2007 Local Elections "could be cancelled due to local government reform"

[afleitch]

I wonder if FPTP will remain or they will dabble in PR Scotland style?

[afleitch]

As long as they do not make the new UA's (particularly urban ones) too small. They need to learn from Scotlands mistake

Edit: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972

Text of the 1972 act, an interesting 'read'

[afleitch]

There would more than likely be uproar if Labour cancelled council elections. I also have the suspicion that they will do their best to not implement the new constituency boundaries until after the 2009/10 election.

While I agree that England needs local authority reform, I don't see why elections cannot be held in 2007. Okay it will cost money, but so what. You don't just cancel scheduled elections because they are seen as an incovenience. If anything, elections for new UA's should be held before they are established to allow a smooth transition. In Scotland, local elections took place in 1995 for the new unitary authorities, even though they did not come into effect until a year later.