Reader's Letter: Response to point about democracy
BRIAN Oosthuysen states in his letter that gaining a majority at the last election with 24 per cent of votes available to all registered voters – including those who did not vote – was hardly a democratic result for the Conservatives.
Actually, they gained 36.7 per cent of all votes cast.
Perhaps even more to the point, the Labour Party won re-election in 2005 with the support of 21 per cent of all registered voters.
Ralph Kenber
Painswick
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