2023 Council Climate Action Scorecards

Single tier Council Climate Action Scorecard	Total Score	Buildings & Heating	Transport	Planning & Land Use	Governance & Finance	Biodiversity	Collaboration & Engagement	Waste Reduction & Food
Single tier average	35% avg	49% avg	22% avg	35% avg	27% avg	27% avg	53% avg	37% avg
Westminster City Council	62%	79%	66%	76%	56%	31%	75%	31%
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham	60%	63%	59%	54%	57%	46%	78%	53%
London Borough of Merton	60%	65%	50%	82%	46%	54%	85%	44%
London Borough of Camden	59%	74%	68%	70%	45%	19%	58%	38%
City of Edinburgh Council	58%	47%	47%	76%	46%	45%	76%	81%
London Borough of Islington	58%	67%	55%	62%	61%	15%	75%	59%
Bath and North East Somerset Council	57%	84%	26%	77%	47%	69%	62%	29%
London Borough of Brent	56%	68%	45%	71%	57%	38%	65%	19%
London Borough of Hackney	56%	67%	59%	62%	41%	31%	62%	69%
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	56%	58%	64%	87%	44%	31%	52%	25%
Aberdeen City Council	55%	53%	47%	52%	44%	45%	56%	75%
Bristol City Council	55%	80%	36%	23%	72%	31%	88%	56%
Glasgow City Council	55%	78%	55%	42%	31%	23%	68%	81%
London Borough of Ealing	55%	53%	55%	90%	38%	23%	58%	53%
London Borough of Lambeth	55%	68%	57%	59%	55%	31%	52%	50%
London Borough of Lewisham	55%	58%	41%	85%	32%	54%	81%	38%
Leeds City Council	53%	43%	27%	92%	56%	54%	57%	56%
London Borough of Hounslow	53%	58%	40%	55%	53%	31%	81%	56%
London Borough of Southwark	53%	49%	55%	74%	40%	31%	71%	47%
London Borough of Tower Hamlets	53%	70%	59%	56%	39%	23%	42%	69%
City of London	52%	54%	61%	59%	33%	23%	79%	47%
Cornwall Council (Unitary)	52%	68%	20%	80%	53%	31%	83%	31%
London Borough of Haringey	52%	58%	43%	68%	31%	23%	76%	56%
London Borough of Waltham Forest	52%	66%	55%	51%	39%	12%	71%	62%
Brighton and Hove City Council	51%	82%	26%	40%	36%	54%	88%	50%
London Borough of Enfield	51%	47%	43%	82%	61%	4%	67%	53%
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	51%	56%	48%	73%	31%	38%	68%	25%
London Borough of Sutton	50%	55%	43%	57%	41%	38%	75%	31%
London Borough of Wandsworth	50%	50%	57%	57%	30%	38%	85%	38%
Manchester City Council	50%	75%	26%	67%	30%	23%	88%	53%
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames	49%	46%	52%	66%	47%	58%	65%	12%
London Borough of Newham	48%	63%	52%	65%	25%	8%	67%	25%
Dorset Council	47%	79%	31%	8%	53%	38%	71%	51%
Durham County Council	47%	77%	24%	33%	41%	31%	83%	47%
Reading Borough Council	47%	64%	10%	58%	63%	27%	67%	45%
South Gloucestershire Council	47%	82%	21%	41%	46%	42%	60%	42%
London Borough of Barnet	46%	48%	32%	78%	34%	23%	69%	44%
Renfrewshire Council	46%	50%	47%	27%	46%	18%	63%	67%
Plymouth City Council	45%	67%	22%	34%	40%	46%	76%	38%
Telford & Wrekin Council	45%	72%	26%	11%	45%	46%	81%	41%
London Borough of Harrow	44%	49%	30%	31%	56%	38%	58%	50%
Perth and Kinross Council	44%	45%	34%	45%	47%	18%	72%	54%
Aberdeenshire Council	43%	47%	20%	51%	48%	32%	74%	50%
Herefordshire Council	43%	68%	18%	36%	49%	15%	77%	31%
Leicester City Council	43%	40%	18%	52%	46%	58%	50%	50%
London Borough of Redbridge	43%	54%	39%	67%	26%	23%	66%	12%
Royal Borough of Greenwich	43%	44%	38%	67%	24%	15%	60%	38%
North Somerset Council	42%	60%	10%	59%	41%	23%	87%	23%
Nottingham City Council	42%	58%	47%	29%	14%	62%	62%	25%
Sheffield City Council	42%	67%	21%	67%	24%	23%	47%	44%
Stirling Council	42%	53%	23%	39%	34%	27%	41%	79%
Wirral Council	42%	62%	20%	55%	29%	69%	40%	34%
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council	41%	50%	18%	70%	22%	23%	60%	57%
East Ayrshire Council	41%	57%	25%	64%	31%	9%	53%	44%
Salford City Council	41%	54%	19%	69%	16%	38%	77%	22%
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council	40%	48%	15%	62%	14%	27%	66%	60%
West Berkshire Council	40%	43%	25%	70%	29%	27%	58%	31%
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council	40%	57%	15%	66%	13%	23%	67%	48%
Wiltshire Council	40%	72%	10%	35%	43%	31%	75%	19%
Birmingham City Council	39%	52%	41%	28%	8%	23%	83%	56%
Dundee City Council	39%	49%	47%	29%	19%	18%	55%	50%
East Lothian Council	39%	50%	28%	13%	38%	9%	70%	73%
Medway Council	39%	59%	0%	16%	31%	54%	81%	69%
Swansea City Council	39%	42%	30%	41%	30%	45%	40%	65%
Central Bedfordshire Council	38%	66%	11%	36%	45%	27%	58%	19%
Falkirk Council	38%	66%	30%	11%	38%	14%	59%	44%
Newport City Council	38%	36%	15%	45%	37%	41%	60%	52%
Cheshire West and Chester Council	37%	47%	14%	33%	28%	31%	76%	48%
London Borough of Croydon	37%	52%	45%	40%	24%	12%	35%	34%
Monmouthshire County Council	37%	43%	7%	28%	29%	50%	73%	71%
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council	37%	61%	28%	18%	11%	38%	67%	25%
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council	37%	64%	10%	64%	1%	15%	66%	32%
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council	37%	46%	21%	40%	40%	46%	58%	6%
Vale of Glamorgan Council	37%	30%	20%	35%	20%	36%	56%	88%
Bradford Metropolitan District Council	36%	58%	22%	40%	23%	31%	54%	25%
North Ayrshire Council	36%	48%	25%	24%	31%	0%	55%	73%
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council	36%	49%	23%	19%	29%	23%	77%	43%
City of York Council	35%	59%	33%	21%	28%	19%	57%	12%
North East Lincolnshire Council	35%	72%	12%	33%	24%	23%	50%	25%
North Lanarkshire Council	35%	46%	14%	51%	28%	9%	67%	31%
Peterborough City Council	35%	60%	9%	28%	22%	54%	57%	25%
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead	35%	55%	2%	46%	44%	15%	65%	23%
The Highland Council	35%	51%	19%	21%	40%	36%	38%	44%
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council	34%	27%	23%	31%	47%	27%	28%	58%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council	34%	57%	17%	10%	47%	35%	60%	31%
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	34%	50%	20%	14%	36%	4%	67%	57%
Cardiff Council	34%	19%	28%	21%	30%	55%	64%	64%
Denbighshire County Council	34%	47%	15%	24%	25%	36%	59%	40%
Flintshire County Council	34%	42%	10%	38%	26%	32%	60%	52%
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	34%	35%	32%	52%	20%	15%	44%	44%
London Borough of Havering	34%	35%	39%	39%	38%	8%	56%	0%
Scottish Borders Council	34%	58%	11%	16%	32%	50%	41%	42%
Buckinghamshire Council	33%	58%	16%	22%	20%	31%	49%	38%
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)	33%	55%	11%	28%	26%	38%	54%	29%
Coventry City Council	33%	49%	33%	15%	18%	38%	40%	31%
London Borough of Hillingdon	33%	54%	26%	47%	37%	8%	18%	12%
Milton Keynes	33%	46%	27%	31%	20%	19%	57%	29%
Shropshire Council - Unitary	33%	47%	2%	54%	24%	35%	47%	42%
South Lanarkshire Council	33%	56%	11%	21%	34%	23%	48%	50%
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council	33%	60%	11%	57%	-12%	31%	46%	45%
West Lothian Council	33%	48%	9%	26%	32%	27%	53%	44%
Wokingham Borough Council	33%	34%	14%	56%	25%	15%	67%	23%
Derby City Council	32%	65%	9%	13%	28%	38%	35%	25%
Gwynedd County Council	32%	47%	11%	36%	22%	32%	50%	52%
Isle of Anglesey County Council	32%	43%	17%	21%	25%	27%	44%	61%
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council	32%	58%	2%	67%	1%	23%	25%	50%
Powys County Council	32%	37%	30%	32%	20%	27%	29%	46%
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	32%	46%	19%	54%	1%	31%	40%	45%
Argyll and Bute Council	31%	58%	6%	11%	36%	23%	47%	38%
Portsmouth City Council	31%	48%	28%	5%	20%	27%	54%	25%
Southampton City Council	31%	43%	22%	23%	32%	23%	46%	19%
Sunderland City Council	31%	57%	9%	11%	21%	23%	71%	44%
Angus Council	30%	47%	12%	21%	21%	18%	56%	42%
Bedford Borough Council	30%	39%	11%	40%	33%	23%	58%	12%
Bridgend County Borough Council	30%	40%	10%	60%	13%	14%	40%	38%
Caerphilly County Borough Council	30%	48%	20%	21%	13%	45%	29%	29%
Carmarthenshire County Council	30%	32%	23%	10%	20%	32%	56%	61%
East Dunbartonshire Council	30%	34%	5%	35%	28%	36%	58%	31%
Fife Council	30%	40%	19%	21%	7%	27%	58%	53%
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	30%	70%	19%	7%	6%	19%	73%	12%
Swindon Borough Council	30%	39%	5%	26%	36%	54%	50%	19%
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	29%	39%	-1%	24%	38%	31%	48%	28%
East Renfrewshire Council	29%	55%	-1%	46%	17%	14%	22%	48%
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council	29%	54%	21%	15%	16%	35%	63%	6%
Inverclyde Council	29%	44%	25%	12%	10%	0%	60%	47%
Kirklees Council	29%	50%	10%	15%	26%	31%	50%	31%
Pembrokeshire County Council	29%	39%	12%	24%	18%	41%	23%	50%
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	29%	44%	15%	26%	29%	15%	58%	12%
South Ayrshire Council	29%	25%	28%	22%	34%	18%	51%	29%
Dumfries and Galloway Council	28%	23%	23%	21%	31%	14%	26%	56%
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council	28%	30%	16%	25%	25%	19%	49%	44%
Liverpool City Council	28%	46%	21%	13%	17%	19%	60%	19%
London Borough of Bexley	28%	42%	30%	45%	13%	12%	19%	19%
Luton Borough Council	28%	50%	-6%	18%	17%	62%	52%	19%
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council	28%	36%	5%	27%	16%	27%	54%	65%
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council	28%	55%	11%	17%	17%	12%	52%	31%
Bracknell Forest Council	27%	31%	-4%	32%	23%	38%	56%	35%
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	27%	32%	24%	31%	18%	27%	38%	12%
Midlothian Council	27%	36%	12%	27%	24%	23%	37%	31%
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council	27%	58%	4%	8%	1%	46%	49%	25%
The Moray Council	27%	31%	16%	34%	28%	18%	28%	35%
Warrington Borough Council	27%	50%	10%	7%	34%	23%	42%	31%
Wrexham County Borough Council	27%	35%	10%	35%	14%	55%	15%	40%
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	26%	47%	20%	10%	16%	15%	62%	19%
Clackmannanshire Council	26%	27%	17%	10%	46%	18%	26%	42%
London Borough of Bromley	26%	21%	34%	31%	17%	15%	40%	12%
Northumberland Council	26%	48%	28%	-2%	11%	31%	42%	12%
South Tyneside Council	26%	28%	15%	27%	11%	38%	62%	12%
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council	25%	52%	0%	16%	3%	45%	44%	33%
North Lincolnshire Council	25%	69%	6%	18%	-8%	23%	42%	17%
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council	25%	57%	6%	35%	9%	15%	46%	0%
Ceredigion County Council	24%	19%	20%	22%	26%	9%	36%	40%
East Riding of Yorkshire Council	24%	39%	24%	-3%	20%	8%	53%	27%
Isle of Wight Council	24%	26%	19%	21%	14%	27%	53%	19%
North Northamptonshire Council	24%	41%	4%	12%	20%	15%	52%	25%
Orkney Islands Council	24%	50%	23%	19%	6%	9%	27%	12%
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	24%	41%	23%	8%	16%	31%	33%	19%
West Dunbartonshire Council	24%	27%	5%	20%	28%	18%	51%	38%
Conwy County Borough Council	23%	19%	25%	12%	18%	18%	31%	38%
Torbay Council	23%	36%	2%	12%	13%	15%	70%	34%
West Northamptonshire Council	23%	30%	8%	17%	17%	8%	10%	69%
Darlington Borough Council	22%	34%	11%	30%	8%	12%	62%	12%
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council	22%	57%	-1%	5%	17%	15%	49%	0%
Torfaen County Borough Council	22%	30%	-6%	21%	16%	41%	33%	52%
Blackpool Borough Council	21%	36%	-2%	18%	21%	8%	41%	31%
Middlesbrough Borough Council	21%	30%	16%	7%	8%	15%	52%	31%
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	21%	33%	1%	7%	18%	15%	47%	25%
Wolverhampton City Council	21%	43%	14%	13%	6%	23%	26%	12%
Isles of Scilly	20%	34%	7%	20%	30%	8%	25%	12%
Redcar and Cleveland Council	20%	52%	7%	12%	-8%	8%	37%	25%
Shetland Islands Council	19%	36%	7%	-14%	22%	18%	52%	34%
Slough Borough Council	19%	24%	5%	5%	17%	23%	35%	25%
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	19%	43%	0%	7%	20%	42%	12%	12%
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	17%	23%	7%	13%	23%	0%	34%	25%
Hartlepool Borough Council	17%	49%	10%	6%	2%	19%	6%	6%
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	17%	24%	5%	9%	5%	36%	19%	33%
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council	17%	58%	2%	5%	-6%	23%	23%	12%
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	16%	38%	17%	5%	8%	15%	15%	0%
Halton Borough Council	14%	39%	-5%	7%	7%	4%	27%	19%
Rutland County Council	14%	31%	4%	6%	20%	15%	2%	10%
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	14%	48%	6%	16%	-9%	8%	15%	0%
Thurrock Council	9%	12%	1%	20%	0%	8%	19%	12%
Cumberland Council	Not scored: newly formed since April 2023. This council will be assessed in future Scorecard editions.
North Yorkshire Council	Not scored: newly formed since April 2023. This council will be assessed in future Scorecard editions.
Somerset Council	Not scored: newly formed since April 2023. This council will be assessed in future Scorecard editions.
Westmorland and Furness Council	Not scored: newly formed since April 2023. This council will be assessed in future Scorecard editions.

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