Sorry, this is a terrible idea, for reasons already eloquently explained by Glen.

A better idea here is to not touch this aspect, but loosen the constitutional structure imposed upon the Local Council by our Charter. For example, why are we forumites deciding how the Local Council is elected? Or that it has to have three members? If we're going to take the Local Council idea seriously, we need to actually treat the Local Council seriously and give it the respect and autonomy it deserves, in a symbiosis of collaboration between overlapping spheres within the region we all know and love.

Of course, doing so is difficult, as two out of three of our current local councillors will refuse to accept any such system as it does not give them the direct power that they demand.