2010 Q1/UK Local Government
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
22 Jan 2010
- Total URLs tested:
908,151
- Total tests run:
296,166,377
- Total number of PDF's:
39,127
- URLs failing functional tests:
3.41%
- Pages failing code standards:
55.09%
- Pages missing a title:
0.72%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
5.73%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
77.14%
- Poorest code quality:
St Albans (http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/) - 59,291 failures
- Fastest average response time:
Hampshire (http://www.hants.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 |
| Great Yarmouth | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Mid Sussex | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Salford | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Thurrock | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Adur | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Slough | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| South Ayrshire | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Surrey Heath | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Blaby | 100.00 | 98.40 |
| Herefordshire | 100.00 | 98.40 |
| North Devon | 100.00 | 98.40 |
| Hyndburn | 100.00 | 97.60 |
| Lewes | 100.00 | 97.60 |
| Brentwood | 100.00 | 96.80 |
| Broxtowe | 100.00 | 96.80 |
| Hounslow | 100.00 | 96.80 |
| Runnymede | 100.00 | 96.80 |
| Eden | 100.00 | 96.00 |
| Gwynedd | 100.00 | 96.00 |
| South Norfolk | 100.00 | 96.00 |
| Elmbridge | 100.00 | 95.20 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 100.00 | 95.20 |
| Hillingdon | 100.00 | 94.40 |
| Tameside | 100.00 | 94.40 |
| Torbay | 100.00 | 94.40 |
| Gedling | 100.00 | 93.60 |
| North Tyneside | 100.00 | 93.60 |
| York | 100.00 | 93.60 |
| Calderdale | 100.00 | 92.80 |
| Teignbridge | 100.00 | 92.00 |
| Woking | 100.00 | 92.00 |
| Highland | 100.00 | 91.20 |
| Stroud | 100.00 | 91.20 |
| Argyll & Bute | 100.00 | 90.40 |
| Mansfield | 100.00 | 90.40 |
| Camden | 100.00 | 89.60 |
| Derbyshire | 100.00 | 88.00 |
| Charnwood | 100.00 | 87.20 |
| North Down | 100.00 | 86.40 |
| Oldham | 100.00 | 86.40 |
| City of London | 100.00 | 85.60 |
| New Forest | 100.00 | 85.60 |
| Waltham Forest | 100.00 | 85.60 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | 100.00 | 84.80 |
| Southampton | 100.00 | 84.00 |
| Sunderland | 100.00 | 83.20 |
| Erewash | 100.00 | 81.60 |
| Merton | 100.00 | 80.80 |
| Aberdeen | 100.00 | 80.00 |
| Castle Point | 100.00 | 79.20 |
| South Holland | 100.00 | 78.40 |
| Spelthorne | 100.00 | 77.60 |
| Barnsley | 100.00 | 76.00 |
| South Somerset | 100.00 | 74.40 |
| Braintree | 100.00 | 73.60 |
| Colchester | 100.00 | 73.60 |
| Stafford | 100.00 | 73.60 |
| Solihull | 100.00 | 72.80 |
| St Helens | 100.00 | 72.80 |
| Kirklees | 100.00 | 72.00 |
| Bracknell Forest | 100.00 | 71.20 |
| Chichester | 100.00 | 71.20 |
| East Renfrewshire | 100.00 | 70.40 |
| Ribble Valley | 100.00 | 70.40 |
| Torfaen | 100.00 | 68.80 |
| Birmingham | 100.00 | 66.40 |
| Trafford | 100.00 | 65.60 |
| Gravesham | 100.00 | 64.80 |
| Sedgemoor | 100.00 | 64.80 |
| South Tyneside | 100.00 | 64.80 |
| Bexley | 100.00 | 63.20 |
| Isles of Scilly | 100.00 | 60.00 |
| Hastings | 100.00 | 59.20 |
| East Lothian | 100.00 | 58.40 |
| North Lanarkshire | 100.00 | 57.60 |
| Portsmouth | 100.00 | 57.60 |
| Mid Devon | 100.00 | 56.80 |
| Shepway | 100.00 | 56.00 |
| South Derbyshire | 100.00 | 56.00 |
| States of Jersey | 100.00 | 55.20 |
| Sheffield | 100.00 | 52.80 |
| Ceredigion | 100.00 | 51.20 |
| Lancaster | 100.00 | 51.20 |
| Bristol | 100.00 | 50.40 |
| Vale of White Horse | 100.00 | 48.80 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 100.00 | 48.00 |
| West Oxfordshire | 100.00 | 48.00 |
| Hinckley & Bosworth | 100.00 | 47.20 |
| Stirling | 100.00 | 47.20 |
| East Hertfordshire | 100.00 | 44.00 |
| Fareham | 100.00 | 42.40 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 100.00 | 42.40 |
| Haringey | 100.00 | 39.20 |
| Redbridge | 100.00 | 37.60 |
| Luton | 100.00 | 36.80 |
| Milton Keynes | 100.00 | 36.80 |
| Torridge | 100.00 | 29.60 |
| Aberdeenshire | 100.00 | 28.00 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 100.00 | 26.40 |
| North East Derbyshire | 100.00 | 21.60 |
| Buckinghamshire | 100.00 | 20.80 |
| Cannock Chase | 100.00 | 20.80 |
| Cherwell | 100.00 | 20.80 |
| Chorley | 100.00 | 19.20 |
| Kensington & Chelsea | 100.00 | 19.20 |
| Rochford | 100.00 | 19.20 |
| Wyre | 100.00 | 16.80 |
| Wakefield | 100.00 | 13.60 |
| Test Valley | 100.00 | 12.80 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 100.00 | 11.20 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 100.00 | 8.80 |
| Rushmoor | 100.00 | 8.80 |
| Eastleigh | 100.00 | 5.60 |
| Isle of Wight | 100.00 | 5.60 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 100.00 | 4.80 |
| North Warwickshire | 100.00 | 4.00 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 100.00 | 4.00 |
| Wrexham | 100.00 | 2.40 |
| Hampshire | 100.00 | 1.85 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 100.00 | 1.60 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 100.00 | 1.60 |
| Harrogate | 100.00 | 1.60 |
| North West Leicestershire | 100.00 | 1.60 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 100.00 | 1.60 |
| Ards | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Cheshire West | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Falkirk | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Gateshead | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Knowsley | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Newtownabbey | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Pembrokeshire | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Rotherham | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Scarborough | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Sevenoaks | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Tandridge | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Watford | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Wyre Forest | 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 |
| Banbridge | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bassetlaw | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bath & North East Somerset | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bedford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Belfast | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bolsover | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Boston | 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 |
| Chesterfield | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Conwy | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Copeland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Cornwall | 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 |
| Dover | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Dudley | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Dungannon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ealing | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 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 |
| Fife | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Forest Heath | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Forest of Dean | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Gloucester | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Hambleton | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Harborough | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Harlow | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Hart | 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 |
| King's Lynn & West Norfolk | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Lambeth | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Leeds | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Limavady | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Lincoln | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Lincolnshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Maidstone | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Malvern Hills | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Melton | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Monmouthshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Moray | 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 Ayrshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| North Hertfordshire | 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 |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Perth & Kinross | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Peterborough | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Poole | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Preston | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Purbeck | 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 |
| Rugby | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Rushcliffe | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Rutland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ryedale | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Sefton | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| South Bucks | 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 |
| Swindon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Tendring | 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 |
| Warwick | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Wellingborough | 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 |
| Wycombe | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Liverpool | 99.20 | 98.40 |
| Rossendale | 99.20 | 92.00 |
| Hertfordshire | 99.20 | 78.40 |
| Swale | 99.20 | 76.00 |
| Brent | 99.20 | 59.20 |
| Carrickfergus | 99.20 | 57.60 |
| Gloucestershire | 99.20 | 55.20 |
| Canterbury | 99.20 | 51.20 |
| Thanet | 99.20 | 46.40 |
| West Sussex | 99.20 | 44.80 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 99.20 | 39.20 |
| East Lindsey | 99.20 | 36.80 |
| Lancashire | 99.20 | 34.40 |
| Shetland Islands | 99.20 | 21.60 |
| Exeter | 99.20 | 17.60 |
| Basildon | 99.20 | 12.00 |
| Brighton and Hove | 99.20 | 10.40 |
| West Lothian | 99.20 | 9.60 |
| Chiltern | 99.20 | 7.20 |
| Daventry | 99.20 | 4.00 |
| Leicestershire | 99.20 | 1.60 |
| Omagh | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Shropshire | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Babergh | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Bolton | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Cambridgeshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Cheltenham | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Cookstown | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Croydon | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Down | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Durham | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| East Devon | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| East Hampshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Greenwich | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Guildford | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Hartlepool | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| London Mayor | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Mid Suffolk | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Newry and Mourne | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Northumberland | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Oadby & Wigston | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Oxford | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Oxfordshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Reading | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Rother | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| South Hams | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| South Oxfordshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| St Albans | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Waverley | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Mendip | 98.40 | 73.60 |
| North Yorkshire | 98.40 | 73.60 |
| Norwich | 98.40 | 63.20 |
| Carlisle | 98.40 | 16.00 |
| Leicester | 98.40 | 4.80 |
| Breckland | 98.40 | 1.60 |
| Caerphilly | 98.40 | 0.80 |
| Blackpool | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Cheshire East | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Crawley | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Fermanagh | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Gosport | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Hull | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Lisburn | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Middlesbrough | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| North Dorset | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Nottingham | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Powys | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Southwark | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Tamworth | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Taunton Deane | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Telford & Wrekin | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Richmondshire | 97.60 | 60.80 |
| Manchester | 97.60 | 55.20 |
| Burnley | 97.60 | 1.60 |
| Coleraine | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Coventry | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Dacorum | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Newport | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Somerset | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| South Kesteven | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Worcester | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Worcestershire | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Wigan | 97.40 | 0.00 |
| Horsham | 96.80 | 4.80 |
| Barnet | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Cardiff | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Corby | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Denbighshire | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Hackney | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Huntingdonshire | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Lewisham | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Tewkesbury | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Wandsworth | 96.00 | 49.60 |
| Enfield | 96.00 | 44.00 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 96.00 | 28.00 |
| High Peak | 96.00 | 26.40 |
| Basingstoke & Deane | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Cambridge | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Cotswold | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Epping Forest | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Glasgow | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Hertsmere | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Pendle | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Sandwell | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Essex | 95.24 | 0.00 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 95.20 | 32.00 |
| Fenland | 95.20 | 17.60 |
| Northampton | 95.20 | 17.60 |
| Edinburgh | 95.20 | 5.60 |
| Havant | 95.20 | 2.40 |
| Ashfield | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Broadland | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Carmarthenshire | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Islington | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Medway | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| South Northamptonshire | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| North Norfolk | 94.40 | 46.40 |
| Moyle | 94.40 | 6.40 |
| Darlington | 93.60 | 68.80 |
| Wolverhampton | 93.60 | 49.60 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 93.60 | 5.60 |
| Scottish Borders | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| South Ribble | 92.80 | 44.80 |
| Worthing | 92.80 | 12.80 |
| Winchester | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 92.00 | 49.60 |
| Dundee | 92.00 | 31.20 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Magherafelt | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 91.20 | 69.60 |
| Doncaster | 91.20 | 0.00 |
| Warwickshire | 91.20 | 0.00 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Swansea | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Walsall | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Wiltshire | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Harrow | 88.80 | 45.60 |
| Midlothian | 88.80 | 0.00 |
| Lichfield | 88.00 | 0.00 |
| Castlereagh | 84.80 | 0.00 |
| Kettering | 84.00 | 0.80 |
| Maldon | 84.00 | 0.00 |
| West Somerset | 83.20 | 0.00 |
| Orkney | 81.60 | 44.00 |
| Halton | 81.60 | 0.00 |
| Newham | 79.20 | 0.00 |
| St Edmundsbury | 78.40 | 0.00 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 76.80 | 56.00 |
| Arun | 76.00 | 0.00 |
| Bridgend | 76.00 | 0.00 |
| Mole Valley | 76.00 | 0.00 |
| Northamptonshire | 74.40 | 0.00 |
| Larne | 72.00 | 0.00 |
| Warrington | 64.80 | 0.00 |
| Ballymena | 31.20 | 0.00 |
| Staffordshire | 25.60 | 0.80 |
| Craigavon | 19.20 | 0.00 |
| Fylde | 8.80 | 3.20 |
| Wealden | 6.40 | 0.00 |
| Flintshire | 3.20 | 0.80 |
| Bournemouth | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| Derry | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| East Staffordshire | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Plymouth | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Waveney | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| East Ayrshire | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| West Devon | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Devon | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Norfolk | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Selby | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Stockport | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| West Berkshire | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Error free sites
The following sites scored full marks for Function.
- Aberdeen
- Bedford
- Birmingham
- Dorset
- Elmbridge
- Gwynedd
- Hampshire
- Harlow
- Hillingdon
- North Down
- Runnymede
- Salford
- Thurrock
- Torbay
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- Devon
- Norfolk
- Selby
- Stockport
- West Berkshire
Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- Clackmannanshire
- Rochdale
- South Lanarkshire
PDF testing
29.0% 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.
Top ten functional failures
The most common categories of functional failure.
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
31.28% |
| url/fetch/badcookie Web server attempted to set invalid cookie |
28.73% |
| url/fetch/unknownstatus Unknown status code received from web server |
26.56% |
| url/fetch/noaddr Host not found in DNS |
5.16% |
| url/fetch/exception Exception while downloading file |
2.67% |
| url/fetch/timeout Timeout downloading file |
2.30% |
| url/fetch/accessdenied Access is denied |
1.39% |
| url/fetch/badscheme URL scheme was unrecognised |
0.64% |
| url/fetch/connref Connection refused by server |
0.42% |
| url/fetch/noeoh No end-of-headers found in HTTP response |
0.40% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
26.83% |
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
26.78% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
11.53% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
10.87% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
4.91% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
4.86% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
2.46% |
| file/html/unnecessaryclose An end tag was found for an element which does not require one |
2.46% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
2.34% |
| url/fetch/moved A "301 Moved Permanently" response was received |
2.23% |