2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Has the combined authority or its mayor publicly called for more climate action from the Government or other organisations?

Question code: 5.3b
Section: Collaboration & Engagement (CA)
Topic: Lobbying government
Source: Volunteer Research
Question weight: Low

Criteria

Two-tier criteria
First tier criteria met for signing or supporting at least 2 open letters or public statements, including those led by other combined authorities or organisations since 1st January 2023.

Second tier criteria met if the combined authority or its mayor has led at least one open letter or public statement since 1st January 2023.

Clarifications

We will consider combined authority website announcements and press releases as well as local or national news coverage when marking this question. The same open letter or public statement receiving coverage in several news sites will only be counted once.

We have chosen the date 1st of January 2023 to ensure that any lobbying has been recent and continued, rather than once every few years.

Question performance

0 points

2 Combined Authorities

1 in 2023

▲1

1 point

2 Combined Authorities

4 in 2023

▼-2

2 points

5 Combined Authorities

6 in 2023

▼-1

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

Combined Authorities

22

councils scored higher in 2025

Show councils

22

councils scored lower in 2025

Show councils

-- No change

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Council	Score	Difference2023	Evidence
Greater London Authority Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence c40.org c40.org	2/2	--	c40.org c40.org
Greater Manchester Combined Authority Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk theguardian.com greenergreatermanchester.com	2/2	--	greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk theguardian.com greenergreatermanchester.com
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk	2/2	--	liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
Tees Valley Combined Authority Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence committees.parliament.uk uk100.org	2/2	▲ 1	committees.parliament.uk uk100.org
West Yorkshire Combined Authority Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence politicshome.com westyorks-ca.gov.uk	2/2	▲ 1	politicshome.com westyorks-ca.gov.uk
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▼ 1 Evidence cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk	1/2	▼ -1	cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk	1/2	--	southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk
West Midlands Combined Authority Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference ▼ 0	0/2	▼ -2	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West of England Combined Authority Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria