or maybe because it isn't by any necessity an exact 50/50 split in the first place.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 15:52, archived)

Could be.
Maybe there are just more voting age women than men in the UK.
Although I think that would be partly down to the my 'old dear' theory as much as anything else.
(thediscokingpin, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 15:57, archived)

Well there obviously are,
but it doesn't really matter why, I thought it was an odd statistic to present in such a way.
Women do live longer than men, on average.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:01, archived)