The biggest loser in English Elections was democracy,

The Elections in England once again  proved that we need to consider  proportional representation


Take   Barking and Dagenham    where Labour won every seat  and whilst  we may be glad that the BNP no longer have a presences it can't be good if there is no opposition,

   
Election of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham councillors

Election results by party

Party name	Seats won	% of votes
Labour Party	51	76.65%
Conservative Party	0	22.34%
British National Party	0	< 1%
Independent	0	< 1%
Green Party	0	< 1%
Turnout:		29.54%

           

		Not all councils provide  such a breakdown but can we really assume that Labour deserve  to hold 94  of 96 seats  (there are two Lib Dems) on Manchester or  47 of 48 (one Green on Islington)?
		Even the Lib Dems benefit from this  where although they did take more than half the votes  on Kingston received far more seats than they deserve, Election results by party Party name Seats won % of votes Liberal Democrat 39 52% Conservative 9 31% Labour 0 12% Green Party 0 3% Kingston Independent Residents Group 0 2% UK Independence Party 0 < 1% Independent 0 < 1% Monster Raving Loony Party 0 < 1% Turnout: 46%
		It is true also of the Tories in their strongholds and that's the point these may be areas where a party is eminent but they are not fiefdoms we need vigorous opposition  in councils and the current system which sees one party  holding all the seats or where there is only a handful of opposition is not good. In Wales we now have the power to replace First Part the Post in local government  and introduce proportional representation it is in the interest of democracy that we do so,