October 2009/UK Local Government
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
22 Oct 2009
- Total URLs tested:
897,283
- Total tests run:
292,569,563
- Total number of PDF's:
36,638
- URLs failing functional tests:
3.07%
- Pages failing code standards:
55.92%
- Pages missing a title:
0.63%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
5.34%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
76.83%
- Poorest code quality:
St Albans (http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/) - 59,180 failures
- Fastest average response time:
Newry and Mourne (http://www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/)
Accessibility and Performance rankings
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barking & Dagenham | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Hyndburn | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| North Devon | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Salford | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Surrey Heath | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Thurrock | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Adur | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Elmbridge | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Runnymede | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Slough | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Taunton Deane | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Broxtowe | 100.00 | 98.40 |
| South Ayrshire | 100.00 | 98.40 |
| Brentwood | 100.00 | 97.60 |
| Mid Sussex | 100.00 | 97.60 |
| Shepway | 100.00 | 97.60 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 100.00 | 97.60 |
| Herefordshire | 100.00 | 96.80 |
| Hounslow | 100.00 | 96.80 |
| Lewes | 100.00 | 96.80 |
| North Tyneside | 100.00 | 96.80 |
| Wycombe | 100.00 | 96.00 |
| Merton | 100.00 | 95.20 |
| Tameside | 100.00 | 95.20 |
| Warwick | 100.00 | 95.20 |
| South Norfolk | 100.00 | 94.40 |
| Argyll & Bute | 100.00 | 93.60 |
| Great Yarmouth | 100.00 | 93.60 |
| New Forest | 100.00 | 93.60 |
| Rossendale | 100.00 | 93.60 |
| Calderdale | 100.00 | 92.80 |
| Woking | 100.00 | 92.00 |
| Liverpool | 100.00 | 91.20 |
| Stroud | 100.00 | 90.40 |
| Torbay | 100.00 | 90.40 |
| Hillingdon | 100.00 | 89.60 |
| Gwynedd | 100.00 | 88.80 |
| Shropshire | 100.00 | 88.00 |
| Waltham Forest | 100.00 | 87.20 |
| Mansfield | 100.00 | 86.40 |
| Gedling | 100.00 | 84.00 |
| Teignbridge | 100.00 | 84.00 |
| Kirklees | 100.00 | 83.20 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 100.00 | 83.20 |
| Camden | 100.00 | 82.40 |
| Erewash | 100.00 | 82.40 |
| Charnwood | 100.00 | 81.60 |
| Eastleigh | 100.00 | 80.80 |
| Redbridge | 100.00 | 80.80 |
| York | 100.00 | 80.80 |
| Birmingham | 100.00 | 79.20 |
| City of London | 100.00 | 78.40 |
| Stafford | 100.00 | 78.40 |
| Mendip | 100.00 | 77.60 |
| Spelthorne | 100.00 | 77.60 |
| North Down | 100.00 | 76.80 |
| Castle Point | 100.00 | 76.00 |
| South Holland | 100.00 | 76.00 |
| Tandridge | 100.00 | 75.20 |
| Blaby | 100.00 | 72.80 |
| Aberdeen | 100.00 | 72.00 |
| Braintree | 100.00 | 72.00 |
| East Renfrewshire | 100.00 | 72.00 |
| Bracknell Forest | 100.00 | 71.20 |
| Solihull | 100.00 | 71.20 |
| South Derbyshire | 100.00 | 70.40 |
| South Tyneside | 100.00 | 68.80 |
| Torfaen | 100.00 | 68.80 |
| Highland | 100.00 | 68.00 |
| Ribble Valley | 100.00 | 66.40 |
| Trafford | 100.00 | 66.40 |
| Bexley | 100.00 | 64.80 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 100.00 | 64.00 |
| Derbyshire | 100.00 | 63.20 |
| Worcester | 100.00 | 63.20 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 100.00 | 61.60 |
| Bristol | 100.00 | 60.80 |
| North Lanarkshire | 100.00 | 60.00 |
| Stirling | 100.00 | 60.00 |
| States of Jersey | 100.00 | 59.20 |
| Fareham | 100.00 | 57.60 |
| Sedgemoor | 100.00 | 57.60 |
| Mid Devon | 100.00 | 56.00 |
| Lancaster | 100.00 | 52.80 |
| Vale of White Horse | 100.00 | 51.20 |
| Isles of Scilly | 100.00 | 50.40 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 100.00 | 48.00 |
| Thanet | 100.00 | 48.00 |
| Ceredigion | 100.00 | 47.20 |
| Enfield | 100.00 | 45.60 |
| West Oxfordshire | 100.00 | 45.60 |
| Test Valley | 100.00 | 44.80 |
| South Ribble | 100.00 | 37.60 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 100.00 | 36.80 |
| East Hertfordshire | 100.00 | 34.40 |
| Hinckley & Bosworth | 100.00 | 34.40 |
| North Ayrshire | 100.00 | 32.00 |
| Milton Keynes | 100.00 | 31.20 |
| Torridge | 100.00 | 30.40 |
| Basildon | 100.00 | 29.60 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 100.00 | 29.60 |
| Aberdeenshire | 100.00 | 28.00 |
| Hertfordshire | 100.00 | 28.00 |
| Haringey | 100.00 | 27.20 |
| Buckinghamshire | 100.00 | 24.00 |
| Cannock Chase | 100.00 | 23.20 |
| Chorley | 100.00 | 22.40 |
| Sheffield | 100.00 | 21.60 |
| Wakefield | 100.00 | 21.60 |
| Cherwell | 100.00 | 20.80 |
| North East Derbyshire | 100.00 | 18.40 |
| Wyre | 100.00 | 15.20 |
| Hartlepool | 100.00 | 8.00 |
| Rushmoor | 100.00 | 5.60 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 100.00 | 4.80 |
| North Warwickshire | 100.00 | 4.00 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 100.00 | 3.20 |
| Fylde | 100.00 | 3.20 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 100.00 | 3.20 |
| Wrexham | 100.00 | 3.20 |
| Colchester | 100.00 | 2.40 |
| North Hertfordshire | 100.00 | 2.40 |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth | 100.00 | 2.40 |
| North West Leicestershire | 100.00 | 1.60 |
| Hampshire | 100.00 | 0.90 |
| Ards | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Cheshire West | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Chesterfield | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Dover | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Falkirk | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Gateshead | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Gloucester | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Newtownabbey | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Nottingham | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Scarborough | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Sefton | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Sevenoaks | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Watford | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Allerdale | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Amber Valley | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Angus | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Antrim | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Armagh | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ashford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ballymoney | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bassetlaw | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bedford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Belfast | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bolsover | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bradford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bromley | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bromsgrove | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Broxbourne | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bury | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Chelmsford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Chichester | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Conwy | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Copeland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Craven | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Cumbria | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Dartford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Derby | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Dorset | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Down | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Dudley | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Dungannon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Durham | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ealing | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Devon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Lindsey | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Northamptonshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Sussex | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Eastbourne | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Epsom & Ewell | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Fermanagh | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Fife | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Forest Heath | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Forest of Dean | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Greenwich | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Hambleton | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Harborough | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Harlow | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Havering | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Inverclyde | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ipswich | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Kent | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Knowsley | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Lambeth | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Leicestershire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Limavady | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Lincoln | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Lincolnshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Malvern Hills | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Melton | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Midlothian | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Monmouthshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Newark and Sherwood | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| North Kesteven | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| North Lincolnshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| North Somerset | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Nottinghamshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Oadby & Wigston | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Perth & Kinross | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Peterborough | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Poole | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Powys | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Preston | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Redditch | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Reigate and Banstead | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Renfrewshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Rushcliffe | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Rutland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ryedale | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| South Gloucestershire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| South Lakeland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| South Staffordshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Stevenage | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Strabane | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Suffolk | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Suffolk Coastal | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Surrey | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Sutton | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Three Rivers | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Tower Hamlets | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Uttlesford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Wellingborough | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| West Lancashire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| West Lindsey | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Westminster | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Weymouth & Portland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Wirral | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Wokingham | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Wychavon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Eden | 99.20 | 95.20 |
| Sunderland | 99.20 | 93.60 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | 99.20 | 84.80 |
| Oldham | 99.20 | 81.60 |
| Barnsley | 99.20 | 80.80 |
| Norwich | 99.20 | 65.60 |
| Portsmouth | 99.20 | 64.80 |
| Carrickfergus | 99.20 | 63.20 |
| Hastings | 99.20 | 58.40 |
| South Somerset | 99.20 | 56.00 |
| Canterbury | 99.20 | 49.60 |
| West Berkshire | 99.20 | 44.00 |
| Gloucestershire | 99.20 | 41.60 |
| Luton | 99.20 | 39.20 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 99.20 | 30.40 |
| Exeter | 99.20 | 19.20 |
| Brighton and Hove | 99.20 | 17.60 |
| Shetland Islands | 99.20 | 14.40 |
| West Lothian | 99.20 | 9.60 |
| Carlisle | 99.20 | 8.00 |
| Chiltern | 99.20 | 6.40 |
| Rotherham | 99.20 | 2.40 |
| Bath & North East Somerset | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Omagh | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Babergh | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Banbridge | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Barnet | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Cambridgeshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Cheltenham | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Cheshire East | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Cookstown | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Crawley | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Croydon | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Hart | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Hull | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Lancashire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Leeds | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Maidstone | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Mid Suffolk | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Middlesbrough | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Moray | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| North Dorset | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Northumberland | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Pembrokeshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Plymouth | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Purbeck | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Rugby | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Somerset | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| South Hams | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| South Kesteven | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| South Oxfordshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| St Albans | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| St Helens | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Tendring | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Wigan | 98.68 | 0.00 |
| East Lothian | 98.40 | 72.00 |
| Richmondshire | 98.40 | 65.60 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 98.40 | 42.40 |
| North Yorkshire | 98.40 | 31.20 |
| Leicester | 98.40 | 23.20 |
| Moyle | 98.40 | 7.20 |
| Daventry | 98.40 | 6.40 |
| Burnley | 98.40 | 1.60 |
| Cornwall | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| East Hampshire | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Hackney | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Harrogate | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Lisburn | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| London Mayor | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Reading | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Rother | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| South Bucks | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Swindon | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Telford & Wrekin | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Waverley | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Manchester | 97.60 | 60.00 |
| Brent | 97.60 | 28.80 |
| Isle of Wight | 97.60 | 6.40 |
| Blackpool | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Bolton | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Breckland | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Coleraine | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Coventry | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Epping Forest | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Newry and Mourne | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Oxfordshire | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| South Northamptonshire | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Tewkesbury | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Wandsworth | 96.80 | 49.60 |
| Fenland | 96.80 | 18.40 |
| Caerphilly | 96.80 | 0.80 |
| Basingstoke & Deane | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Boston | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Cotswold | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Dacorum | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Denbighshire | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Glasgow | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Lewisham | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Rochford | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Essex | 96.30 | 0.00 |
| High Peak | 96.00 | 24.00 |
| Cardiff | 96.00 | 2.40 |
| Carmarthenshire | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Corby | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Gravesham | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Islington | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| King's Lynn & West Norfolk | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Pendle | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Sandwell | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 95.20 | 35.20 |
| Northampton | 95.20 | 16.80 |
| Edinburgh | 95.20 | 4.00 |
| Havant | 95.20 | 1.60 |
| Gosport | 95.20 | 0.80 |
| Broadland | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Guildford | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Hertsmere | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Oxford | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Wolverhampton | 94.40 | 48.80 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 94.40 | 12.00 |
| Swansea | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| Darlington | 93.60 | 56.00 |
| North Norfolk | 93.60 | 16.00 |
| Horsham | 93.60 | 12.00 |
| Cambridge | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| Medway | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| Southwark | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| Swale | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| West Somerset | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| Ashfield | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| Maldon | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| Scottish Borders | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| Walsall | 92.00 | 52.00 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Southampton | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Tamworth | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Winchester | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Worcestershire | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 91.20 | 33.60 |
| Magherafelt | 91.20 | 0.00 |
| Worthing | 90.40 | 0.80 |
| Doncaster | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| Warwickshire | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| West Sussex | 89.60 | 42.40 |
| Wiltshire | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Lichfield | 88.80 | 0.00 |
| Kettering | 87.20 | 0.00 |
| Harrow | 85.60 | 43.20 |
| Northamptonshire | 85.60 | 0.00 |
| Orkney | 84.00 | 44.80 |
| Stockport | 83.20 | 0.00 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 82.40 | 1.60 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 81.60 | 62.40 |
| Castlereagh | 81.60 | 0.00 |
| Newham | 80.80 | 0.00 |
| Dundee | 78.40 | 2.40 |
| Newport | 78.40 | 2.40 |
| Wyre Forest | 78.40 | 0.00 |
| Larne | 76.80 | 0.00 |
| Mole Valley | 76.80 | 0.00 |
| Craigavon | 76.00 | 0.00 |
| Arun | 74.40 | 0.00 |
| Halton | 71.20 | 0.00 |
| St Edmundsbury | 71.20 | 0.00 |
| Warrington | 62.40 | 0.00 |
| Bridgend | 36.80 | 0.80 |
| Kensington & Chelsea | 29.60 | 11.20 |
| Wealden | 27.20 | 0.00 |
| Staffordshire | 25.60 | 0.00 |
| Ballymena | 23.20 | 0.00 |
| Flintshire | 4.80 | 0.80 |
| Derry | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| East Staffordshire | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| West Devon | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| Bournemouth | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Waveney | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| East Ayrshire | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Devon | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Norfolk | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Selby | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Error free sites
The following sites scored full marks for Function.
- Broxbourne
- Chichester
- Hampshire
- Hounslow
- New Forest
- North Down
- Slough
- South Ribble
- Vale of Glamorgan
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- Devon
- Huntingdonshire
- Norfolk
- Selby
Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- Clackmannanshire
- Rochdale
- South Lanarkshire
PDF testing
28.5% 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.
Top ten functional failures
The most common categories of functional failure.
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
34.78% |
| url/fetch/badcookie Web server attempted to set invalid cookie |
34.51% |
| url/fetch/unknownstatus Unknown status code received from web server |
16.01% |
| url/fetch/noaddr Host not found in DNS |
3.48% |
| url/fetch/timeout Timeout downloading file |
3.27% |
| url/fetch/exception Exception while downloading file |
2.94% |
| url/fetch/accessdenied Access is denied |
1.80% |
| url/fetch/noeoh No end-of-headers found in HTTP response |
1.09% |
| url/fetch/connref Connection refused by server |
0.86% |
| url/fetch/badscheme URL scheme was unrecognised |
0.66% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
27.13% |
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
27.10% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
12.21% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
10.65% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
4.70% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
4.42% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
2.56% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
2.40% |
| file/html/unnecessaryclose An end tag was found for an element which does not require one |
2.24% |
| url/fetch/moved A "301 Moved Permanently" response was received |
2.08% |