More Female Labour Councillors?

There is an interesting speculation going on in the Labour Party, that the new ward arrangements may result in more female councillors.  This is if the party stays to the principle introduced in 2002 of always having at least one female candidate per ward.  If more wards become two member wards, you would expect more female candidates automatically.

There are nine two member wards mooted for Brent, and 13 three member wards, a full slate of Labour wins would result in at least 21 female councillors with possibly more than that if wards select more than one female candidate (as they have in the past).