Sir Ed Davey has been elected Leader of the Liberal Democrats with 42,756 votes. Layla Moran took 24,564, and turnout was 57 per cent. That suggests more Lib Dem members than one might have assumed. They are regrouping.
As for the 43 per cent abstention rate, turnout in Leadership Elections is rarely very high. More than one in eight paid up Conservatives did not vote even when the election in question was directly going to choose the Prime Minister. Of candidates to lead any party in recent years, only Jeremy Corbyn has really been able to get the vote out.
After all, there are purely social reasons to be in the Conservative Party. This side of Super Thursday, 6th May 2021, there are still essentially apolitical reasons to be in the Labour Party, such as wanting a job with the council, or wanting a better council house.
And the Lib Dems? Why else is anyone in that? Who knows? But there is obviously some reason. Someone ought to look into it.
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