September 2006/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    18 Sep 2006

  • Total URLs tested:

    233,534

  • Total tests run:

    75,938,304

  • Total number of PDF's:

    1,529

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    5.01%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    54.71%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.98%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    8.14%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    79.79%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Birmingham (http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/) - 40,203 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    North Norfolk (http://www.northnorfolk.org/)




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
Milton Keynes100.00100.00
New Forest100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Merton100.0099.22
Barking &​ Dagenham100.0099.21
Elmbridge100.0099.21
Shepway100.0099.21
South Norfolk100.0099.21
Stockton-on-Tees100.0098.44
Herefordshire100.0098.43
Woking100.0098.41
Eastleigh100.0098.40
Kirklees100.0098.40
North Cornwall100.0097.66
Surrey Heath100.0097.66
Lewes100.0097.64
Rhondda Cynon Taff100.0097.64
Gedling100.0097.62
Mansfield100.0096.12
Rotherham100.0096.09
Solihull100.0096.09
South Holland100.0096.09
High Peak100.0096.00
Tameside100.0095.24
Durham City100.0094.40
North Norfolk100.0094.40
Wear Valley100.0093.75
Liverpool100.0093.02
Chester100.0092.91
Aylesbury Vale100.0091.27
Barrow-in-Furness100.0091.20
St Helens100.0090.40
Oldham100.0089.06
Stratford-on-Avon100.0089.06
Luton100.0088.37
Hastings100.0088.19
Hertfordshire100.0087.60
Melton100.0087.30
Dacorum100.0086.61
Redbridge100.0086.51
Salford100.0085.83
Richmondshire100.0085.27
Essex100.0082.54
Bristol100.0082.17
Congleton100.0081.89
North Devon100.0081.89
East Staffordshire100.0081.25
Stroud100.0081.10
Trafford100.0080.62
East Renfrewshire100.0080.47
Bromsgrove100.0077.95
Wellingborough100.0077.95
Richmond upon Thames​100.0077.34
Broxbourne100.0076.19
Wrexham100.0076.19
Tynedale100.0076.00
East Sussex100.0075.78
Tandridge100.0075.78
Dover100.0075.59
Taunton Deane100.0074.80
Oswestry100.0074.60
Derbyshire100.0072.22
Eden100.0072.00
Pendle100.0064.34
Charnwood100.0064.06
Bridgnorth100.0063.49
Maidstone100.0062.40
Portsmouth100.0062.20
Rutland100.0061.72
Gateshead100.0060.47
Walsall100.0059.38
Wolverhampton100.0058.73
Aberdeenshire100.0056.69
States of Jersey100.0056.25
Kettering100.0055.04
West Oxfordshire100.0055.04
North Warwickshire100.0054.33
South Lakeland100.0054.33
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0053.91
Newark and Sherwood100.0052.76
Ribble Valley100.0051.97
Angus100.0051.59
Leeds100.0051.56
Waverley100.0048.80
Tamworth100.0048.44
Epsom &​ Ewell100.0046.51
North Yorkshire100.0046.51
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0046.09
Teesdale100.0044.80
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham100.0042.86
South Staffordshire100.0041.41
North Shropshire100.0038.89
Sevenoaks100.0035.71
Allerdale100.0034.88
Crewe and Nantwich100.0034.13
Isles of Scilly100.0034.11
Alnwick100.0029.46
Leicester100.0026.98
Castle Morpeth100.0024.81
Ryedale100.0024.41
North West Leicester​shire100.0023.44
Bath &​ North East Somerset​100.0022.48
Fife100.0021.88
Havant100.0011.81
Caradon100.0011.63
Wyre100.008.59
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.007.87
Worcestershire100.007.81
Hartlepool100.007.75
South Cambridgeshire​100.007.14
Hounslow100.007.09
Peterborough100.006.30
Scarborough100.006.20
Wychavon100.004.76
Cannock Chase100.004.65
Rossendale100.004.65
Harlow100.003.97
Lichfield100.003.94
Ealing100.003.91
Sheffield100.003.12
Rochford100.002.38
Test Valley100.002.38
Staffordshire Moorla​nds100.002.34
Rushmoor100.002.33
Thanet100.002.33
Watford100.001.60
Harborough100.001.57
South Derbyshire100.001.56
Great Yarmouth100.000.79
Blyth Valley100.000.78
Ceredigion100.000.78
Edinburgh100.000.78
Gwynedd100.000.78
Magherafelt100.000.78
Northamptonshire100.000.78
Antrim100.000.00
Ards100.000.00
Banbridge100.000.00
Bedford100.000.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed100.000.00
Bolton100.000.00
Bradford100.000.00
Braintree100.000.00
Brentwood100.000.00
Brighton and Hove100.000.00
Broadland100.000.00
Burnley100.000.00
Bury100.000.00
Calderdale100.000.00
Camden100.000.00
Carmarthenshire100.000.00
Carrick100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Cherwell100.000.00
Chester-le-Street100.000.00
Chorley100.000.00
Colchester100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Cornwall100.000.00
Cotswold100.000.00
Crawley100.000.00
Croydon100.000.00
Cumbria100.000.00
Daventry100.000.00
Derby100.000.00
Derbyshire Dales100.000.00
Devon100.000.00
Dudley100.000.00
Dumfries and Gallowa​y100.000.00
Easington100.000.00
East Lindsey100.000.00
Erewash100.000.00
Exeter100.000.00
Glasgow100.000.00
Gloucester100.000.00
Gosport100.000.00
Haringey100.000.00
Hertsmere100.000.00
Highland100.000.00
Huntingdonshire100.000.00
Isle of Anglesey100.000.00
Kingston upon Thames​100.000.00
Lambeth100.000.00
Leicestershire100.000.00
Lincoln100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Macclesfield100.000.00
Maldon100.000.00
Mid Devon100.000.00
Midlothian100.000.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​100.000.00
North Ayrshire100.000.00
North Kesteven100.000.00
North Lincolnshire100.000.00
North Somerset100.000.00
Omagh100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Perth &​ Kinross100.000.00
Poole100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Preston100.000.00
Restormel100.000.00
Rugby100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Salisbury100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
South Ayrshire100.000.00
South Oxfordshire100.000.00
Southampton100.000.00
Southend-on-Sea100.000.00
Stevenage100.000.00
Stockport100.000.00
Stoke-on-Trent100.000.00
Suffolk100.000.00
Suffolk Coastal100.000.00
Sunderland100.000.00
Sutton100.000.00
Swindon100.000.00
Torridge100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Vale Royal100.000.00
Wakefield100.000.00
Wansbeck100.000.00
Welwyn Hatfield100.000.00
West Berkshire100.000.00
West Dunbartonshire100.000.00
West Lancashire100.000.00
West Lindsey100.000.00
Westminster100.000.00
Weymouth &​ Portland100.000.00
Wiltshire100.000.00
Winchester100.000.00
Worcester100.000.00
Worthing100.000.00
Wycombe100.000.00
Wyre Forest100.000.00
York100.000.00
South Somerset99.2283.59
Kensington &​ Chelsea99.2280.62
Stafford99.2267.44
Mid Sussex99.2252.71
Hackney99.2246.09
North Hertfordshire99.2238.28
Hinckley &​ Bosworth99.2223.44
Chiltern99.228.53
Redditch99.227.75
Newham99.220.78
Basingstoke &​ Deane99.220.00
Blaby99.220.00
Bromley99.220.00
Broxtowe99.220.00
Coventry99.220.00
Craven99.220.00
Derwentside99.220.00
East Hampshire99.220.00
Fermanagh99.220.00
Gloucestershire99.220.00
Greenwich99.220.00
Harrogate99.220.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk99.220.00
Kingston upon Hull99.220.00
Lancaster99.220.00
Lewisham99.220.00
Mid Suffolk99.220.00
North Down99.220.00
Oadby &​ Wigston99.220.00
South Hams99.220.00
South Ribble99.220.00
Spelthorne99.220.00
Three Rivers99.220.00
Warwick99.2190.55
South Bucks99.2182.68
Canterbury99.2178.74
South Tyneside99.2159.84
East Cambridgeshire99.2111.90
Malvern Hills99.218.66
Havering99.211.59
Tewkesbury99.210.79
Wokingham99.210.79
Aberdeen99.210.00
Argyll &​ Bute99.210.00
Moray99.210.00
Newcastle upon Tyne99.210.00
Norfolk99.210.00
North Dorset99.210.00
West Dorset99.201.60
Redcar and Cleveland​99.200.80
North Tyneside99.200.00
Sandwell99.200.00
Staffordshire99.200.00
Uttlesford99.200.00
Sedgefield98.4573.64
Northampton98.4570.54
Purbeck98.4562.79
Fenland98.4537.98
Hampshire98.4517.83
Kent98.450.78
Telford &​ Wrekin98.450.78
Pembrokeshire98.450.00
Rother98.450.00
Sedgemoor98.450.00
Surrey98.450.00
Stirling98.4425.78
Castlereagh98.440.00
Slough98.4394.49
Knowsley98.431.57
Chichester98.430.00
Waltham Forest98.430.00
West Devon98.430.00
Isle of Wight98.4123.81
Darlington98.413.97
St Albans98.410.79
Enfield98.410.00
Nottinghamshire98.410.00
Strabane98.410.00
Tower Hamlets98.410.00
Babergh98.400.00
Cheshire98.400.00
Durham98.400.00
Limavady97.730.00
Eastbourne97.6722.48
Ashford97.670.00
Cambridgeshire97.670.00
Blackpool97.660.00
Bolsover97.660.00
Hillingdon97.660.00
North Wiltshire97.660.00
Guildford97.640.79
Fylde97.640.00
Horsham97.640.00
Scottish Borders97.640.00
East Northamptonshir​e97.620.00
Ipswich97.620.00
North East Lincolnsh​ire97.620.00
Plymouth97.620.00
Shetland Islands97.6017.60
Wandsworth97.600.00
Renfrewshire96.900.00
Teignbridge96.880.78
Vale of White Horse96.880.00
London Mayor96.850.00
Oxfordshire96.850.00
Dartford96.8372.22
Cambridge96.8344.44
South Shropshire96.830.79
Basildon96.830.00
Bournemouth96.830.00
East Hertfordshire96.830.00
Mendip96.830.00
Somerset96.830.00
Wealden96.830.00
Bracknell Forest96.801.60
Hart96.800.00
Larne96.800.00
Boston96.120.00
Newry and Mourne96.090.00
Tendring96.090.00
Castle Point96.060.00
Middlesbrough96.060.00
Denbighshire96.000.00
Harrow96.000.00
Runnymede96.000.00
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth95.350.00
West Sussex95.350.00
Carlisle95.310.78
Lisburn95.280.00
Hammersmith &​ Fulham95.200.00
Inverclyde95.200.00
Kennet95.200.00
Norwich94.8717.95
Ashfield94.490.00
Epping Forest94.490.00
Selby94.490.00
Halton94.400.00
South Kesteven93.8068.22
Belfast93.6534.13
Bexley93.650.00
Cardiff93.020.78
Doncaster93.020.00
Mid Bedfordshire92.912.36
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar92.910.00
South Gloucestershir​e92.910.00
City of London92.190.00
Barnet92.1325.98
East Lothian92.000.00
South Northamptonshi​re92.000.00
Reigate and Banstead​91.410.00
Orkney91.340.00
East Dunbartonshire91.2729.37
Northumberland91.270.00
Warwickshire90.700.00
Lancashire90.620.00
East Devon90.5519.69
Bassetlaw90.400.00
St Edmundsbury90.400.00
Wigan90.400.00
Vale of Glamorgan89.840.00
Chesterfield89.680.00
Islington89.060.00
Manchester88.890.00
Brent88.190.00
Neath Port Talbot87.5031.25
Falkirk86.405.60
Buckinghamshire85.9413.28
Newport85.940.00
Flintshire85.830.00
Hyndburn85.710.00
Down85.270.00
Hambleton85.160.00
East Riding of Yorks​hire84.922.38
Corby84.5013.18
Waveney84.500.00
Craigavon83.590.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad83.330.00
North East Derbyshir​e82.174.65
Swale81.400.00
Forest Heath80.470.00
Warrington79.200.00
Bedfordshire77.600.00
Mole Valley77.170.00
Carrickfergus75.400.00
Southwark74.020.00
Nottingham72.870.00
Merthyr Tydfil67.190.00
North Lanarkshire63.200.00
Monmouthshire60.160.00
Blaenau Gwent56.590.00
Rochdale53.540.00
Cheltenham52.760.00
Dundee44.440.00
Birmingham34.117.75
East Ayrshire33.070.00
Moyle29.600.00
South Bedfordshire29.370.00
Arun26.190.00
Wirral25.780.00
Armagh21.600.00
Reading20.9310.08
Shropshire20.310.00
West Lothian17.971.56
Swansea14.170.00
Newtownabbey10.400.00
Ballymena9.520.00
Amber Valley6.350.00
Kerrier6.300.00
Bridgend4.760.00
Cookstown4.000.00
Torbay4.000.00
Caerphilly3.970.00
Coleraine3.940.00
Penwith3.910.00
Derry2.380.00
Ballymoney1.570.00
West Wiltshire1.560.00
Breckland0.790.79
Torfaen0.790.00
Barnsley0.000.00
Dungannon0.000.00
West Somerset0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Aylesbury Vale
  • Barking & Dagenham
  • Broadland
  • Carlisle
  • Derbyshire
  • Eden
  • States of Jersey
  • Gwynedd
  • Herefordshire
  • Leicestershire
  • Lewes
  • Lincolnshire
  • Mid Bedfordshire
  • Milton Keynes
  • North Cornwall
  • Rutland
  • Slough
  • Southend-on-Sea
  • Three Rivers
  • Wakefield
  • Wolverhampton
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Barnsley
  • Dungannon
  • West Somerset
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Clackmannanshire
  • Forest of Dean
  • Gravesham
  • Medway
  • South Lanarkshire
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PDF testing

22.9% 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
44.07%
file/url/offtop
None
9.56%
file/url/badpath
None
8.08%
file/url/badscheme
None
7.01%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
6.85%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
4.18%
url/fetch/connref
Connection refused by server
3.28%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
2.85%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
2.19%
file/html/badmeta
None
2.16%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
30.23%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
27.08%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
11.79%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
8.53%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
6.76%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
4.97%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
4.63%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.78%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.28%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
1.01%