Metropolitan: 36 councils compared

Ranked against other metropolitan boroughs only, which removes some of the structural differences between London and the metropolitan areas.

Council rankings, Metropolitan
Rank	Council	Band	Service quality	Value for money	Financial health
1	Wakefield	Top quarter	3	12	9
2	Salford	Top quarter	9	1	10
3	Barnsley	Top quarter	5	13	12
4	Rotherham	Top quarter	1	24	19
5	Sunderland	Top quarter	4	15	20
6	Wigan	Top quarter	15	3	8
7	Coventry	Top quarter	14	11	5
8	Calderdale	Top quarter	2	30	23
9	Bolton	Top quarter	17	8	2
10	Doncaster	Upper middle	11	7	18
11	St. Helens	Upper middle	6	33	6
12	Walsall	Upper middle	8	26	17
13	Oldham	Upper middle	26	2	3
14	Gateshead	Upper middle	10	27	15
15	Dudley *	Upper middle	16	–	–
16	Wolverhampton	Upper middle	23	4	16
17	Bradford	Upper middle	13	5	29
18	Bury	Upper middle	22	19	13
19	Sandwell *	Lower middle	21	–	–
20	Manchester	Lower middle	18	22	22
21	Sefton	Lower middle	7	28	34
22	North Tyneside	Lower middle	25	16	21
23	Leeds	Lower middle	24	17	25
24	South Tyneside	Lower middle	12	29	28
25	Rochdale	Lower middle	29	10	7
26	Solihull	Lower middle	19	20	32
27	Stockport	Lower middle	20	23	27
28	Newcastle upon Tyne	Bottom quarter	28	31	1
29	Sheffield	Bottom quarter	34	21	4
30	Kirklees	Bottom quarter	32	6	26
31	Trafford	Bottom quarter	27	18	31
32	Tameside	Bottom quarter	31	25	14
33	Liverpool	Bottom quarter	33	32	11
34	Knowsley	Bottom quarter	30	34	24
35	Birmingham	Bottom quarter	35	9	30
36	Wirral	Bottom quarter	36	14	33

Pillar columns show each council's rank out of 36. Overall weights:service quality 60%, value for money 20%, financial health 20%. Rank positions in the middle of the table are sensitive to weighting, so the bands are the more reliable guide.
* Ranked on the data available: some spending and finance returns have not yet been published for this council.