2025 Q3/UK Local Government


Summary

Full results


Changes in rank are compared to 2025 Q2/UK Local Government. Since then, 12 sites entered the survey and 43 sites could not be included in the rankings (3 more since last time).

Details

Scores

Percentage Failures




Rank Name Exact overall
+ 1 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council 9.42
- 1 City of London Corporation 9.37
+ 14 Mansfield District Council 9.34
+ 10 North Northamptonshire Council 9.24
+ 162 Wigan Council 9.08
- 1 Slough Borough Council 8.88
+ 1 Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council 8.88
+ 1 Government of Jersey 8.76
+ 1 Epping Forest District Council 8.63
- 7 Rochdale Borough Council 8.46
+ 5 Hampshire County Council 8.46
- 5 North Yorkshire Council 8.44
+ 15 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 8.44
+ 8 Ribble Valley Borough Council 8.34
+ 5 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 8.18
- 5 Isle of Wight Council 8.16
+ 206 Hartlepool Borough Council 8.14
- 5 Great Yarmouth Borough Council 8.11
- 15 Adur & Worthing Councils 8.10
- 5 Newcastle-under-Lyme 8.10
+ 2 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 7.88
+ 20 Wrexham County Borough Council 7.80
+ 38 Belfast City Council 7.76
+ 3 Guildford Borough Council 7.70
- 13 Shetland Islands Council 7.68
+ 5 Forest of Dean District Council 7.64
+ 9 Folkestone & Hythe District Council 7.64
- 3 Bracknell Forest Council 7.62
+ 96 Dartford Borough Council 7.62
+ 5 West Lothian Council 7.57
+ 2 Rushmoor Borough Council 7.47
- 8 Broxtowe Borough Council 7.46
- 12 Leicester City Council 7.44
same West Sussex County Council 7.44
+ 2 South Ribble Borough Council 7.44
- 6 Blaby District Council 7.40
+ 35 Perth & Kinross Council 7.38
+ 96 Redbridge London Borough Council 7.38
- 7 Oadby & Wigston Borough Council 7.37
- 22 Wandsworth Council 7.36
+ 111 London Borough of Hounslow Council 7.28
- 4 Swansea Council 7.27
- 17 Cornwall Council 7.24
- 4 Harrow Council 7.24
+ 37 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 7.23
+ 5 Powys County Council 7.21
+ 16 Falkirk Council 7.19
+ 16 Waverley Borough Council 7.18
- 20 Haringey London Borough Council 7.17
+ 42 East Renfrewshire Council 7.12
new North East Derbyshire District Council 7.12
- 5 Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council 7.08
- 14 Chorley Council 7.06
+ 17 Allerdale Borough Council 7.03
+ 58 Cumberland Council 7.03
- 6 Melton Borough Council 7.02
+ 103 Bridgend County Borough Council 7.02
+ 115 City of Lincoln Council 7.02
+ 7 Cannock Chase Council 6.99
+ 40 Preston City Council 6.99
- 55 Mid Ulster District Council 6.98
- 18 Wyre Council 6.92
+ 13 West Northamptonshire Council 6.92
- 6 Runnymede Borough Council 6.90
+ 3 West Dunbartonshire Council 6.90
+ 27 Surrey County Council 6.88
- 7 Lincolnshire County Council 6.86
+ 10 Halton Borough Council 6.86
- 14 Charnwood Borough Council 6.84
+ 3 The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council 6.84
+ 8 Torfaen County Borough Council 6.84
+ 16 Tamworth Borough Council 6.79
- 30 Westmorland & Furness Council 6.77
+ 131 Wirral Council 6.77
+ 65 Chichester District Council 6.73
- 19 Rossendale Borough Council 6.70
- 28 Luton Borough Council 6.68
+ 12 New Forest District Council 6.68
- 9 Derby City Council 6.67
- 21 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council 6.66
+ 10 Hull City Council 6.66
+ 15 Staffordshire County Council 6.66
+ 53 East Riding of Yorkshire Council 6.66
+ 15 Norwich City Council 6.64
- 31 Gosport Borough Council 6.62
- 12 Stroud District Council 6.60
- 42 Fife Council 6.55
+ 20 Maidstone Borough Council 6.54
+ 6 The City of Edinburgh Council 6.52
+ 166 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 6.48
+ 15 Rochford District Council 6.47
+ 10 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council 6.46
+ 22 Denbighshire County Council 6.44
+ 27 Swale Borough Council 6.44
+ 22 Gloucester City Council 6.43
+ 37 Hart District Council 6.43
- 8 Pendle Borough Council 6.42
+ 12 Arun District Council 6.41
new Derbyshire Dales District Council 6.40
+ 22 Buckinghamshire County Council 6.38
- 55 Aberdeenshire Council 6.36
- 27 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 6.32
- 20 Wokingham Borough Council 6.30
- 18 Dover District Council 6.30
+ 14 Liverpool City Council 6.26
- 58 Ceredigion County Council 6.25
+ 28 Salford City Council 6.25
+ 20 Maldon District Council 6.22
+ 88 South Derbyshire District Council 6.22
- 3 Canterbury City Council 6.19
- 55 Redditch Borough Council 6.18
+ 33 Southwark Council 6.15
+ 1 St Helens Council 6.14
+ 107 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Council 6.14
+ 12 City of York Council 6.12
- 35 Ipswich Borough Council 6.11
- 32 Argyll & Bute Council 6.10
same Leicestershire County Council 6.07
+ 25 Stratford-on-Avon District Council 6.06
+ 27 Epsom & Ewell Borough Council 6.03
+ 2 Coventry City Council 6.02
+ 31 Swindon Borough Council 6.02
+ 1 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 6.00
- 30 North Devon Council 5.99
+ 169 South Hams District Council 5.99
- 28 Nottingham City Council 5.96
+ 32 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 5.94
+ 155 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 5.94
+ 59 Calderdale Council 5.91
new Royal Borough of Greenwich Council 5.91
- 112 Wakefield Council 5.82
- 23 Bromsgrove District Council 5.82
+ 9 South Staffordshire Council 5.79
+ 76 Surrey Heath Borough Council 5.79
+ 187 Essex County Council 5.79
- 95 North Warwickshire Council 5.76
+ 78 Crawley Borough Council 5.76
- 37 Durham County Council 5.73
new Warrington Borough Council 5.73
+ 3 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council 5.72
- 25 Bury Council 5.71
+ 28 Angus Council 5.71
+ 28 Fenland District Council 5.71
+ 86 Peterborough City Council 5.70
+ 40 West Berkshire Council 5.69
+ 11 Plymouth City Council 5.67
+ 21 Suffolk County Council 5.67
+ 159 Merton Council 5.67
+ 178 Ards and North Down Borough Council 5.67
same Gravesham Borough Council 5.64
same Hastings Borough Council 5.64
+ 3 Brent Council 5.62
+ 31 Lancashire County Council 5.62
+ 40 London Councils 5.61
+ 3 Oxford City Council 5.60
+ 46 Orkney Islands Council 5.60
- 61 Glasgow City Council 5.59
+ 85 Lambeth London Borough Council 5.59
+ 22 Breckland Council 5.57
- 11 Conwy County Borough Council 5.56
+ 75 Stafford Borough Council 5.53
- 33 Borough of Broxbourne Council 5.52
+ 124 Renfrewshire Council 5.52
+ 1 Gedling Borough Council 5.51
+ 31 Brentwood Council 5.51
- 29 Basildon Council 5.49
- 19 Bedford Borough Council 5.49
+ 10 North Lanarkshire Council 5.48
- 89 Hertsmere Borough Council 5.46
+ 37 East Sussex County Council 5.46
- 66 Chelmsford City Council 5.44
+ 17 North West Leicestershire District Council 5.44
+ 85 Telford & Wrekin Council 5.44
- 13 Sevenoaks District Council 5.42
- 1 East Lothian Council 5.42
+ 86 Torbay Council 5.42
+ 123 Hyndburn Borough Council 5.42
+ 33 Oxfordshire County Council 5.36
- 95 North Ayrshire Council 5.34
+ 2 Kent County Council 5.32
+ 25 Bromley 5.30
- 70 West Lindsey District Council 5.29
- 79 Ashfield District Council 5.28
- 52 Newark and Sherwood District Council 5.28
- 31 Amber Valley Borough Council 5.26
- 56 Rother District Council 5.24
+ 13 Three Rivers District Council 5.22
+ 15 Trafford Council 5.22
+ 35 Warwick District Council 5.22
- 138 Birmingham City Council 5.20
+ 17 Chesterfield Borough Council 5.20
- 81 Burnley Borough Council 5.19
- 29 Woking Borough Council 5.19
- 127 Bolton Council 5.18
- 4 Mid & East Antrim Borough Council 5.18
+ 33 North Tyneside Council 5.18
+ 57 West Devon Borough Council 5.17
+ 48 Derbyshire County Council 5.16
+ 17 Harlow Council 5.15
- 61 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council 5.14
- 18 Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council 5.14
+ 12 Midlothian Council 5.14
+ 17 Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk 5.14
+ 87 Brighton and Hove City Council 5.14
- 18 Torridge District Council 5.11
- 14 Sheffield City Council 5.11
+ 12 Central Bedfordshire Council 5.06
+ 20 Tower Hamlets Council 5.04
- 78 Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council 5.03
- 31 Cheshire West & Chester Council 5.02
+ 20 Warwickshire County Council 5.02
+ 65 Caerphilly County Borough Council 5.02
- 57 Rushcliffe Borough Council 5.00
- 16 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 5.00
- 3 Cheshire East Council 5.00
+ 6 London Borough of Hillingdon Council 5.00
+ 92 Barnet London Borough Council 5.00
+ 17 Southampton City Council 4.99
- 154 South Kesteven District Council 4.96
- 74 London Borough of Bexley Council 4.96
+ 6 Watford Borough Council 4.94
- 96 Cambridge City Council 4.92
- 57 Gwynedd Council 4.91
+ 27 East Herts Council 4.91
+ 59 Council of the Isles of Scilly 4.91
+ 8 Isle of Anglesey County Council 4.90
+ 28 Portsmouth City Council 4.90
+ 62 Havant Borough Council 4.87
- 28 Reading Borough Council 4.86
+ 8 Scottish Borders Council 4.86
+ 8 West Oxfordshire District Council 4.86
+ 36 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 4.86
new Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) 4.86
- 8 Walsall Council 4.85
- 73 Shropshire Council 4.84
+ 5 Thurrock Council 4.84
+ 39 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 4.84
+ 6 Stoke-on-Trent City Council 4.82
+ 31 Horsham District Council 4.82
+ 79 Newport City Council 4.81
- 103 Pembrokeshire County Council 4.80
- 29 East Dunbartonshire Council 4.79
- 3 Local Government Resource Centre (LGRC) 4.79
+ 19 Vale of White Horse District Council 4.79
+ 19 South Oxfordshire 4.79
+ 19 North Hertfordshire District Council 4.78
+ 70 West Lancashire Borough Council 4.78
- 1 West Suffolk - Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury Councils 4.76
- 32 Cambridgeshire County Council 4.71
+ 52 Dundee City Council 4.70
- 75 London Borough of Waltham Forest Council 4.69
- 43 Mid Devon District Council 4.68
- 1 Newham London Borough Council 4.68
- 12 Lichfield District Council 4.66
+ 17 East Cambridgeshire District Council 4.65
- 19 Fermanagh & Omagh District Council 4.62
+ 31 Derry City and Strabane District Council 4.62
+ 40 Islington London Borough Council 4.62
- 60 Dorset Council 4.60
- 35 Mid Sussex District Council 4.60
- 158 North Lincolnshire Council 4.59
+ 49 Northumberland County Council 4.59
- 83 Fareham Borough Council 4.57
- 71 Ealing London Borough Council 4.54
+ 10 Carmarthenshire County Council 4.52
- 7 High Peak Borough Council 4.51
- 14 Braintree District Council 4.50
- 73 Fylde Council 4.47
- 97 Tewkesbury Borough Council 4.46
- 52 East Ayrshire Council 4.46
same Wyre Forest District Council 4.46
+ 27 Kirklees Council 4.46
+ 28 Nottinghamshire County Council 4.46
- 1 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 4.44
- 1 Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council 4.44
- 10 Monmouthshire County Council 4.42
- 10 Wealden District Council 4.42
+ 15 Wychavon District Council 4.42
+ 18 Rutland County Council 4.41
- 90 Flintshire County Council 4.38
- 21 Winchester City Council 4.38
- 3 Cotswold District Council 4.38
+ 31 Huntingdonshire District Council 4.38
- 2 East Hampshire District Council 4.37
- 35 New Local Government Network 4.36
- 25 Cherwell District Council 4.36
+ 48 Erewash Borough Council 4.34
+ 46 Darlington Borough Council 4.33
- 57 Blackpool Council 4.30
new Leeds City Council 4.30
+ 35 South Cambridgeshire District Council 4.28
- 6 Thanet District Council 4.27
- 13 Oldham Council 4.26
- 5 Herefordshire Council 4.26
- 47 Stevenage Borough Council 4.24
- 27 Bath & North East Somerset Council 4.23
- 5 Cheltenham Borough Council 4.22
- 65 Tandridge District Council 4.19
+ 6 Clackmannanshire Council 4.18
- 137 Bassetlaw District Council 4.16
+ 2 Medway Council 4.08
+ 2 North East Lincolnshire Council 4.03
+ 17 Ashford Borough Council 4.02
new Eastleigh Borough Council 4.02
+ 1 Vale of Glamorgan Council 4.00
+ 17 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council 4.00
- 11 Hackney Council 3.99
- 27 Bristol City Council 3.98
- 52 Elmbridge Borough Council 3.95
- 15 Milton Keynes Council 3.94
+ 14 London Borough of Sutton Council 3.90
same Sefton Council 3.87
same Somerset County Council 3.86
new Local Government Association (LGA) 3.83
+ 25 Westminster City Council 3.82
new Stockport Metroplitan Borough Council 3.82
+ 12 Test Valley Borough Council 3.76
+ 10 The Highland Council 3.74
+ 19 City of Wolverhampton Council 3.74
+ 32 Malvern Hills District Council 3.74
- 43 North Somerset Council 3.69
- 1 Croydon London Borough Council 3.69
+ 10 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 3.66
- 14 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council 3.58
- 121 Tendring District Council 3.52
+ 10 Devon County Council 3.52
- 19 Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils 3.49
+ 3 Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils 3.49
+ 8 Worcestershire County Council 3.48
- 6 Mole Valley District Council 3.47
- 46 The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council 3.46
same Colchester Borough Council 3.45
+ 18 Aberdeen City Council 3.44
- 214 North Kesteven District Council 3.43
new National Association of Local Councils 3.32
+ 8 Rugby Borough Council 3.24
+ 2 Hertfordshire County Council 3.20
+ 4 St Albans City & District Council 3.18
+ 7 Castle Point Borough Council 3.17
new Bolsover District Council 3.12
same States of Guernsey 3.11
- 12 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council 3.04
+ 2 The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) 2.97
+ 3 Copeland Borough Council 2.96
- 30 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 2.94
+ 2 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council 2.93
- 4 Worcester City Council 2.88
+ 2 South Lanarkshire Council 2.76
new London Mayor 2.24