I think you are missing the point. It isn't about people starting to vote Tory when they get older. It is about the membership of the Tory Party in Scotland itself getting older very election and not being replaced by younger members. And that is what is happening here in Scotland. This is not me taking some stats from websites etc. It is from personal knowledge. We are a split household in that I am an SNP voter but my other half not only votes Tory but works for the Tory Party and is involved in organising the membership side. Believe me they have a real demographic problem. If you go to one of the Tory functions here then you won't feel like one of the older ones at even 65-70. The membership has an extremely high average age. I'd say the bulk here are mid 70s and well over. At 65, apart from my wife who's early 50s, one really young guy, several others and John Lamont himself then you are going to be one of the younger attendees. That is not so at for instance local SNP functions etc. I am going to be doing several songs at our new MPs celebration party on Friday night and as normal it will be a healthy mixture of ages for a membership. From the very young right through to the very old. Those are facts! Whether you want to believe it or not is neither here nor there.

As for the votes needed per seat you are perfectly correct but you can't blame the SNP for that. They have benefited at this election from the first past the post system but they themselves support PR. As do most of the other UK parties apart from the big two. As long as Labour and the Tories hold PR at arms length it won't happen. First past the post has put the Tories in gvt once again with nowhere near a majority of the overall vote and when you look at the actual stats PR hasn't worked against Labour this time nationally and without PR they would probably never again have a majority gvt. These are the two parties to moan at about the voting system.