Member

Multimember wards elected proportionally can help counter the sense of distance that people feel from increasingly centralised local government, while also allowing councillors to share responsibilities and remain rooted in their communities. Giving councils and communities the ability to move towards proportional representation is a way of encouraging participation and ensuring that decisions genuinely reflect the people they serve. I think there is a growing recognition across parties and Benches that the current system is failing to reflect the diversity of opinion in our local communities. In future, even Conservatives might start to think that it is fairer.