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1. Liberal Democrats The Lib Dems are generally very strong, particularly on backing proportional representation and a written constitution/bill of rights. Good on stronger parliament and accountable government, but are weakest in fostering an informed political culture.

   81pts

2. Green Party The Greens score very well overall. They have excellent policy on a bill of rights and written constitution building on the Human Rights Act, and particularly impress with their policies on bringing power closer to the people. They are weakest on fostering a political culture, but their relative strength in advocating open government and inclusive citizenship still puts them ahead of most other parties.

   80.5pts

3. Scottish National Party The SNP scores well for its support of a proportional and open electoral system, and also for its support of a bill of rights incorporating the Human Rights Act. They score poorly on civil liberties however, and on creating a culture of informed political interest and responsibility. They are average in most other areas.

   57pts

4. Conservative Party Defending the First Past the Post electoral system loses the party major points, as does the threat to repeal the Human Rights Act as part of a bill of rights process. Their policies on the right to privacy and House of Commons reform score well. We are concerned that rhetoric triumphs over actions in policy to bring power closer to the people, and the party is only average on increasing political participation.

   48.5pts

5. Labour Party Labour is weak on elections, largely due to backing a non-proportional electoral system. Support for a written constitution cannot mask an appalling record for civil liberties and personal privacy. Strong on some aspects of parliamentary reform, the party is only average on bringing power closer to the people. While its score on fostering a political culture is not high, it is the most inclusive of the parties.

   48pts

6. Plaid Cymru The party scores high for backing an open and proportional electoral system, but overall their score is low to reflect a lack of published policy on several areas, in particular covering rights and freedoms, a stronger parliament, accountable government, and fostering an informed political culture.

   39.5pts

7. Respect Respect's score for an open and proportional electoral system gains points, as does its support for a meaningful bill of rights. Lack of available published policy has meant a low score in most of the other areas.

   38.5pts

8. UK Independence Party UKIP have strong policy on recall and have come out in favour of fair votes. However they have no policy at all on a number of crucial subjects and their commitment to human rights and the rule of law is abysmal. Strongest on parliamentary reform, they are hostile to devolution and have a worryingly narrow concept of citizenship.

   33.5pts

9. British National Party The BNP have a uniquely poor score in every area of our interest. The BNP's policies are not only essentially racist and discriminatory, they are profoundly anti-democratic as one would expect from a party with such strong roots in 1930s fascism.

   7.5pts