Talk:Letters and responses/@comment-87.112.107.47-20141101213202

 The Council used to be elected by Single Transferable Vote (STV) but, a few years ago, that was changed to block X voting by First Past The Post on the pretext that there was a very low turnout for Council elections and a simpler method might improve turnout.

 This was done without asking members why they did not vote and without asking the Electoral Reform Society for advice.

 I discussed it later with the Company Secretary, who admitted that turnout had not increased after the change. In fact, if my memory is correct, I think he told me it had reduced! I had always voted before but I could see no point in voting by an undemocratic method so I stopped voting.

 The abandonment of STV was probably the first step in reducing the influence of members.

 Reintroducing STV for Council members is a change I would like to see to make Council more representative of members. I urge you to add it to your list of reforms.