So the Lambeth Borough web site is apparantly “one of the UK’s best”. So why is it so difficult to find out who was elected councillor in my ward yesterday?
From the home page I click on the link Borough Council election results that tells me who now controls the council (Labour, so I’ll expect a Counciil Tax rise next year) and then, For more information visit the elections page where in turn I can follow another link to Local election results 2006. Here I see the same information as two pages ago, plus For more details on the election download the document below which is a bloomin’ PDF containing scans of the paper copies of the returning officers’ declarations for each ward.
So full marks for making copies of the official historical documentation of the election available, but zero marks for enabling me to quickly find out who is actually representing me on the council.
Looking at the results for my ward I see that it went entirely by party lines. Three Labour councillors elected, then three Lib Dems, then the solitary Green knocking the three Tories into last place.
annoyed
