June 2009/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    24 Jun 2009

  • Total URLs tested:

    246,400

  • Total tests run:

    80,152,020

  • Total number of PDF's:

    2,770

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    3.09%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    55.88%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.41%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    5.02%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    76.47%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Guildford (http://www.guildford.gov.uk/) - 58,269 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
Brentwood100.00100.00
Elmbridge100.00100.00
Hyndburn100.00100.00
Liverpool100.00100.00
North Devon100.00100.00
North Down100.00100.00
Runnymede100.00100.00
Salford100.00100.00
Slough100.00100.00
South Norfolk100.00100.00
Surrey Heath100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Hounslow100.0099.20
Mid Sussex100.0099.20
Stockton-on-Tees100.0099.20
Broxtowe100.0098.40
Herefordshire100.0098.40
Taunton Deane100.0098.40
Argyll &​ Bute100.0097.60
Rossendale100.0097.60
Lewes100.0096.80
North Tyneside100.0096.80
Shepway100.0096.80
Wycombe100.0096.80
Merton100.0096.00
Stroud100.0096.00
Hertfordshire100.0094.40
Derbyshire Dales100.0093.60
Hillingdon100.0093.60
Gedling100.0092.80
Gwynedd100.0092.80
Tameside100.0092.80
York100.0092.80
Calderdale100.0092.00
Mansfield100.0092.00
Oldham100.0092.00
Eastleigh100.0091.20
Richmond upon Thames​100.0091.20
South Holland100.0090.40
Portsmouth100.0089.60
Torbay100.0089.60
Woking100.0088.80
Rhondda Cynon Taff100.0086.40
Trafford100.0085.60
City of London100.0084.00
Redbridge100.0083.20
New Forest100.0081.60
Tandridge100.0080.80
Warwick100.0080.80
Solihull100.0080.00
Barnsley100.0079.20
Hastings100.0079.20
Waltham Forest100.0079.20
Spelthorne100.0078.40
Sunderland100.0078.40
South Derbyshire100.0077.60
East Lothian100.0076.80
Shropshire100.0076.80
Stafford100.0076.80
South Cambridgeshire​100.0076.00
Worcester100.0074.40
Mendip100.0072.80
Enfield100.0072.00
Vale of White Horse100.0072.00
Stirling100.0071.20
Bracknell Forest100.0070.40
Shetland Islands100.0070.40
Charnwood100.0069.60
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0069.60
Cannock Chase100.0068.80
Aberdeen100.0068.00
Braintree100.0068.00
Southampton100.0068.00
Torfaen100.0068.00
Milton Keynes100.0064.00
Barrow-in-Furness100.0060.80
Hampshire100.0060.00
Hinckley &​ Bosworth100.0060.00
Bristol100.0059.20
Pendle100.0059.20
Wychavon100.0059.20
Kirklees100.0058.40
South Ribble100.0058.40
Sedgemoor100.0056.80
Aylesbury Vale100.0056.00
Isles of Scilly100.0056.00
Bromsgrove100.0053.60
Cherwell100.0053.60
South Bucks100.0053.60
Ceredigion100.0052.00
Manchester100.0052.00
East Renfrewshire100.0050.40
Fareham100.0048.00
States of Jersey100.0048.00
Harlow100.0046.40
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0044.80
Central Bedfordshire​100.0044.00
South Ayrshire100.0044.00
Lancaster100.0043.20
North Yorkshire100.0036.80
East Dunbartonshire100.0032.80
Sheffield100.0032.00
Aberdeenshire100.0025.60
Peterborough100.0024.80
Dumfries and Gallowa​y100.0024.00
Hammersmith &​ Fulham100.0022.40
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth100.0021.60
Wakefield100.0020.80
East Hertfordshire100.0018.40
North East Derbyshir​e100.0018.40
Basildon100.0016.80
Wyre100.0016.80
Chorley100.0014.40
Forest of Dean100.009.60
West Lothian100.009.60
West Oxfordshire100.009.60
Dartford100.008.00
Copeland100.007.20
Rushmoor100.007.20
Camden100.006.40
Chiltern100.006.40
Isle of Wight100.006.40
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar100.004.80
Hartlepool100.004.80
Newtownabbey100.004.80
Wrexham100.004.80
Daventry100.004.00
Cardiff100.003.20
Colchester100.002.40
Great Yarmouth100.002.40
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.001.60
East Lindsey100.001.60
Harrogate100.001.60
Havering100.001.60
Sevenoaks100.001.60
Cheshire West100.000.80
Dover100.000.80
Erewash100.000.80
Falkirk100.000.80
Flintshire100.000.80
Gateshead100.000.80
North Warwickshire100.000.80
North West Leicester​shire100.000.80
Redcar and Cleveland​100.000.80
Uttlesford100.000.80
Vale of Glamorgan100.000.80
Watford100.000.80
Allerdale100.000.00
Amber Valley100.000.00
Angus100.000.00
Antrim100.000.00
Ards100.000.00
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
Bolsover100.000.00
Bradford100.000.00
Bromley100.000.00
Broxbourne100.000.00
Buckinghamshire100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Chesterfield100.000.00
Chichester100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Cookstown100.000.00
Cotswold100.000.00
Craven100.000.00
Croydon100.000.00
Denbighshire100.000.00
Derby100.000.00
Down100.000.00
Dudley100.000.00
Dungannon100.000.00
Durham100.000.00
Ealing100.000.00
East Northamptonshir​e100.000.00
East Sussex100.000.00
Eastbourne100.000.00
Epsom &​ Ewell100.000.00
Fermanagh100.000.00
Fife100.000.00
Forest Heath100.000.00
Gloucester100.000.00
Guildford100.000.00
Hambleton100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Harrow100.000.00
Havant100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
Inverclyde100.000.00
Isle of Anglesey100.000.00
Kent100.000.00
Kingston upon Thames​100.000.00
Knowsley100.000.00
Lambeth100.000.00
Leeds100.000.00
Leicester100.000.00
Limavady100.000.00
Lincoln100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Lisburn100.000.00
Melton100.000.00
Midlothian100.000.00
Monmouthshire100.000.00
Neath Port Talbot100.000.00
Newark and Sherwood100.000.00
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 Somerset100.000.00
Northumberland100.000.00
Nottingham100.000.00
Nottinghamshire100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Pembrokeshire100.000.00
Poole100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Preston100.000.00
Purbeck100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Rutland100.000.00
Scarborough100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
South Gloucestershir​e100.000.00
South Hams100.000.00
South Lakeland100.000.00
South Oxfordshire100.000.00
South Staffordshire100.000.00
St Helens100.000.00
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
Teignbridge100.000.00
Thanet100.000.00
Three Rivers100.000.00
Torridge100.000.00
Tower Hamlets100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Waverley100.000.00
Wellingborough100.000.00
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
Worthing100.000.00
Derbyshire99.2088.80
Eden99.2086.40
South Tyneside99.2075.20
Luton99.2074.40
Mid Devon99.2067.20
Redditch99.2064.00
South Somerset99.2059.20
Gloucestershire99.2058.40
Ribble Valley99.2056.80
Malvern Hills99.2055.20
Canterbury99.2048.80
Test Valley99.2029.60
East Riding of Yorks​hire99.2028.80
Horsham99.2024.00
Northampton99.2017.60
Brighton and Hove99.2013.60
Carlisle99.205.60
Rotherham99.202.40
Moyle99.200.80
Omagh99.200.80
St Albans99.200.80
Tamworth99.200.80
Belfast99.200.00
Bexley99.200.00
Blaby99.200.00
Boston99.200.00
Cambridgeshire99.200.00
Cheltenham99.200.00
Crawley99.200.00
Dorset99.200.00
East Cambridgeshire99.200.00
East Devon99.200.00
Exeter99.200.00
Greenwich99.200.00
Hackney99.200.00
Hull99.200.00
Leicestershire99.200.00
Lewisham99.200.00
London Mayor99.200.00
Magherafelt99.200.00
Maidstone99.200.00
Mid Suffolk99.200.00
North Dorset99.200.00
North Lincolnshire99.200.00
Oxfordshire99.200.00
Perth &​ Kinross99.200.00
Swansea99.200.00
Telford &​ Wrekin99.200.00
Tewkesbury99.200.00
Wigan99.200.00
Burnley98.4082.40
Essex98.4070.40
Richmondshire98.4046.40
Carrickfergus98.4042.40
Norwich98.4024.00
Somerset98.400.80
Breckland98.400.00
Cheshire East98.400.00
Cornwall98.400.00
Coventry98.400.00
East Hampshire98.400.00
Glasgow98.400.00
Hart98.400.00
Ipswich98.400.00
Moray98.400.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​98.400.00
Newry and Mourne98.400.00
Plymouth98.400.00
Reading98.400.00
Wandsworth98.400.00
Barnet97.600.00
Broadland97.600.00
Carmarthenshire97.600.00
Coleraine97.600.00
Cumbria97.600.00
High Peak97.600.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk97.600.00
Middlesbrough97.600.00
Rother97.600.00
Scottish Borders97.600.00
South Northamptonshi​re97.600.00
Southwark97.600.00
Swale97.600.00
Wolverhampton96.8057.60
Worcestershire96.8040.00
Fenland96.8019.20
Blackpool96.800.00
Rochford96.800.00
Rugby96.800.00
Ryedale96.800.00
Sandwell96.800.00
Orkney96.0040.80
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad96.0027.20
Edinburgh96.000.80
Corby96.000.00
Dacorum96.000.00
Dundee96.000.00
Epping Forest96.000.00
Gravesham96.000.00
Darlington95.2063.20
Caerphilly95.200.80
Medway95.200.00
Southend-on-Sea95.200.00
Blaenau Gwent94.400.00
Maldon94.400.00
West Somerset94.400.00
West Dunbartonshire93.6022.40
Newcastle upon Tyne93.600.00
Lancashire92.809.60
Gosport92.800.80
Walsall92.0047.20
Doncaster92.000.00
South Kesteven92.000.00
Winchester92.000.00
Bolton91.670.00
Islington91.200.00
Tendring91.200.00
Cambridge90.400.00
Newport90.400.00
North Norfolk90.400.00
Wiltshire90.400.00
Kettering89.601.60
West Sussex88.8040.00
Basingstoke &​ Deane88.800.00
St Edmundsbury88.000.00
Northamptonshire87.200.00
Oxford85.600.00
Hertsmere84.800.00
Lichfield84.000.00
Warwickshire83.200.00
Staffordshire Moorla​nds82.4059.20
Reigate and Banstead​82.400.00
Castlereagh81.600.00
Halton80.800.00
Brent80.0049.60
Craigavon78.400.00
Wyre Forest78.400.00
Larne77.600.00
Warrington74.400.00
Mole Valley73.600.00
Merthyr Tydfil71.200.80
Castle Point64.000.00
North Lanarkshire56.000.00
Ballymena49.600.00
Bridgend46.400.80
Arun27.200.00
Wealden27.200.00
Birmingham15.200.80
Bournemouth12.800.00
West Devon10.400.00
Fylde8.803.20
Staffordshire4.000.00
Devon1.600.00
East Staffordshire1.600.00
Waveney1.600.00
Derry0.800.00
East Ayrshire0.000.00
Huntingdonshire0.000.00
Selby0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Aberdeen
  • Barking & Dagenham
  • Broxtowe
  • Chorley
  • City of London
  • Exeter
  • Fareham
  • Forest Heath
  • States of Jersey
  • Gwynedd
  • Hambleton
  • Harlow
  • Herefordshire
  • Hillingdon
  • Hounslow
  • Luton
  • North Down
  • Rhondda Cynon Taff
  • Runnymede
  • Slough
  • South Ribble
  • Stafford
  • Sunderland
  • Surrey Heath
  • Tandridge
  • Torbay
  • Vale of Glamorgan
  • West Lindsey
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • East Ayrshire
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Selby
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Ashfield
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Rochdale
  • South Lanarkshire
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PDF testing

30.1% 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
30.62%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
30.58%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
17.82%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
8.60%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
6.55%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
1.52%
url/fetch/connref
Connection refused by server
0.84%
url/fetch/noeoh
No end-of-headers found in HTTP response
0.82%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
0.68%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
0.65%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
25.49%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
25.45%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
14.05%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
9.77%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
5.82%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
5.45%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
3.26%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
2.86%
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
2.05%