March 2009/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    19 Mar 2009

  • Total URLs tested:

    258,624

  • Total tests run:

    84,162,416

  • Total number of PDF's:

    4,216

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    2.69%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    53.15%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.55%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    5.01%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    75.16%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Guildford (http://www.guildford.gov.uk/) - 43,263 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    South Norfolk (http://www.south-norfolk.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
Broxtowe100.00100.00
Caradon100.00100.00
Liverpool100.00100.00
Mid Bedfordshire100.00100.00
North Down100.00100.00
Salford100.00100.00
Slough100.00100.00
South Bedfordshire100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Easington100.0099.20
Elmbridge100.0099.20
South Norfolk100.0099.20
Taunton Deane100.0099.20
Argyll &​ Bute100.0098.40
Hillingdon100.0098.40
Shepway100.0098.40
Surrey Heath100.0098.40
Herefordshire100.0097.60
Merton100.0097.60
Wycombe100.0097.60
Derbyshire Dales100.0096.80
North Devon100.0096.80
Hyndburn100.0096.00
Runnymede100.0096.00
Durham City100.0095.20
Stroud100.0095.20
Chester100.0094.40
North Cornwall100.0094.40
North Yorkshire100.0094.40
Richmond upon Thames​100.0094.40
Calderdale100.0093.60
Eastleigh100.0093.60
Tameside100.0093.60
East Lothian100.0092.80
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0092.00
Gwynedd100.0092.00
Hounslow100.0092.00
Waltham Forest100.0092.00
Warwick100.0092.00
Gedling100.0090.40
Tynedale100.0090.40
Lewes100.0089.60
Woking100.0088.80
Eden100.0087.20
York100.0087.20
New Forest100.0086.40
Havering100.0085.60
Redbridge100.0085.60
Restormel100.0085.60
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0084.80
South Bucks100.0084.80
Tandridge100.0084.80
Kirklees100.0084.00
Mid Sussex100.0081.60
Portsmouth100.0081.60
South Holland100.0081.60
Spelthorne100.0081.60
Torbay100.0080.80
South Derbyshire100.0080.00
Teignbridge100.0080.00
Wellingborough100.0080.00
Hertfordshire100.0079.20
Thanet100.0079.20
Mendip100.0077.60
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0076.80
Aberdeen100.0076.00
Isles of Scilly100.0075.20
Barnsley100.0074.40
Braintree100.0074.40
Northampton100.0074.40
South Cambridgeshire​100.0074.40
Bedfordshire100.0073.60
Manchester100.0073.60
Mansfield100.0073.60
Bracknell Forest100.0072.80
Stirling100.0071.20
Stockton-on-Tees100.0071.20
Sedgemoor100.0070.40
Worcester City Counc​il100.0070.40
Bristol100.0069.60
East Renfrewshire100.0068.80
Pendle100.0068.80
Rossendale100.0068.00
Southampton100.0068.00
Cannock Chase100.0067.20
Hastings100.0067.20
Oswestry100.0066.40
Charnwood100.0064.80
Cherwell100.0064.80
Shetland Islands100.0063.20
Derbyshire100.0062.40
Castle Point100.0061.60
Hinckley &​ Bosworth100.0061.60
Teesdale100.0060.80
Shropshire100.0059.20
Vale of White Horse100.0058.40
Stafford100.0057.60
Wychavon100.0057.60
Luton100.0056.80
South Ribble100.0056.00
Torfaen100.0056.00
Bromsgrove100.0055.20
Trafford100.0050.40
Rhondda Cynon Taff100.0048.80
Crewe and Nantwich100.0048.00
Congleton100.0047.20
St Helens100.0045.60
States of Jersey100.0045.60
Sheffield100.0040.00
East Hertfordshire100.0039.20
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0039.20
Harlow100.0038.40
Milton Keynes100.0038.40
East Riding of Yorks​hire100.0035.20
Peterborough100.0032.00
Aberdeenshire100.0031.20
Camden100.0031.20
Barrow-in-Furness100.0029.60
West Dunbartonshire100.0028.80
Aylesbury Vale100.0028.00
Daventry100.0025.60
South Ayrshire100.0025.60
North Shropshire100.0024.80
North East Derbyshir​e100.0022.40
West Oxfordshire100.0022.40
Wakefield100.0020.80
Chorley100.0020.00
Dumfries and Gallowa​y100.0016.80
Wyre100.0015.20
North West Leicester​shire100.0012.80
Forest of Dean100.0012.00
Havant100.0011.20
Macclesfield100.009.60
West Lothian100.009.60
Rushmoor100.008.00
Chichester100.006.40
Chiltern100.006.40
Isle of Wight100.005.60
Cardiff100.004.80
Colchester100.004.80
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.004.00
Bridgnorth100.003.20
Great Yarmouth100.002.40
Wrexham100.002.40
Dover100.001.60
Monmouthshire100.001.60
Sevenoaks100.001.60
Ards100.000.80
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.000.80
Broxbourne100.000.80
Buckinghamshire100.000.80
Ceredigion100.000.80
Falkirk100.000.80
Flintshire100.000.80
Gateshead100.000.80
Newtownabbey100.000.80
Redcar and Cleveland​100.000.80
Watford100.000.80
Worthing100.000.80
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
Bassetlaw100.000.00
Bath &​ North East Somerset​100.000.00
Bedford100.000.00
Belfast100.000.00
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 Northamptonshir​e100.000.00
East Sussex100.000.00
Eastbourne100.000.00
Epsom &​ Ewell100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Glasgow100.000.00
Gloucester100.000.00
Guildford100.000.00
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
Kent100.000.00
Kerrier100.000.00
Kingston upon Thames​100.000.00
Lambeth100.000.00
Leeds100.000.00
Leicester100.000.00
Leicestershire100.000.00
Limavady100.000.00
Lincoln100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Lisburn100.000.00
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 Hertfordshire100.000.00
North Kesteven100.000.00
North Lincolnshire100.000.00
North Somerset100.000.00
North Warwickshire100.000.00
Nottingham100.000.00
Nottinghamshire100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Pembrokeshire100.000.00
Penwith100.000.00
Poole100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Preston100.000.00
Purbeck100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Sandwell100.000.00
Scarborough100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
South Gloucestershir​e100.000.00
South Lakeland100.000.00
South 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
Wansbeck100.000.00
Waverley100.000.00
Welwyn Hatfield100.000.00
West Berkshire100.000.00
West Lancashire100.000.00
West Lindsey100.000.00
Westminster100.000.00
Weymouth &​ Portland100.000.00
Wirral100.000.00
Wokingham100.000.00
Solihull99.2082.40
South Tyneside99.2077.60
Essex99.2071.20
Wolverhampton99.2064.80
Malvern Hills99.2060.80
Gloucestershire99.2058.40
Canterbury99.2052.80
Mid Devon99.2052.80
Ribble Valley99.2052.80
Redditch99.2046.40
Hampshire99.2043.20
High Peak99.2031.20
Fife99.2029.60
Exeter99.2016.80
Lancaster99.2014.40
Test Valley99.2012.00
Hartlepool99.207.20
Blyth Valley99.206.40
Islington99.200.80
Moyle99.200.80
Omagh99.200.80
Rochford99.200.80
Tamworth99.200.80
Banbridge99.200.00
Bexley99.200.00
Boston99.200.00
Castle Morpeth99.200.00
Crawley99.200.00
Croydon99.200.00
Cumbria99.200.00
Denbighshire99.200.00
East Devon99.200.00
Erewash99.200.00
Hackney99.200.00
Hart99.200.00
Ipswich99.200.00
Kingston upon Hull99.200.00
Mid Suffolk99.200.00
Moray99.200.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​99.200.00
Norfolk99.200.00
North Dorset99.200.00
North East Lincolnsh​ire99.200.00
North Tyneside99.200.00
Perth &​ Kinross99.200.00
Plymouth99.200.00
South Kesteven99.200.00
St Albans99.200.00
Staffordshire99.200.00
Telford &​ Wrekin99.200.00
Tendring99.200.00
Tewkesbury99.200.00
West Dorset99.200.00
West Wiltshire99.200.00
Wigan99.200.00
Sunderland98.4093.60
North Norfolk98.4080.00
Oldham98.4076.00
Burnley98.4071.20
Dartford98.4068.80
Richmondshire98.4050.40
Orkney98.4044.80
South Somerset98.4041.60
East Dunbartonshire98.4026.40
Carlisle98.408.80
Wandsworth98.400.80
Barnet98.400.00
Carmarthenshire98.400.00
East Hampshire98.400.00
East Lindsey98.400.00
Greenwich98.400.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk98.400.00
Maidstone98.400.00
North Wiltshire98.400.00
Reading98.400.00
Rother98.400.00
Somerset98.400.00
South Oxfordshire98.400.00
Southwark98.400.00
Wiltshire98.400.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad97.6055.20
Worcestershire97.6045.60
Brent97.6037.60
Edinburgh97.604.80
South Shropshire97.604.80
Caerphilly97.600.80
Sedgefield97.600.80
Wealden97.600.80
Basingstoke &​ Deane97.600.00
Coleraine97.600.00
Corby97.600.00
Coventry97.600.00
Dacorum97.600.00
Lewisham97.600.00
London Mayor97.600.00
Middlesbrough97.600.00
Northamptonshire97.600.00
Rutland97.600.00
South Northamptonshi​re97.600.00
St Edmundsbury97.600.00
Lancashire96.8011.20
Broadland96.800.00
Dundee96.800.00
Rugby96.800.00
Horsham96.008.00
Norwich96.003.20
Medway96.002.40
Rotherham96.002.40
Alnwick96.000.00
Blackpool96.000.00
Darlington96.000.00
Epping Forest96.000.00
Gravesham96.000.00
Hertsmere96.000.00
Newport96.000.00
Ryedale96.000.00
Southend-on-Sea96.000.00
Winchester95.200.00
Northumberland94.402.40
Maldon94.400.00
Newry and Mourne94.400.00
West Somerset94.400.00
Hammersmith &​ Fulham93.601.60
Doncaster93.600.80
Oxfordshire93.600.00
Salisbury92.800.00
Swansea92.800.00
Walsall92.0060.00
Blaenau Gwent92.000.00
Devon92.000.00
Kettering92.000.00
Ashfield91.200.00
Gosport91.200.00
South Hams91.200.00
Fenland90.4016.80
Basildon90.400.00
Lichfield90.400.00
West Sussex88.800.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds88.0063.20
Enfield87.2039.20
Berwick-Upon-Tweed87.200.00
Cambridge87.200.00
Bolton86.400.00
Merthyr Tydfil86.400.00
Halton84.800.00
Reigate and Banstead​82.400.00
Castlereagh81.600.00
Craigavon81.600.00
Larne81.600.00
Wyre Forest80.000.00
Warwickshire79.200.00
Mole Valley76.800.00
Warrington74.400.00
Scottish Borders70.400.00
North Lanarkshire68.800.00
Arun60.000.00
Oxford60.000.00
Ballymena52.000.00
Bridgend26.400.00
Swale24.800.00
Bournemouth16.800.00
Birmingham11.200.00
Breckland6.400.00
West Devon5.600.00
Waveney1.600.00
Carrickfergus0.800.00
Derry0.800.00
Brighton and Hove0.000.00
East Ayrshire0.000.00
East Staffordshire0.000.00
Fermanagh0.000.00
Huntingdonshire0.000.00
Knowsley0.000.00
Selby0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Aberdeen
  • Argyll & Bute
  • Barking & Dagenham
  • Belfast
  • Broxtowe
  • Copeland
  • Elmbridge
  • States of Jersey
  • Hambleton
  • Hillingdon
  • Hounslow
  • Hyndburn
  • Larne
  • Leeds
  • New Forest
  • North Down
  • Redbridge
  • Runnymede
  • Sheffield
  • Slough
  • South Bedfordshire
  • South Ribble
  • Stafford
  • Suffolk Coastal
  • Surrey Heath
  • Taunton Deane
  • Torfaen
  • Trafford
  • Wakefield
  • West Somerset
  • Wokingham
  • Wycombe
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Brighton and Hove
  • East Ayrshire
  • East Staffordshire
  • Fermanagh
  • Huntingdonshire
  • 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

29.7% 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
39.78%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
30.02%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
10.04%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
6.79%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
5.75%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
1.82%
url/fetch/connref
Connection refused by server
1.59%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
1.01%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
0.94%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
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
24.08%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
23.98%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
15.05%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
10.39%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
6.66%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
5.45%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
3.28%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.86%
file/url/badquery
Illegal character in URL query section
2.31%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.86%