MORE than 92% of Conservative activists who voted in a referendum have backed David Cameron's reforms of the Tory Party - however only 25% of those entitled to vote actually botheredNevertheless, Mr Cameron said: “Today's result show how the party has changed.
By Graham Dines
MORE than 92% of Conservative activists who voted in a referendum have backed David Cameron's reforms of the Tory Party - however only 25% of those entitled to vote actually bothered
Nevertheless, Mr Cameron said: “Today's result show how the party has changed. It shows that Conservatives support the vital changes that we have made over the last nine months.
“Ours is a message of change, optimism and hope. Our aims and values are as relevant now as they have ever been and this vote demonstrates that they are built to last.”
Out of around 247,000 party members, 60,859 (92.7%) voted yes, 4,787 (7.3%) voted no, and a further 243 ballot forms were either blank, spoiled or rejected.
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