Talk:Greater London Council

message: :The first GLC election was on 9 April 1964, with each of the new boroughs electing a number of representatives ...In 1972 the electoral system was reformed to introduce single-member constituencies
What was the original voting system? The 'single non-transferable vote', or the 'limited vote', or some other system? There's a big difference so the article should specify.
213.202.141.1 (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 13:29, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Multi member first past the post. Timrollpickering (talk) 10:21, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

text: Not sure what the correct term is, but each borough returned a number of councillors, and each elrvtor had as many votes as there were seats in the borough. The candidates who topped the poll won the seats. Here are the results for GLC elections  Just looking at one at random, Barnet returned 4 councilors in 1964 - 1973. In each case they were four Conservatives, with never more than 1,800 votes between their top and bottom candidate. Next came four Labour candidates with only 3,000 odd votes between the top and bottom candidates, then followed by 4 Liberals and then by various others. What is clear is in most cases electors were using their 4 votes to vote for 4 candidates of the same party. Not a very representative system as we can see that with about 45% of the vote in 1964 the Tories got 100% of the seats. AFAIK, it's still a system widely used in district council elections where they elect the whole council every four years.Lozleader (talk) 15:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: JUst read those three articles linked above. It would seem to fit the definition of bloc vote.Lozleader (talk) 15:24, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
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message: William A. Robson in The Government and Misgovernment of London 1939/1948, in the section on the reform of London Government (Section III, Chapter 8) makes reference to the intended body as the Greater London Council - with broadly the same extent as that which presently exists. Jackiespeel (talk) 20:43, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: "as that which presently exists" ? What exactly are you referring to ? The GLC that was abolished in 1986 or the present GLA which is unlikely if he was writing in the 1930's/40s ? QuintusPetillius (talk) 20:59, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: As in geographical extent. Jackiespeel (talk) 20:37, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Well in any case it is in an insignificant use of the term and I advise you to read this journal paper which details how the GLC was created:. QuintusPetillius (talk) 21:07, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Given the author's connection to London government reform 'worth a mention' on this talk page for those so interested. Jackiespeel (talk) 21:12, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earlier use of 'Greater London Council'