October 2006/UK Local Government



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    23 Oct 2006

  • Total URLs tested:

    233,391

  • Total tests run:

    75,884,003

  • Total number of PDF's:

    1,228

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    4.43%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    54.80%

  • Pages missing a title:

    0.87%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    8.14%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    78.50%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Strabane (http://www.strabanedc.org.uk/) - 40,847 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Vale Royal (http://www.valeroyal.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
Barking &​ Dagenham100.00100.00
Rotherham100.00100.00
Shepway100.00100.00
South Norfolk100.00100.00
Thurrock100.00100.00
Mansfield100.0099.22
Merton100.0099.22
New Forest100.0099.22
North Cornwall100.0099.22
Surrey Heath100.0099.22
Gedling100.0099.21
Herefordshire100.0099.21
Milton Keynes100.0099.21
Stockton-on-Tees100.0098.45
Liverpool100.0097.64
Woking100.0096.88
Adur100.0096.80
South Holland100.0096.80
North Norfolk100.0096.03
Kirklees100.0095.24
Tameside100.0095.20
Chester100.0094.49
Aylesbury Vale100.0094.44
Eastleigh100.0094.40
Elmbridge100.0093.60
High Peak100.0093.60
Wear Valley100.0093.02
Hertfordshire100.0092.13
St Helens100.0092.00
Durham City100.0091.20
Barrow-in-Furness100.0090.62
Melton100.0089.68
Kensington &​ Chelsea100.0088.37
Hastings100.0088.28
Hounslow100.0087.50
Oldham100.0087.50
North Devon100.0086.40
Warwick100.0085.83
Bristol100.0085.27
East Renfrewshire100.0085.04
Dover100.0084.50
Richmondshire100.0084.38
Redbridge100.0084.25
Salford100.0084.25
Tynedale100.0084.13
Stratford-on-Avon100.0083.46
Bridgnorth100.0082.81
South Bucks100.0082.81
Stroud100.0082.54
Richmond upon Thames​100.0082.03
Congleton100.0081.60
Bromsgrove100.0080.47
South Cambridgeshire​100.0080.47
Wellingborough100.0078.74
Eden100.0077.17
Trafford100.0076.74
North Hertfordshire100.0076.56
Broxbourne100.0076.38
Essex100.0076.38
Wrexham100.0076.19
Derbyshire100.0075.78
Oswestry100.0075.59
Tandridge100.0073.81
Taunton Deane100.0072.87
Portsmouth100.0072.00
Luton100.0071.88
East Sussex100.0069.53
East Staffordshire100.0068.50
Maidstone100.0067.97
South Tyneside100.0067.72
North Warwickshire100.0066.40
Rutland100.0062.20
Wolverhampton100.0061.72
Dacorum100.0061.42
Pendle100.0061.24
Gateshead100.0060.94
Tonbridge and Mallin​g100.0058.40
Kettering100.0056.69
West Oxfordshire100.0055.12
South Lakeland100.0055.04
Waverley100.0054.33
States of Jersey100.0054.26
Preston100.0052.71
Newark and Sherwood100.0052.34
Teesdale100.0051.94
Ellesmere Port &​ Neston100.0051.16
Ribble Valley100.0049.61
Epsom &​ Ewell100.0047.29
Ards100.0046.88
Isles of Scilly100.0046.51
Vale Royal100.0046.40
North Yorkshire100.0044.96
South Staffordshire100.0043.41
Allerdale100.0042.86
North Shropshire100.0042.52
Angus100.0038.89
Colchester100.0035.94
Leicestershire100.0035.20
Sevenoaks100.0034.38
Crewe and Nantwich100.0031.75
Wycombe100.0031.20
Test Valley100.0031.01
Alnwick100.0029.69
Wyre100.0029.69
Sheffield100.0028.91
Castle Morpeth100.0028.35
North West Leicester​shire100.0022.22
Fife100.0020.93
Bath &​ North East Somerset​100.0013.95
Gosport100.0011.90
Caradon100.0010.08
Blackburn with Darwe​n100.008.59
Hartlepool100.007.03
West Dorset100.006.25
Cannock Chase100.006.20
Ryedale100.005.56
Ealing100.005.51
Peterborough100.005.47
Rossendale100.004.80
Lichfield100.003.91
Scarborough100.003.88
Charnwood100.002.38
Harlow100.002.36
Great Yarmouth100.002.33
North East Derbyshir​e100.002.33
Thanet100.002.33
Rochford100.001.60
Knowsley100.001.59
Watford100.001.56
Chiltern100.000.80
Gloucester100.000.79
North Kesteven100.000.79
Omagh100.000.79
Rushmoor100.000.79
Blyth Valley100.000.78
Ceredigion100.000.78
Gwynedd100.000.78
Northamptonshire100.000.78
Antrim100.000.00
Bedford100.000.00
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
Carrick100.000.00
Chelmsford100.000.00
Cherwell100.000.00
Chester-le-Street100.000.00
Chorley100.000.00
Conwy100.000.00
Copeland100.000.00
Cornwall100.000.00
Cotswold100.000.00
Coventry100.000.00
Craven100.000.00
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
Enfield100.000.00
Erewash100.000.00
Exeter100.000.00
Fylde100.000.00
Glasgow100.000.00
Hackney100.000.00
Harborough100.000.00
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
Leeds100.000.00
Lincolnshire100.000.00
Macclesfield100.000.00
Magherafelt100.000.00
Maldon100.000.00
Mid Devon100.000.00
Moray100.000.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme​100.000.00
Newham100.000.00
North Ayrshire100.000.00
North Down100.000.00
North Lincolnshire100.000.00
North Somerset100.000.00
North Tyneside100.000.00
Nottinghamshire100.000.00
Oadby &​ Wigston100.000.00
Oxford100.000.00
Perth &​ Kinross100.000.00
Powys100.000.00
Redditch100.000.00
Renfrewshire100.000.00
Restormel100.000.00
Rother100.000.00
Rugby100.000.00
Runnymede100.000.00
Rushcliffe100.000.00
Salisbury100.000.00
Scottish Borders100.000.00
Sefton100.000.00
Shropshire100.000.00
South Derbyshire100.000.00
South Oxfordshire100.000.00
Southend-on-Sea100.000.00
Spelthorne100.000.00
Stevenage100.000.00
Stockport100.000.00
Stoke-on-Trent100.000.00
Suffolk100.000.00
Suffolk Coastal100.000.00
Sutton100.000.00
Swindon100.000.00
Three Rivers100.000.00
Torridge100.000.00
Tunbridge Wells100.000.00
Uttlesford100.000.00
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
Worcestershire100.000.00
Worthing100.000.00
Wyre Forest100.000.00
York100.000.00
Solihull99.2298.44
Broxtowe99.2275.78
Walsall99.2262.02
Tamworth99.2246.09
Eastbourne99.2227.91
Nuneaton &​ Bedworth99.2214.73
Tewkesbury99.223.88
Guildford99.220.78
Basingstoke &​ Deane99.220.00
Bromley99.220.00
Derwentside99.220.00
Fermanagh99.220.00
Gloucestershire99.220.00
Greenwich99.220.00
King's Lynn &​ West Norfolk99.220.00
Lancaster99.220.00
Malvern Hills99.220.00
Norfolk99.220.00
Pembrokeshire99.220.00
Sedgemoor99.220.00
South Ribble99.220.00
Tendring99.220.00
Wychavon99.220.00
Canterbury99.2172.22
Stafford99.2170.08
Aberdeenshire99.2152.76
Shrewsbury &​ Atcham99.2151.97
Mid Sussex99.2150.00
Wokingham99.2114.29
South Shropshire99.217.94
Darlington99.216.30
Staffordshire Moorla​nds99.213.17
St Albans99.211.59
Argyll &​ Bute99.210.00
Banbridge99.210.00
Berwick-Upon-Tweed99.210.00
Blaby99.210.00
Cheshire99.210.00
Denbighshire99.210.00
East Hampshire99.210.00
Kingston upon Hull99.210.00
Lewisham99.210.00
Middlesbrough99.210.00
Midlothian99.210.00
Newcastle upon Tyne99.210.00
Poole99.210.00
Somerset99.210.00
South Ayrshire99.210.00
Sunderland99.210.00
Fenland99.2040.00
Stirling99.2023.20
Leicester99.2012.00
Hinckley &​ Bosworth99.2010.40
East Cambridgeshire99.202.40
Havering99.201.60
Bolsover99.200.00
Staffordshire99.200.00
Northampton98.4572.09
Purbeck98.4563.57
Telford &​ Wrekin98.450.78
Blackpool98.450.00
Cambridgeshire98.450.00
Durham98.450.00
Castlereagh98.440.00
Kent98.440.00
Surrey98.440.00
Waltham Forest98.440.00
Lewes98.4397.64
Redcar and Cleveland​98.431.57
Chichester98.430.00
North Dorset98.430.00
Slough98.4192.86
Norwich98.4131.75
Isle of Wight98.4126.19
Babergh98.410.00
Lisburn98.410.00
Tower Hamlets98.400.00
Wandsworth98.400.00
West Devon98.400.00
Limavady97.730.00
Ashford97.670.00
Harrogate97.670.00
North Wiltshire97.670.00
Shetland Islands97.6617.19
Mid Bedfordshire97.662.34
Carmarthenshire97.660.00
East Northamptonshir​e97.660.00
City of London97.640.00
Lincoln97.640.00
Hammersmith &​ Fulham97.620.00
Sandwell97.620.00
South Hams97.600.00
Strabane97.600.00
Mendip96.900.00
North East Lincolnsh​ire96.900.00
Sedgefield96.8873.44
Hampshire96.8517.32
Boston96.850.00
East Hertfordshire96.850.00
Horsham96.850.00
Oxfordshire96.850.00
Dartford96.8377.78
Teignbridge96.830.79
Bracknell Forest96.830.00
Ipswich96.830.00
Bournemouth96.800.00
Larne96.800.00
London Mayor96.800.00
South Northamptonshi​re96.800.00
Castle Point96.090.00
Hillingdon96.090.00
Plymouth96.090.00
Basildon96.061.57
Orkney96.030.00
Cambridge96.0047.20
Carlisle96.000.80
Hart96.000.00
West Somerset95.310.00
West Sussex95.310.00
Belfast95.2839.37
Aberdeen95.280.00
Bexley95.280.00
Islington95.280.00
Newry and Mourne95.280.00
Epping Forest95.200.00
South Somerset94.5373.44
Barnet94.5327.34
Inverclyde94.530.00
Vale of White Horse94.400.00
Rhondda Cynon Taff93.8096.12
South Kesteven93.7068.50
Kennet93.700.00
Ashfield93.650.00
Vale of Glamorgan93.650.00
St Edmundsbury93.600.00
Harrow92.860.00
Wealden92.860.00
Lancashire92.8017.60
Halton92.800.00
Cardiff92.1359.84
Selby92.060.00
Wigan92.060.00
Corby92.009.60
Bassetlaw91.340.00
Brent91.270.00
East Lothian91.270.00
South Gloucestershir​e91.270.00
Reigate and Banstead​90.700.00
Warwickshire90.620.00
Neath Port Talbot89.7636.22
East Devon89.6819.84
Comhairle nan Eilean​ Siar89.680.00
Northumberland89.060.00
East Dunbartonshire88.3721.71
Hambleton88.370.00
Hyndburn88.100.00
Buckinghamshire87.4025.20
Doncaster86.820.78
Falkirk86.615.51
Chesterfield86.400.00
Edinburgh86.053.88
Manchester85.710.00
Windsor and Maidenhe​ad84.380.00
Flintshire84.130.00
Craigavon83.460.00
Newport83.460.00
Warrington83.460.00
East Riding of Yorks​hire82.682.36
Southampton82.680.00
Down82.030.00
Havant80.310.79
Forest Heath80.160.00
Mid Suffolk80.000.00
Swale79.070.00
Mole Valley78.740.00
Southwark77.520.00
Carrickfergus74.800.00
Bedfordshire71.090.00
North Lanarkshire68.250.00
Merthyr Tydfil58.590.00
Monmouthshire55.910.00
Blaenau Gwent53.910.00
Rochdale53.910.00
Cheltenham50.390.00
Dundee46.400.00
Birmingham42.976.25
East Ayrshire32.810.00
Wirral28.000.00
Arun25.200.00
South Bedfordshire25.200.00
Armagh22.050.00
West Lothian21.880.78
Reading20.169.30
Moyle20.000.00
Swansea12.800.00
Newtownabbey10.400.00
Ballymena9.520.00
Kerrier8.730.00
Bridgend7.090.00
Amber Valley6.400.00
Penwith5.430.00
Cookstown4.760.00
Coleraine4.720.00
Torbay4.000.00
Nottingham3.970.00
Caerphilly3.200.00
Derry2.400.00
Waveney2.330.00
West Wiltshire1.560.00
Breckland0.790.79
Torfaen0.790.00
Ballymoney0.780.00
Barnsley0.000.00
Dungannon0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Aylesbury Vale
  • Bridgnorth
  • Broadland
  • Broxtowe
  • Carlisle
  • Chester-le-Street
  • Croydon
  • Derbyshire
  • Eden
  • Great Yarmouth
  • Gwynedd
  • Liverpool
  • Merton
  • North Cornwall
  • North East Derbyshire
  • Redbridge
  • Rutland
  • Slough
  • Stirling
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Wakefield
  • Wear Valley
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Barnsley
  • Dungannon
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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

20.4% 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
40.83%
file/url/badpath
None
16.26%
file/url/offtop
None
9.72%
file/url/badscheme
None
7.42%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
6.65%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
3.91%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
3.32%
file/html/badmeta
None
2.18%
file/html/notitle
None
1.71%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
1.44%
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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
27.42%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
10.83%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
8.33%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
6.56%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
5.30%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
4.76%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.79%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.52%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
1.25%