#electoralsystems

Below I list in which Boroughs the five main parties are underrepresented because of the FPTP-esque plurality-at-large electoral system used. On more than third of councils (12 out of 32), a single party holds more than four fifths of the seats. 83% of Sutton councillors are Lib Dems 85% of Bromley councillors are Conservative More than 80% of councillors in each of Hounslow, Haringey, Greenwich, Hackney and Brent are Labour, as are 94% of Lambeth councillors, 98% of Islington councillors and Lewisham councillors and 100% of Barking & Dagenham councillors and Newham councillors How, I hear you ask, are such tiny (and in two instances non-existent) opposition groups supposed to hold local politicians to account? Well indeed. Conservatives are underrepresented by— 13 seats in Newham 7 seats in Brent 6 seats in Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark 5 seats in Barking & Dagenham, Ealing, Haringey and Islington 4 seats in Hounslow and Sutton 3 seats in Hackney 1 seat in Greenwich And overrepresented in 17 Boroughs

Labour are underrepresented by— 7 seats in Sutton and Richmond-upon-Thames 6 seats in Havering 5 seats in Kingston upon Thames 4 seats in Westminster and Bromley 2 seats in Kensington & Chelsea 1 seat in Bexley And overrepresented in 23 Boroughs

Liberal Democrats are underrepresented by— 9 seats in Brent 8 seats in Lambeth 7 seats in Camden, Waltham Forest and Islington 5 seats in Bromley and Merton 4 seats in Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Wandsworth, Hammersmith & Fulham, Barnet, Redbridge, Harrow, Croydon, Hounslow and Lewisham 3 seats in Richmond-upon-Thames, Tower Hamlets and Greenwich 2 seats in Bexley, Hillingdon, Enfield, Hackney, Ealing, Haringey, Newham and Barking & Dagenham 1 seat in Havering And overrepresented in 3 Boroughs

Greens are underrepresented by— 11 seats in Hackney 9 seats in Westminster and Southwark 8 seats in Lambeth, Islington, Wandsworth, Richmond-upon-Thames and Haringey 7 seats in Brent, Camden, Waltham Forest, Bromley, Barnet, Lewisham, Greenwich and Enfield 6 seats in Croydon, Hounslow and Ealing 5 seats in Hillingdon and Kingston-upon-Thames 4 seats in Tower Hamlets 3 seats in Merton, Hammersmith & Fulham and Redbridge 2 seats in Kensington & Chelsea, Harrow, Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Sutton 1 seat in Bexley

UKIP are underrepresented by— 14 seats in Barking & Dagenham 12 seats in Hillingdon and Bexley 11 seats in Croydon and Sutton 10 seats in Bromley 8 seats in Greenwich and Havering 7 seats in Enfield and Hounslow 6 seats in Waltham Forest, Kingston-upon-Thames and Merton 4 seats in Southwark, Wandsworth, Richmond-upon-Thames, Barnet, Lewisham, Ealing and Redbridge 3 seats in Lambeth, Harrow and Newham 2 seats in Westminster, Haringey, Camden, Tower Hamlets and Hammersmith & Fulham 1 seat in Islington, Brent and Kensington & Chelsea