February 2009/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    23 Feb 2009

  • Total URLs tested:

    257,751

  • Total tests run:

    83,885,945

  • Total number of PDF's:

    4,495

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    2.81%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    53.97%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.40%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    4.87%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    75.94%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Guildford (http://www.guildford.gov.uk/) - 43,324 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Barking & Dagenham (http://www.barking-dagenham.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
Brentwood100.00100.00
Easington100.00100.00
Hillingdon100.00100.00
Liverpool100.00100.00
Mid Bedfordshire100.00100.00
North Down100.00100.00
Salford100.00100.00
Taunton Deane100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Elmbridge100.0099.20
North Devon100.0099.20
Slough100.0099.20
South Bedfordshire100.0099.20
Surrey Heath100.0099.20
Broxtowe100.0098.40
Merton100.0098.40
Shepway100.0098.40
Herefordshire100.0097.60
Stroud100.0096.80
Hyndburn100.0096.00
Wycombe100.0096.00
Eden100.0095.20
North Yorkshire100.0095.20
Chester100.0094.40
Durham City100.0094.40
North Cornwall100.0094.40
Richmond upon Thames​100.0094.40
Gedling100.0093.60
Mansfield100.0093.60
Kirklees100.0092.80
Tynedale100.0092.80
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0092.00
Hounslow100.0092.00
Eastleigh100.0091.20
Waltham Forest100.0091.20
Calderdale100.0090.40
Lewes100.0090.40
Warwick100.0090.40
Argyll &​ Bute100.0088.00
Redbridge100.0086.40
Restormel100.0086.40
York100.0086.40
Havering100.0085.60
Portsmouth100.0085.60
Rossendale100.0085.60
Tandridge100.0085.60
Woking100.0085.60
New Forest100.0084.80
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0084.80
South Holland100.0084.80
Derbyshire100.0084.00
East Lothian100.0083.20
Mid Sussex100.0082.40
South Bucks100.0082.40
Spelthorne100.0081.60
Wellingborough100.0081.60
Barnsley100.0080.00
Hertfordshire100.0080.00
Caradon100.0079.20
Gwynedd100.0078.40
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0077.60
Castle Point100.0075.20
Isles of Scilly100.0074.40
Shetland Islands100.0074.40
South Cambridgeshire​100.0074.40
Manchester100.0073.60
Stirling100.0072.80
Bedfordshire100.0072.00
Aberdeen100.0071.20
Braintree100.0071.20
Rhondda Cynon Taff100.0071.20
Teignbridge100.0071.20
Cannock Chase100.0070.40
Oswestry100.0069.60
South Tyneside100.0069.60
Southampton100.0068.80
Dartford100.0068.00
Stockton-on-Tees100.0068.00
Bracknell Forest100.0067.20
Charnwood100.0067.20
Pendle100.0066.40
Cherwell100.0065.60
Trafford100.0064.80
Bristol100.0064.00
East Renfrewshire100.0064.00
South Ribble100.0063.20
Sedgemoor100.0061.60
Hinckley &​ Bosworth100.0060.80
Vale of White Horse100.0060.80
Bromsgrove100.0059.20
Thanet100.0057.60
Torfaen100.0057.60
Worcester City Counc​il100.0057.60
Stafford100.0056.80
Wychavon100.0056.00
East Hertfordshire100.0055.20
Teesdale100.0051.20
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0049.60
Barrow-in-Furness100.0048.80
Crewe and Nantwich100.0048.00
Hampshire100.0047.20
Harlow100.0047.20
States of Jersey100.0047.20
Hastings100.0046.40
Congleton100.0045.60
St Helens100.0045.60
Peterborough100.0038.40
Milton Keynes100.0037.60
East Dunbartonshire100.0032.80
West Oxfordshire100.0032.80
Aylesbury Vale100.0029.60
East Riding of Yorks​hire100.0028.00
Aberdeenshire100.0026.40
North East Derbyshir​e100.0026.40
North Shropshire100.0025.60
Chorley100.0024.00
Sheffield100.0022.40
South Ayrshire100.0020.80
Wyre100.0018.40
Richmondshire100.0016.80
West Dunbartonshire100.0015.20
Forest of Dean100.009.60
West Lothian100.009.60
Macclesfield100.008.80
Cardiff100.008.00
Havant100.007.20
Chiltern100.006.40
Dumfries and Gallowa​y100.006.40
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.006.40
Hartlepool100.005.60
Rushmoor100.005.60
Colchester100.004.00
Bridgnorth100.003.20
Great Yarmouth100.002.40
Dover100.001.60
Monmouthshire100.001.60
Sevenoaks100.001.60
Ards100.000.80
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.000.80
Broxbourne100.000.80
Buckinghamshire100.000.80
Chichester100.000.80
Flintshire100.000.80
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.000.80
Newtownabbey100.000.80
North West Leicester​shire100.000.80
Redcar and Cleveland​100.000.80
Watford100.000.80
Worthing100.000.80
Wrexham100.000.80
Allerdale100.000.00
Amber Valley100.000.00
Angus100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Armagh100.000.00
Ashford100.000.00
Babergh100.000.00
Ballymoney100.000.00
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
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
Edinburgh100.000.00
Epsom &​ Ewell100.000.00
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
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
Leicestershire100.000.00
Lincoln100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Magherafelt100.000.00
Melton100.000.00
Midlothian100.000.00
Neath Port Talbot100.000.00
Newark and Sherwood100.000.00
Newcastle upon Tyne100.000.00
Newham100.000.00
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
Nottingham100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Omagh100.000.00
Pembrokeshire100.000.00
Penwith100.000.00
Poole100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Preston100.000.00
Purbeck100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Ryedale100.000.00
Scarborough100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
Shropshire100.000.00
South Derbyshire100.000.00
South Gloucestershir​e100.000.00
South Lakeland100.000.00
South Staffordshire100.000.00
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
Three Rivers100.000.00
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
Wokingham100.000.00
South Norfolk99.2096.80
Tameside99.2091.20
Solihull99.2088.80
Mendip99.2074.40
Northampton99.2073.60
Essex99.2072.00
Mid Devon99.2063.20
Canterbury99.2058.40
Malvern Hills99.2055.20
Gloucestershire99.2052.80
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad99.2040.00
Test Valley99.2038.40
Redditch99.2035.20
Fife99.2025.60
Daventry99.2024.80
Lancaster99.2016.80
Exeter99.2016.00
Carlisle99.207.20
Blyth Valley99.204.80
Bath &​ North East Somerset​99.200.80
Ceredigion99.200.80
Falkirk99.200.80
Islington99.200.80
Moyle99.200.80
Rochford99.200.80
Banbridge99.200.00
Bassetlaw99.200.00
Belfast99.200.00
Carmarthenshire99.200.00
Castle Morpeth99.200.00
Crawley99.200.00
Cumbria99.200.00
Denbighshire99.200.00
East Hampshire99.200.00
Erewash99.200.00
Hart99.200.00
Huntingdonshire99.200.00
Ipswich99.200.00
Kingston upon Hull99.200.00
Leicester99.200.00
Limavady99.200.00
Mid Suffolk99.200.00
Moray99.200.00
Norfolk99.200.00
North Dorset99.200.00
North Tyneside99.200.00
Perth &​ Kinross99.200.00
Plymouth99.200.00
South Kesteven99.200.00
St Albans99.200.00
Tendring99.200.00
Wandsworth99.200.00
West Wiltshire99.200.00
Wigan99.200.00
Sunderland98.4093.60
North Norfolk98.4080.00
Burnley98.4074.40
Torbay98.4072.80
Ribble Valley98.4059.20
Wolverhampton98.4054.40
South Somerset98.4048.80
High Peak98.4037.60
Caerphilly98.400.80
Sedgefield98.400.80
Barnet98.400.00
Boston98.400.00
Derbyshire Dales98.400.00
East Lindsey98.400.00
Lisburn98.400.00
Maidstone98.400.00
Middlesbrough98.400.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​98.400.00
North Wiltshire98.400.00
Nottinghamshire98.400.00
Reading98.400.00
Rother98.400.00
Somerset98.400.00
South Northamptonshi​re98.400.00
South Oxfordshire98.400.00
Telford &​ Wrekin98.400.00
Tewkesbury98.400.00
Wiltshire98.400.00
Oldham97.6082.40
Worcestershire97.6045.60
Brent97.6039.20
Isle of Wight97.608.00
South Shropshire97.608.00
Corby97.600.00
Gosport97.600.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk97.600.00
Lewisham97.600.00
London Mayor97.600.00
Rutland97.600.00
Sandwell97.600.00
Southwark97.600.00
St Edmundsbury97.600.00
Wealden97.600.00
Norwich96.803.20
Rotherham96.802.40
Blackpool96.800.00
Breckland96.800.00
Broadland96.800.00
Coleraine96.800.00
Croydon96.800.00
Dacorum96.800.00
Dundee96.800.00
Lancashire96.0012.80
Camden96.008.80
Alnwick96.000.00
Coventry96.000.00
Darlington96.000.00
Epping Forest96.000.00
Gravesham96.000.00
Hertsmere96.000.00
Rugby96.000.00
Winchester96.000.00
Horsham95.208.80
Basingstoke &​ Deane95.200.00
Medway95.200.00
Newry and Mourne95.200.00
West Somerset95.200.00
Luton93.6072.00
Enfield93.6045.60
Orkney93.6045.60
Northumberland93.605.60
Maldon93.600.00
Kent92.800.00
Kettering92.800.00
Oxfordshire92.800.00
Salisbury92.800.00
Swale92.800.00
Walsall92.0050.40
Blaenau Gwent92.000.00
Lichfield92.000.00
Doncaster91.200.80
Northamptonshire91.200.00
Warrington91.200.00
Merthyr Tydfil90.400.80
Ashfield90.400.00
Fenland89.6012.80
Cambridge88.800.00
West Sussex88.800.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds88.0063.20
Berwick-Upon-Tweed88.000.00
Tamworth88.000.00
Bolton87.200.00
Basildon85.600.00
South Hams85.600.00
Halton84.000.00
Craigavon81.600.00
Newport80.800.00
Swansea80.000.00
Warwickshire79.200.00
Larne78.400.00
Reigate and Banstead​78.400.00
Mole Valley76.800.00
Castlereagh75.200.00
Wyre Forest74.400.00
Southend-on-Sea73.600.00
Arun72.000.00
Scottish Borders68.800.00
Oxford62.400.00
North Lanarkshire57.600.00
Ballymena48.800.00
Bridgend25.600.00
Bournemouth13.600.00
Birmingham11.200.00
West Devon4.800.00
Waveney1.600.00
Carrickfergus0.800.00
Derry0.800.00
Brighton and Hove0.000.00
Devon0.000.00
East Ayrshire0.000.00
East Staffordshire0.000.00
Fermanagh0.000.00
Knowsley0.000.00
Selby0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Adur
  • Bracknell Forest
  • Brentwood
  • Broxtowe
  • Ceredigion
  • Copeland
  • Eden
  • Elmbridge
  • Gloucestershire
  • Herefordshire
  • Hillingdon
  • Horsham
  • Hounslow
  • Hyndburn
  • Leeds
  • Merton
  • North Somerset
  • New Forest
  • North Down
  • Nuneaton & Bedworth
  • Orkney
  • Redbridge
  • Rotherham
  • Runnymede
  • Sevenoaks
  • Shepway
  • Slough
  • Taunton Deane
  • Thurrock
  • Torfaen
  • Vale of White Horse
  • Wrexham
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Brighton and Hove
  • Devon
  • East Ayrshire
  • East Staffordshire
  • Fermanagh
  • Knowsley
  • 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

28.0% 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
35.50%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
30.58%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
10.01%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
9.26%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
8.55%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
1.69%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
1.02%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
0.73%
file/html/noframes
A <frameset> tag was found, but no <noframes>
0.72%
url/fetch/connref
Connection refused by server
0.57%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
25.36%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
25.25%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
14.30%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
9.60%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
5.86%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
5.28%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
3.34%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.68%
file/url/badquery
Illegal character in URL query section
2.06%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.86%