I think some of us may feel it’s a scandal that you stand for election in one party’s name, change to another party and then go uncontested. And some of us may also feel that, at the local level, in the case of independents who don’t stand on any manifesto, then go into cabinet and enact policies for the whole of those counties, it’s far better to stand for the colours you want to represent the people, and to stand for that, and be prepared to stand for election for that.

But the point about Scotland is well made. Since the introduction of the single transferrable vote, there has not been one uncontested local election in Scotland. And, clearly, widening the wards, allowing people to think, ‘Well, I’m not up against a councillor who’s been there for 35 years, and is a well-known farmer’, allows you to put together a collection, a coalition, of people. It gets different people elected, younger people, more women, and a greater range of people. I welcome the fact that there is a choice being proposed for STV for local councils, but wouldn’t it be better if the Welsh Government led and said that it is better for local democracy in Wales that STV is for all of Wales?