Sir – Thirty-eight per cent of the electorate voted for change nationally (a mantra lifted from President Obama’s campaign) resulting in 70 per cent of the available county council seats being awarded to the Conservatives. And this is called democratic!

Those of the electorate concerned about our lack of a democratic voting system need to push our tarnished MPs for a change in the voting system to one of the ‘single transferable vote’ immediately.

The electorate need to relearn that voting for change, means no change! Our Gallic cousins sum it up very well ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Timothy J. Oates, Abingdon