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How every headline figure on the tracker homepage is computed — the formula, the data sources, and the specific councils or institutions that contribute to each number. All figures are live from the database.

Local Councils

69 councils tracked

councils tracked = COUNT(ui.councils)

Every council in the table below has at least one scored policy action. Columns show document coverage by type — the mix of doc types determines which metrics can be computed for each council.

CouncilNationMinutesCommsForumTotal docs
Edinburgh City CouncilScotland69618364188view →
Bristol City CouncilEngland38294494205view →
Belfast City CouncilNorthern Ireland14041607245view →
Fareham Borough CouncilEngland313221162view →
Sheffield City CouncilEngland59334773104view →
Glasgow City CouncilScotland4474103323view →
BCP CouncilEngland3131322126view →
Trafford Borough CouncilEngland3571201831view →
Cambridge City CouncilEngland32527231811view →
Leeds City CouncilEngland5542312250view →
Exeter City CouncilEngland380592237view →
Falmouth Town CouncilEngland16820198view →
Southwark CouncilEngland3946312555view →
Norwich City CouncilEngland9752904230view →
Brighton & Hove City CouncilEngland54711114205view →
West Sussex County CouncilEngland251501864view →
Suffolk County CouncilEngland550801850view →
Oxford City CouncilEngland14905900view →
Winchester City CouncilEngland4991232434view →
Calderdale CouncilEngland436601722view →
Kent County CouncilEngland25140989view →
Cardiff CouncilWales6412304913view →
London Borough of IslingtonEngland319502075view →
Norfolk County CouncilEngland25820538view →
London Borough of HackneyEngland4980152911view →
London Borough of LewishamEngland5253413118view →
Sefton CouncilEngland414412852view →
Camden CouncilEngland174189877view →
Haringey CouncilEngland6793902835view →
Lancaster City CouncilEngland3981402019view →
Nottingham City CouncilEngland301701832view →
Fife CouncilScotland6100345view →
Gateshead CouncilEngland4291402600view →
Basingstoke and Deane Borough CouncilEngland14540672view →
Milton Keynes City CouncilEngland25823131629view →
Salford City CouncilEngland273202533view →
Haywards Heath Town CouncilEngland1740252view →
Manchester City CouncilEngland5202002267view →
Coventry City CouncilEngland451102356view →
Isle of Wight CouncilEngland2752741759view →
Birmingham City CouncilEngland8181199789view →
Newham CouncilEngland446542220view →
Tower Hamlets CouncilEngland14230927view →
Ealing CouncilEngland291911583view →
London Borough of HounslowEngland3882202194view →
Preston City CouncilEngland401632336view →
Warwickshire County CouncilEngland14020738view →
Exmouth Town CouncilEngland14470169view →
Brent CouncilEngland10760890view →
Newcastle City CouncilEngland4181202471view →
Liverpool City CouncilEngland2681002157view →
London AssemblyEngland9512503655view →
North Tyneside CouncilEngland2843152119view →
Redbridge CouncilEngland275801711view →
Adur District CouncilEngland17820852view →
Southampton City CouncilEngland216802495view →
Waltham Forest CouncilEngland367802707view →
Enfield CouncilEngland305101522view →
Croydon CouncilEngland45115202785view →
East Sussex County CouncilEngland3157371864view →
London Borough of LambethEngland5231202291view →
Hastings Borough CouncilEngland405361779view →
Kirklees CouncilEngland3466161629view →
Reading Borough CouncilEngland4291441893view →
Bolton CouncilEngland12200549view →
Reigate and Banstead Borough CouncilEngland10403649view →
Southend-on-Sea City CouncilEngland12612921view →
Horsham District CouncilEngland11900543view →
Evesham Town CouncilEngland10640222view →

55% actively supporting(38 of 69 councils)

actively supporting % = councils with “active” archetype / total councils × 100 active = passed ≥ 35% of tracked actions (or ≥ 45% if fewer than 13 actions in scope)

Based on meeting minutes only — the highest-confidence data source. 3 councils have fewer than 5 scored actions and are excluded from archetype classification.

CouncilNationSupporting actionsActions in scopeImpact score
Edinburgh City CouncilScotland262649.6view →
Bristol City CouncilEngland282849.3view →
Belfast City CouncilNorthern Ireland323249.2view →
Fareham Borough CouncilEngland151536.5view →
Sheffield City CouncilEngland181831.9view →
Glasgow City CouncilScotland232331.8view →
Trafford Borough CouncilEngland212129.0view →
Cambridge City CouncilEngland212128.3view →
Leeds City CouncilEngland252526.7view →
Exeter City CouncilEngland303025.9view →
Falmouth Town CouncilEngland111125.8view →
Southwark CouncilEngland151525.4view →
Norwich City CouncilEngland181825.3view →
West Sussex County CouncilEngland121223.2view →
Suffolk County CouncilEngland161623.0view →
Oxford City CouncilEngland101022.5view →
Winchester City CouncilEngland242422.0view →
Kent County CouncilEngland181820.2view →
Cardiff CouncilWales181820.1view →
London Borough of IslingtonEngland111119.6view →
Norfolk County CouncilEngland232319.1view →
London Borough of HackneyEngland191918.9view →
London Borough of LewishamEngland121218.7view →
Camden CouncilEngland181817.4view →
Haringey CouncilEngland171717.2view →
Lancaster City CouncilEngland212116.9view →
Milton Keynes City CouncilEngland101015.1view →
Salford City CouncilEngland191914.6view →
Manchester City CouncilEngland191914.0view →
Coventry City CouncilEngland111113.8view →
Newham CouncilEngland151512.1view →
Ealing CouncilEngland111111.8view →
London Borough of HounslowEngland141411.7view →
Preston City CouncilEngland121211.5view →
Brent CouncilEngland559.9view →
Newcastle City CouncilEngland15159.6view →
Southampton City CouncilEngland11117.4view →
Croydon CouncilEngland10106.0view →

1% greenwash risk(1 of 69 councils)limited data

greenwash % = councils with band “greenwashing” / total councils × 100 greenwashing = ≥2 theme-level gaps where comms claims > policy delivery, OR 1 gap AND total claims > total delivery + 2 requires: ≥2 PUBLIC_INFO or COUNCIL_COMMS documents per council

Data gap: 6 of 69 councils have zero comms/PR documents ingested — they cannot be classified and default to insufficient_data. Expand comms ingestion to make this metric reliable.
CouncilBandComms docs
Calderdale Councilgreenwashing6view →
Isle of Wight Councilaligned27view →
Exmouth Town Councilaligned7view →
East Sussex County Councilaligned73view →
Glasgow City Councilmodest41view →
Trafford Borough Councilmodest12view →
Cambridge City Councilmodest27view →
Leeds City Councilmodest23view →
Camden Councilmodest18view →
London Borough of Hounslowmodest22view →
London Borough of Lambethmodest12view →
Bristol City Council9view →
Sheffield City Council34view →
BCP Council13view →
Exeter City Council5view →
Suffolk County Council8view →
London Borough of Lewisham3view →
Haringey Council39view →
Lancaster City Council14view →
Nottingham City Council7view →
Gateshead Council14view →
Milton Keynes City Council23view →
Birmingham City Council11view →
Ealing Council9view →
Newcastle City Council12view →
London Assembly25view →
Adur District Council2view →
Kirklees Council6view →
Southend-on-Sea City Council1view →
Edinburgh City Councilnot classified18view →
Belfast City Councilnot classified16view →
Fareham Borough Councilnot classified2view →
Falmouth Town Councilnot classified2view →
Southwark Councilnot classified6view →
Norwich City Councilnot classified29view →
Brighton & Hove City Councilnot classified11view →
West Sussex County Councilnot classified5view →
Oxford City Councilnot classified0view →
Winchester City Councilnot classified12view →
Kent County Councilnot classified4view →
Cardiff Councilnot classified23view →
London Borough of Islingtonnot classified5view →
Norfolk County Councilnot classified2view →
London Borough of Hackneynot classified0view →
Sefton Councilnot classified4view →
Fife Councilnot classified0view →
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Councilnot classified4view →
Salford City Councilnot classified2view →
Haywards Heath Town Councilnot classified4view →
Manchester City Councilnot classified20view →
Coventry City Councilnot classified1view →
Newham Councilnot classified5view →
Tower Hamlets Councilnot classified3view →
Preston City Councilnot classified6view →
Warwickshire County Councilnot classified2view →
Brent Councilnot classified6view →
Liverpool City Councilnot classified10view →
North Tyneside Councilnot classified3view →
Redbridge Councilnot classified8view →
Southampton City Councilnot classified8view →
Waltham Forest Councilnot classified8view →
Enfield Councilnot classified1view →
Croydon Councilnot classified15view →
Hastings Borough Councilnot classified3view →
Reading Borough Councilnot classified14view →
Bolton Councilnot classified0view →
Reigate and Banstead Borough Councilnot classified0view →
Horsham District Councilnot classified0view →
Evesham Town Councilnot classified4view →

0% democracy deficit(0 of 69 councils)limited data

democracy deficit % = councils with band “democracy_deficit” / total councils × 100 democracy_deficit = public pressure on ≥3 actions AND fewer than 3 supporting policy votes requires: PUBLIC_FORUM or PUBLIC_SUBMISSIONS documents per council

Data gap: 39 of 69 councils have zero public forum/submission documents — they default to indifferent (no data), not democracy_deficit. The true deficit count is likely higher.
CouncilBandForum docs
Sheffield City Councilresponsive77view →
BCP Councilresponsive2view →
Cambridge City Councilresponsive23view →
Winchester City Councilresponsive3view →
North Tyneside Councilresponsive15view →
Bristol City Councilleading449view →
Edinburgh City Councilnot classified36view →
Belfast City Councilnot classified0view →
Fareham Borough Councilnot classified2view →
Glasgow City Councilnot classified0view →
Trafford Borough Councilnot classified0view →
Leeds City Councilnot classified1view →
Exeter City Councilnot classified9view →
Falmouth Town Councilnot classified0view →
Southwark Councilnot classified31view →
Norwich City Councilnot classified0view →
Brighton & Hove City Councilnot classified11view →
West Sussex County Councilnot classified0view →
Suffolk County Councilnot classified0view →
Oxford City Councilnot classified5view →
Calderdale Councilnot classified0view →
Kent County Councilnot classified0view →
Cardiff Councilnot classified0view →
London Borough of Islingtonnot classified0view →
Norfolk County Councilnot classified0view →
London Borough of Hackneynot classified15view →
London Borough of Lewishamnot classified41view →
Sefton Councilnot classified1view →
Camden Councilnot classified9view →
Haringey Councilnot classified0view →
Lancaster City Councilnot classified0view →
Nottingham City Councilnot classified0view →
Fife Councilnot classified0view →
Gateshead Councilnot classified0view →
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Councilnot classified0view →
Milton Keynes City Councilnot classified13view →
Salford City Councilnot classified0view →
Haywards Heath Town Councilnot classified0view →
Manchester City Councilnot classified0view →
Coventry City Councilnot classified0view →
Isle of Wight Councilnot classified4view →
Birmingham City Councilnot classified9view →
Newham Councilnot classified4view →
Tower Hamlets Councilnot classified0view →
Ealing Councilnot classified1view →
London Borough of Hounslownot classified0view →
Preston City Councilnot classified3view →
Warwickshire County Councilnot classified0view →
Exmouth Town Councilnot classified0view →
Brent Councilnot classified0view →
Newcastle City Councilnot classified0view →
Liverpool City Councilnot classified0view →
London Assemblynot classified0view →
Redbridge Councilnot classified0view →
Adur District Councilnot classified0view →
Southampton City Councilnot classified0view →
Waltham Forest Councilnot classified0view →
Enfield Councilnot classified0view →
Croydon Councilnot classified20view →
East Sussex County Councilnot classified7view →
London Borough of Lambethnot classified0view →
Hastings Borough Councilnot classified6view →
Kirklees Councilnot classified16view →
Reading Borough Councilnot classified4view →
Bolton Councilnot classified0view →
Reigate and Banstead Borough Councilnot classified3view →
Southend-on-Sea City Councilnot classified2view →
Horsham District Councilnot classified0view →
Evesham Town Councilnot classified0view →

National Landscape

15 institutions tracked

institutions tracked = COUNT(DISTINCT gov_id) from national_matrix includes: parliament chambers + UK govt depts + devolved govts

InstitutionTierDocumentsActive signalsVerdict
HM TreasuryUK Govt Dept00silentview →
UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ)UK Govt Dept00silentview →
UK Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)UK Govt Dept00silentview →
UK Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC)UK Govt Dept00silentview →
UK Food Standards Agency (FSA)UK Govt Dept00silentview →
UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)UK Govt Dept00silentview →
UK Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government (MHCLG)UK Govt Dept00silentview →
DAERA — Department of Agriculture Environment & Rural Affairs (NI)Devolved Govt00silentview →
Scottish GovernmentDevolved Govt00silentview →
Welsh GovernmentDevolved Govt00silentview →
UK House of CommonsHouse of Commons00silentview →
Scottish ParliamentScottish Parliament00silentview →
UK House of LordsHouse of Lords00silentview →
Senedd Cymru / Welsh ParliamentSenedd00silentview →
Northern Ireland AssemblyNI Assembly00silentview →

0% actively supporting(0 of 15 institutions)

actively supporting % = institutions with ≥1 non-SILENT verdict / total institutions × 100

Institutions below have at least one action where verdict is ACTING or ACKNOWLEDGING.

InstitutionTierActingAcknowledging

0% greenwash risk(0 of 15 institutions)

greenwash % = institutions with ACKNOWLEDGING but no ACTING verdict / total institutions × 100 signal without substance — acknowledging the issue but taking no binding action

InstitutionTierAcknowledging actionsActing actions
No institutions in this band.

0% democracy deficit(0 of 15 institutions)

democracy deficit % = institutions SILENT on ≥1 action with EDM/petition pressure / total institutions × 100

InstitutionTierSilent on pressured actions
No institutions in this band.

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