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Originally Posted by BillGreene
With some Councils in the North West, all Councillors are elected at the same time and this can result in the Councillors from one ward belonging to different parties.
However with HBC approximately one third of the Councillors are elected each year so as far as the electorate is concerned they only have one vote to elect one Councillor
If you are going to have proportional voting you have got to change the voting system
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I'm not suggesting proportional voting at all. Although it has happened in Hyndburn before when all the seats were up for grabs at the same time and the voters got a couple of votes each. I think that was when both Cllr Britcliffe and Cllr Walmsley were elected in St Andrew's.
But let's take St Andrew's ward as an example - it currently has two Conservative Councillors, only one of which is up for election this time. Therefore, will have at least one Conservative Councillor remaining after the election - it would make sense (to me) for a Labour Councillor (as an example) to be elected in the seat that is up for grabs so that the majority of the people of the ward are represented on the council. Of course, I am slightly biased so I might not be the right person to advise on this.