Polly Toynbee commented that local parties tend to do better at local elections .
Although this has been said by some to be undemocratic , Toynbee , P. , This vogue for localism has not solved voter antipathy , The Guardian , ( 2007 ) minor and local single-issue parties do tend to do much better at local elections than they do in general elections , so the case for reform is perhaps less clear .
Local government in England