devon100.0073.23
South Cambridgeshire​100.0073.23
Barrow-in-Furness100.0072.87
Bedfordshire100.0072.44
Bracknell Forest100.0072.44
Trafford100.0071.65
Crewe and Nantwich100.0070.08
Thanet100.0069.60
Pendle100.0067.44
Rugby100.0067.19
Hinckley &​ Bosworth100.0066.40
East Renfrewshire100.0065.62
Teesdale100.0065.08
Sedgemoor100.0064.34
Torfaen100.0062.50
Castle Point100.0061.42
Bristol100.0060.80
Knowsley100.0060.63
Bromsgrove100.0056.25
Wychavon100.0056.25
States of Jersey100.0053.54
Cherwell100.0053.49
Redbridge100.0051.16
Cannock Chase100.0048.84
Stafford100.0046.83
Preston100.0046.09
Test Valley100.0044.96
St Helens100.0044.09
Sheffield100.0043.75
South Staffordshire100.0043.75
Angus100.0042.40
Southampton100.0042.40
Aberdeen100.0042.19
Milton Keynes100.0041.86
Oswestry100.0041.27
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0040.80
Dumfries and Gallowa​y100.0040.00
Peterborough100.0034.38
Hastings100.0033.60
Hampshire100.0030.71
Aylesbury Vale100.0026.98
West Oxfordshire100.0026.98
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0025.60
Chorley100.0025.58
North East Derbyshir​e100.0025.20
Wokingham100.0022.83
Lancaster100.0022.40
West Dunbartonshire100.0022.05
North Shropshire100.0021.26
East Riding of Yorks​hire100.0017.19
Wyre100.0015.87
Forest of Dean100.0014.96
Barnsley100.0014.84
Harlow100.0014.29
Shetland Islands100.0013.60
Cardiff100.0010.85
South Ayrshire100.0010.32
West Lothian100.008.73
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.007.20
Hartlepool100.007.03
Dover100.006.82
Havant100.006.20
Chiltern100.005.43
Teignbridge100.004.65
Bridgnorth100.003.94
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.003.91
Edinburgh100.001.56
Shropshire100.001.55
Buckinghamshire100.000.80
Uttlesford100.000.80
City of London100.000.79
East Northamptonshir​e100.000.79
Flintshire100.000.79
Gloucester100.000.79
Great Yarmouth100.000.79
North West Leicester​shire100.000.79
Worthing100.000.79
Purbeck100.000.78
Rochford100.000.78
Watford100.000.78
Allerdale100.000.00
Amber Valley100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Ards100.000.00
Armagh100.000.00
Ashford100.000.00
Ballymoney100.000.00
Bassetlaw100.000.00
Bath &​ North East Somerset​100.000.00
Bedford100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Bolsover100.000.00
Bradford100.000.00
Braintree100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Broxbourne100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Cambridgeshire100.000.00
Carrick100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Cheshire100.000.00
Chesterfield100.000.00
Chichester100.000.00
Colchester100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Cookstown100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Cornwall100.000.00
Cotswold100.000.00
Coventry100.000.00
Craven100.000.00
Derby100.000.00
Down100.000.00
Dudley100.000.00
Dungannon100.000.00
Durham100.000.00
Ealing100.000.00
East Cambridgeshire100.000.00
East Devon100.000.00
East Lindsey100.000.00
East Sussex100.000.00
Eastbourne100.000.00
Epsom &​ Ewell100.000.00
Erewash100.000.00
Falkirk100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Gateshead100.000.00
Greenwich100.000.00
Guildford100.000.00
Hackney100.000.00
Hambleton100.000.00
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Harrogate100.000.00
Harrow100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
Inverclyde100.000.00
Isle of Anglesey100.000.00
Kennet100.000.00
Kerrier100.000.00
Kingston upon Thames​100.000.00
Lambeth100.000.00
Leeds100.000.00
Lincoln100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Macclesfield100.000.00
Melton100.000.00
Monmouthshire100.000.00
Neath Port Talbot100.000.00
Newark and Sherwood100.000.00
Newcastle upon Tyne100.000.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​100.000.00
Norfolk100.000.00
North Ayrshire100.000.00
North Hertfordshire100.000.00
North Kesteven100.000.00
North Lincolnshire100.000.00
North Somerset100.000.00
Northamptonshire100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Omagh100.000.00
Penwith100.000.00
Poole100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Rutland100.000.00
Ryedale100.000.00
Scarborough100.000.00
Scottish Borders100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
Sevenoaks100.000.00
South Gloucestershir​e100.000.00
South Oxfordshire100.000.00
South Ribble100.000.00
Staffordshire100.000.00
Stevenage100.000.00
Stockport100.000.00
Stoke-on-Trent100.000.00
Strabane100.000.00
Stratford-on-Avon100.000.00
Suffolk100.000.00
Surrey100.000.00
Sutton100.000.00
Three Rivers100.000.00
Torridge100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Vale Royal100.000.00
Vale of Glamorgan100.000.00
Wakefield100.000.00
Wansbeck100.000.00
Waverley100.000.00
Welwyn Hatfield100.000.00
West Berkshire100.000.00
West Lancashire100.000.00
West Lindsey100.000.00
West Wiltshire100.000.00
Westminster100.000.00
Wirral100.000.00
Wycombe100.000.00
Stroud99.2296.88
Warwick99.2290.62
Spelthorne99.2279.84
South Somerset99.2270.31
Stirling99.2256.25
Malvern Hills99.2252.71
Redditch99.2235.94
Fife99.2226.56
Dartford99.2222.48
Rushmoor99.223.91
West Dorset99.223.10
Magherafelt99.221.56
Tewkesbury99.221.55
Redcar and Cleveland​99.220.78
Tendring99.220.78
Cumbria99.220.00
Hart99.220.00
Ipswich99.220.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk99.220.00
Lewisham99.220.00
North East Lincolnsh​ire99.220.00
North Tyneside99.220.00
Wiltshire99.220.00
Solihull99.2189.68
Hertfordshire99.2188.10
Northampton99.2178.57
Ribble Valley99.2161.11
Canterbury99.2152.76
Daventry99.2125.20
High Peak99.2123.81
Carlisle99.2113.49
Blyth Valley99.216.30
Ceredigion99.210.79
Moyle99.210.79
Telford &​ Wrekin99.210.79
Belfast99.210.00
Broadland99.210.00
Derbyshire Dales99.210.00
Islington99.210.00
Kingston upon Hull99.210.00
North Dorset99.210.00
Perth &​ Kinross99.210.00
Plymouth99.210.00
Rother99.210.00
Somerset99.210.00
South Derbyshire99.210.00
South Northamptonshi​re99.210.00
Wigan99.210.00
South Norfolk99.20100.00
Aberdeenshire99.2023.20
Nottinghamshire99.203.20
Denbighshire99.200.80
Newtownabbey99.200.80
Crawley99.200.00
Leicester99.200.00
Limavady99.200.00
Mid Suffolk99.200.00
Moray99.200.00
South Kesteven99.200.00
St Albans99.200.00
Tower Hamlets99.200.00
Wandsworth99.200.00
Mendip98.4578.29
Wolverhampton98.4572.09
Essex98.4569.77
Reading98.450.00
Burnley98.4475.78
Torbay98.440.78
East Hampshire98.440.00
Swindon98.440.00
Richmondshire98.4355.91
North Wiltshire98.431.57
Caerphilly98.430.79
Pembrokeshire98.430.00
Luton98.4172.22
Brent98.4147.62
Kent98.4123.81
Horsham98.4110.32
Babergh98.410.00
Huntingdonshire98.410.00
Leicestershire98.410.00
Isle of Wight98.4020.00
Bexley98.400.00
Boston98.400.00
Maidstone98.400.00
Suffolk Coastal98.360.00
Worcestershire97.6741.09
Croydon97.670.00
Gosport97.660.00
Carmarthenshire97.640.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad97.6244.44
South Shropshire97.623.17
Sedgefield97.620.79
Southwark97.620.00
North Norfolk97.6078.40
Gloucestershire97.6044.00
Dacorum97.600.00
Lisburn97.600.00
London Mayor97.600.00
Wealden97.600.00
West Devon97.600.00
Rotherham96.902.33
Sandwell96.900.00
Winchester96.900.00
Midlothian96.880.00
Breckland96.850.00
Glasgow96.850.00
Middlesbrough96.850.00
Barnet96.830.79
Alnwick96.830.00
Corby96.830.00
Oxfordshire96.830.00
Coleraine96.800.00
Blackpool96.120.00
Fenland96.0319.05
Medway96.030.00
South Hams96.000.00
Newport95.350.00
East Dunbartonshire95.2826.77
Norwich95.2452.38
Blaenau Gwent95.240.00
Epping Forest95.200.00
St Edmundsbury95.200.00
Darlington94.530.00
Northumberland94.494.72
Banbridge94.440.00
Gravesham94.440.00
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar94.400.00
Weymouth &​ Portland94.400.00
Exeter93.7573.44
Enfield93.7073.23
Walsall93.7058.27
Basingstoke &​ Deane93.650.00
Salisbury93.650.00
Castle Morpeth93.600.00
Newry and Mourne93.600.00
Lancashire92.9712.50
Maldon92.800.00
Kettering92.250.00
Newham92.197.81
Doncaster92.190.78
Swansea92.190.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed92.130.00
Dundee92.130.00
Lichfield92.060.00
West Sussex91.4743.41
Southend-on-Sea91.270.00
Ashfield91.200.00
Nottingham90.480.00
Cambridge88.800.80
Basildon88.800.00
Warwickshire88.800.00
Bolton88.280.00
West Somerset88.000.00
East Lothian87.200.00
Orkney86.8241.86
Tamworth85.600.00
Reigate and Banstead​84.920.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds84.5064.34
Larne82.540.00
Craigavon81.600.00
Merthyr Tydfil81.400.00
Halton80.800.00
Warrington80.000.00
Wyre Forest78.740.00
Mole Valley78.120.00
Arun72.800.00
Swale70.080.00
Ballymena62.200.00
North Lanarkshire59.520.00
Oxford58.910.00
Cheltenham50.400.00
Hertsmere49.610.00
Bournemouth44.190.00
Bridgend27.560.00
Birmingham16.800.80
Derry5.510.00
East Ayrshire3.200.00
Devon2.340.00
Waveney1.560.00
Carrickfergus0.800.00
Brighton and Hove0.000.00
Castlereagh0.000.00
East Staffordshire0.000.00
Fermanagh0.000.00
Selby0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Argyll & Bute
  • Broxtowe
  • Camden
  • Eastleigh
  • East Renfrewshire
  • Eden
  • Elmbridge
  • Gwynedd
  • Hambleton
  • Hillingdon
  • Mid Sussex
  • Redbridge
  • Rossendale
  • Salford
  • Shepway
  • South Norfolk
  • Southampton
  • South Bedfordshire
  • South Ribble
  • Taunton Deane
  • Wolverhampton
  • Wyre
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Brighton and Hove
  • Castlereagh
  • East Staffordshire
  • Fermanagh
  • Selby
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Chester-le-Street
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Derwentside
  • Rochdale
  • South Lanarkshire
  • Wear Valley
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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
49.30%
file/url/offtop
None
9.44%
file/url/badscheme
None
6.67%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
6.60%
file/url/badpath
None
6.40%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
4.48%
file/html/badmeta
None
2.43%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
2.37%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
2.18%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
1.96%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
27.30%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
27.21%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
12.49%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
8.45%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
6.23%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
5.92%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
4.33%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
3.39%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.88%
url/fetch/moved
A "301 Moved Permanently" response was received
1.44%