Sir – Straight after the last General Election, I had a letter in the Guardian asking readers if they could give me any good reason why I, as a non-Tory, should have voted at my polling station in David Cameron’s constituency. Several weeks ago, I asked the same question in a letter printed in The Oxford Times.

No replies were received from either letter. Does this mean that nobody can give me any reason to vote this time around? Apparently so. But, like the much-maligned Baldrick, I have a cunning plan.

In every safe seat across the land, and that is the majority of seats, if every voter who does not support the ‘safe’ party, did not vote, then the safe candidate would be elected but on a derisory turnout figure. Imagine the impact it would have if the serving prime minister was elected on a turnout of less than 50 per cent of the electorate. It would question the entire validity of our democratic system.

And if this was repeated across the country, even the most dyed-in-the-wool politician would be forced to reconsider this electoral system.

By not voting, we could make a lasting difference to the way we choose our leaders. Unlike the much maligned Baldrick, this plan could work.

Bob Forster
Shipton-under-Wychwood