The "democratic deficit" label has sometimes been used to refer to the period between the 1979 and 1997 UK general elections, during which the Labour Party held a majority of Scottish seats but the Conservative Party governed the whole of the UK.
“民主逆差”这一标签常指1979年和1997年的英国大选，当时工党占据多数苏格兰席位，其他的则是统治整个英国的保守党。