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Council performance tables - North | | The Audit Commission has issued the results of its 2004 comprehensive performance assessment of English local authorities. The table below shows how councils in northern England fared and compares their performance with last year's assessment. | COUNCIL PERFORMANCE - NORTH | | | 2003 | 2004 | | Barnsley | fair | good | | Blackburn with Darwen | excellent | excellent | | Blackpool | fair | good | | Bolton | excellent | excellent | | Bradford | good | good | | Bury | fair | good | | Calderdale | fair | good | | Cheshire | excellent | excellent | | Cumbria | weak | weak | | Darlington | good | good | | Doncaster | fair | good | | Durham | good | excellent | | East Riding of Yorkshire | excellent | excellent | | Gateshead | excellent | excellent | | Halton | good | good | | Hartlepool | excellent | excellent | | Kingston-upon-Hull | poor | poor | | Kirklees | excellent | excellent | | Knowsley | good | good | | Lancashire | good | excellent | | Leeds | good | good | | Liverpool | good | good | | Manchester | good | good | | Middlesbrough | good | good | | Newcastle upon Tyne | good | good | | North East Lincolnshire | weak | weak | | North Lincolnshire | good | excellent | | North Tyneside | poor | fair | | North Yorkshire | good | good | | Northumberland | good | good | | Oldham | weak | weak | | Redcar & Cleveland | fair | good | | Rochdale | fair | fair | | Rotherham | weak | fair | | Salford | weak | weak | | Sefton | fair | good | | Sheffield | good | excellent | | South Tyneside | fair | excellent | | St Helens | good | excellent | | Stockport | good | good | | Stockton-on-Tees | excellent | excellent | | Sunderland | excellent | excellent | | Tameside | excellent | excellent | | Trafford | weak | fair | | Wakefield | weak | fair | | Warrington | good | good | | Wigan | excellent | excellent | | Wirral | fair | fair | | York | good | good | | Source: Audit Commission |
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