COUN Livesley and his fellow Liberal Democrats castigate the Conservatives for having the temerity to vote against them on occasions (March 28).

However they do not publicise the occasions we vote with them against Labour, or indeed when they support Labour as they did on Coppergate II.

If the Liberal Democrats are going to make an issue out of our voting record, so be it; the all important fact is that we Conservatives have always voted in the best interest of all the residents of York, we have set aside political differences, we have practised grown-up politics and we have got on with the job we were elected to do.

John C Galvin,

Conservative Group Leader,

City of York Council,

Bridge Road,

Bishopthorpe,

York.

Updated: 10:26 Thursday, April 03, 2003