January 2009/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    26 Jan 2009

  • Total URLs tested:

    253,245

  • Total tests run:

    82,420,819

  • Total number of PDF's:

    4,469

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    2.63%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    53.24%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.50%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    4.51%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    75.41%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Guildford (http://www.guildford.gov.uk/) - 43,251 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
Barking &​ Dagenham100.00100.00
Caradon100.00100.00
Elmbridge100.00100.00
Hyndburn100.00100.00
Mid Bedfordshire100.00100.00
North Down100.00100.00
Salford100.00100.00
Slough100.00100.00
Surrey Heath100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Brentwood100.0099.20
Easington100.0099.20
Herefordshire100.0099.20
Shepway100.0099.20
South Bedfordshire100.0099.20
Taunton Deane100.0099.20
Hillingdon100.0098.40
North Devon100.0098.40
Stockton-on-Tees100.0098.40
Barnsley100.0097.60
Derbyshire100.0097.60
Liverpool100.0097.60
South Norfolk100.0097.60
Broxtowe100.0096.80
Merton100.0095.20
North Cornwall100.0095.20
Wycombe100.0095.20
Gedling100.0094.40
Kirklees100.0094.40
Lewes100.0094.40
Chester100.0092.80
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0092.80
Stroud100.0092.80
Calderdale100.0092.00
Gwynedd100.0092.00
Tameside100.0092.00
Portsmouth100.0090.40
Hounslow100.0089.60
Mid Sussex100.0089.60
Rossendale100.0089.60
South Bucks100.0089.60
New Forest100.0088.80
Tynedale100.0088.80
Waltham Forest100.0088.80
Warwick100.0088.80
Eastleigh100.0087.20
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0085.60
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0085.60
Redbridge100.0085.60
Richmond upon Thames​100.0084.80
Durham City100.0084.00
Restormel100.0084.00
Tandridge100.0084.00
South Tyneside100.0083.20
York100.0083.20
South Holland100.0080.80
East Lothian100.0080.00
Argyll &​ Bute100.0079.20
East Hertfordshire100.0079.20
Eden100.0079.20
Spelthorne100.0079.20
Wellingborough100.0078.40
Cannock Chase100.0077.60
South Cambridgeshire​100.0076.80
Teignbridge100.0076.80
Woking100.0076.80
Isles of Scilly100.0076.00
Worcester City Counc​il100.0076.00
Manchester100.0075.20
Solihull100.0074.40
Braintree100.0072.80
Rugby100.0072.80
Havering100.0072.00
Vale of White Horse100.0072.00
Bedfordshire100.0070.40
Charnwood100.0070.40
Rhondda Cynon Taff100.0070.40
Southampton100.0070.40
Bracknell Forest100.0068.80
Aberdeen100.0067.20
Bristol100.0067.20
Dartford100.0066.40
Oswestry100.0066.40
Pendle100.0066.40
Hastings100.0065.60
East Renfrewshire100.0064.80
Cherwell100.0064.00
Congleton100.0064.00
Stirling100.0064.00
Bromsgrove100.0062.40
Thanet100.0060.00
Torfaen100.0059.20
States of Jersey100.0057.60
Castle Point100.0056.80
Wychavon100.0056.80
Hinckley &​ Bosworth100.0056.00
Teesdale100.0054.40
St Helens100.0052.00
Test Valley100.0052.00
Knowsley100.0051.20
East Riding of Yorks​hire100.0048.00
Trafford100.0048.00
Mansfield100.0047.20
Stafford100.0047.20
Crewe and Nantwich100.0046.40
Harlow100.0044.00
Milton Keynes100.0040.80
Hampshire100.0039.20
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0036.80
Aylesbury Vale100.0032.80
South Ribble100.0032.00
Camden100.0031.20
Sheffield100.0031.20
Aberdeenshire100.0029.60
North East Derbyshir​e100.0026.40
Daventry100.0024.80
Dumfries and Gallowa​y100.0024.80
Wokingham100.0024.80
North Shropshire100.0024.00
Chorley100.0023.20
West Oxfordshire100.0022.40
Wyre100.0022.40
South Ayrshire100.0019.20
West Dunbartonshire100.0017.60
Barrow-in-Furness100.0014.40
Peterborough100.0014.40
Richmondshire100.0014.40
Cardiff100.0012.00
Chichester100.0010.40
West Lothian100.009.60
Forest of Dean100.008.80
Rushmoor100.007.20
Chiltern100.006.40
Hartlepool100.006.40
Bridgnorth100.004.00
Colchester100.003.20
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.003.20
Dover100.002.40
Great Yarmouth100.002.40
Sevenoaks100.002.40
East Lindsey100.001.60
Monmouthshire100.001.60
Ards100.000.80
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.000.80
Broxbourne100.000.80
Buckinghamshire100.000.80
Falkirk100.000.80
Flintshire100.000.80
Havant100.000.80
Newtownabbey100.000.80
North West Leicester​shire100.000.80
Redcar and Cleveland​100.000.80
Rochford100.000.80
South Staffordshire100.000.80
Watford100.000.80
Wrexham100.000.80
Allerdale100.000.00
Amber Valley100.000.00
Angus100.000.00
Armagh100.000.00
Ashford100.000.00
Babergh100.000.00
Ballymoney100.000.00
Banbridge100.000.00
Bassetlaw100.000.00
Bath &​ North East Somerset​100.000.00
Bedford100.000.00
Bexley100.000.00
Blaby100.000.00
Bolsover100.000.00
Bradford100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Cambridgeshire100.000.00
Carrick100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Cheltenham100.000.00
Cheshire100.000.00
Chesterfield100.000.00
City of London100.000.00
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Cookstown100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Cornwall100.000.00
Cotswold100.000.00
Craven100.000.00
Derby100.000.00
Derbyshire Dales100.000.00
Down100.000.00
Dudley100.000.00
Dungannon100.000.00
Durham100.000.00
Ealing100.000.00
East Cambridgeshire100.000.00
East Devon100.000.00
East Northamptonshir​e100.000.00
East Sussex100.000.00
Eastbourne100.000.00
Epsom &​ Ewell100.000.00
Erewash100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Gateshead100.000.00
Glasgow100.000.00
Gloucester100.000.00
Greenwich100.000.00
Guildford100.000.00
Hackney100.000.00
Hambleton100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Harrogate100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
Inverclyde100.000.00
Isle of Anglesey100.000.00
Kennet100.000.00
Kent100.000.00
Kerrier100.000.00
Kingston upon Thames​100.000.00
Lambeth100.000.00
Leeds100.000.00
Lincoln100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Melton100.000.00
Middlesbrough100.000.00
Midlothian100.000.00
Neath Port Talbot100.000.00
Newark and Sherwood100.000.00
Newcastle upon Tyne100.000.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​100.000.00
Newham100.000.00
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
North Warwickshire100.000.00
Nottinghamshire100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Omagh100.000.00
Penwith100.000.00
Poole100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Preston100.000.00
Purbeck100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Scarborough100.000.00
Scottish Borders100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
Shropshire100.000.00
South Derbyshire100.000.00
South Gloucestershir​e100.000.00
South Lakeland100.000.00
South Northamptonshi​re100.000.00
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
Suffolk Coastal100.000.00
Surrey100.000.00
Sutton100.000.00
Swindon100.000.00
Telford &​ Wrekin100.000.00
Torridge100.000.00
Tower Hamlets100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Uttlesford100.000.00
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 Dorset100.000.00
West Lancashire100.000.00
West Lindsey100.000.00
Westminster100.000.00
Weymouth &​ Portland100.000.00
Wirral100.000.00
Hertfordshire99.2090.40
Sunderland99.2089.60
Northampton99.2072.00
Essex99.2071.20
Oldham99.2071.20
Shetland Islands99.2068.80
Ribble Valley99.2058.40
Wolverhampton99.2057.60
Mid Devon99.2056.80
Malvern Hills99.2056.00
Gloucestershire99.2053.60
Redditch99.2041.60
High Peak99.2038.40
East Dunbartonshire99.2028.00
Fife99.2027.20
Lancaster99.2017.60
Isle of Wight99.2013.60
Blyth Valley99.207.20
Tewkesbury99.205.60
Carlisle99.203.20
Edinburgh99.201.60
Caerphilly99.200.80
Ceredigion99.200.80
Islington99.200.80
Moyle99.200.80
Worthing99.200.80
Barnet99.200.00
Belfast99.200.00
Boston99.200.00
Broadland99.200.00
Crawley99.200.00
Cumbria99.200.00
Denbighshire99.200.00
East Hampshire99.200.00
Harrow99.200.00
Hart99.200.00
Huntingdonshire99.200.00
Ipswich99.200.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk99.200.00
Kingston upon Hull99.200.00
Leicester99.200.00
Leicestershire99.200.00
Limavady99.200.00
Mid Suffolk99.200.00
Moray99.200.00
North Dorset99.200.00
North Tyneside99.200.00
Pembrokeshire99.200.00
Plymouth99.200.00
South Kesteven99.200.00
St Albans99.200.00
Tamworth99.200.00
Tendring99.200.00
Three Rivers99.200.00
Wandsworth99.200.00
West Wiltshire99.200.00
Wigan99.200.00
North Yorkshire98.4096.00
North Norfolk98.4080.80
Mendip98.4080.00
Torbay98.4079.20
Canterbury98.4047.20
South Somerset98.4044.80
Rotherham98.402.40
Magherafelt98.400.80
Sedgefield98.400.80
Antrim98.400.00
Coventry98.400.00
Gosport98.400.00
Hammersmith &​ Fulham98.400.00
Lisburn98.400.00
Maidstone98.400.00
North Wiltshire98.400.00
Northamptonshire98.400.00
Perth &​ Kinross98.400.00
Reading98.400.00
Rother98.400.00
Somerset98.400.00
South Oxfordshire98.400.00
St Edmundsbury98.400.00
Wiltshire98.400.00
Burnley97.6071.20
Luton97.6064.00
Horsham97.6010.40
South Shropshire97.604.80
Basingstoke &​ Deane97.600.00
Blackpool97.600.00
Corby97.600.00
Dundee97.600.00
London Mayor97.600.00
Rutland97.600.00
Sandwell97.600.00
South Hams97.600.00
Wealden97.600.00
Worcestershire96.8044.00
Breckland96.800.00
Castle Morpeth96.800.00
Coleraine96.800.00
Croydon96.800.00
Dacorum96.800.00
Epping Forest96.800.00
West Devon96.800.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad96.0032.00
Norwich96.003.20
Alnwick96.000.00
Darlington96.000.00
Gravesham96.000.00
Hertsmere96.000.00
Lewisham96.000.00
Medway96.000.00
Winchester96.000.00
Lancashire95.2014.40
Walsall94.4036.80
Northumberland94.404.00
Newry and Mourne94.400.00
Oxfordshire94.400.00
Ryedale94.400.00
Salisbury94.400.00
Exeter93.6081.60
Swale93.600.00
West Somerset93.600.00
Enfield92.8060.00
Ashfield92.800.00
Southwark92.800.00
Doncaster92.000.80
Blaenau Gwent92.000.00
Lichfield92.000.00
Maldon92.000.00
West Sussex91.2048.00
Brent91.2047.20
Fenland91.2016.00
Cambridge90.400.00
Kettering90.400.00
Swansea89.600.00
Orkney88.8045.60
Merthyr Tydfil88.800.80
Bolton88.800.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds88.0056.80
Nottingham88.000.00
Warrington88.000.00
Basildon87.200.00
Halton86.400.00
Southend-on-Sea86.400.00
Warwickshire85.600.00
Reigate and Banstead​84.000.00
Craigavon80.800.00
Newport80.800.00
Larne79.200.00
Mole Valley77.600.00
Wyre Forest76.800.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed72.000.00
Arun68.800.00
North Lanarkshire67.200.00
Oxford64.800.00
Bridgend54.400.00
Ballymena53.600.00
Devon12.800.00
Bournemouth11.200.00
Birmingham9.600.80
Derry4.000.00
Macclesfield1.600.00
Waveney1.600.00
Carrickfergus0.800.00
East Staffordshire0.800.00
Brighton and Hove0.000.00
Castlereagh0.000.00
East Ayrshire0.000.00
Fermanagh0.000.00
Selby0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Angus
  • Bassetlaw
  • Belfast
  • Blaby
  • Brentwood
  • Camden
  • City of London
  • West Dorset
  • Elmbridge
  • Gedling
  • Gwynedd
  • Hambleton
  • Herefordshire
  • Hillingdon
  • Larne
  • Moyle
  • Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • New Forest
  • Newtownabbey
  • North Devon
  • North Down
  • Runnymede
  • Sefton
  • Shepway
  • Slough
  • South Ayrshire
  • Southampton
  • South Bedfordshire
  • Stafford
  • St Helens
  • Stratford-on-Avon
  • Tonbridge and Malling
  • Torfaen
  • Vale of Glamorgan
  • 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 Ayrshire
  • Fermanagh
  • Selby
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Carmarthenshire
  • Chester-le-Street
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Derwentside
  • Rochdale
  • Sedgemoor
  • South Lanarkshire
  • Wear Valley
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PDF testing

24.6% 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.

url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
39.19%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
27.90%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
11.49%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
7.16%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
6.52%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
2.64%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
1.42%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
0.79%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
0.70%
file/html/noframes
A <frameset> tag was found, but no <noframes>
0.67%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
25.63%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
25.52%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
14.28%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
9.34%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
5.74%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
5.72%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
3.20%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.95%
file/url/badquery
Illegal character in URL query section
2.18%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.85%