Don't Pay UK cite Margaret Thatcher's poll tax ("community charge") in 1989 and 1990—a tax with a fixed cost for each adult in the country—as a parallel.[1][13] 17 million people refused to pay the poll tax, leading to its removal in 1991.[5][3] Instead, Council Tax was introduced by John Major in 1993.[14] Wilks-Heeg commented that differences between poll tax resistance and energy bill non-payment include that less detailed records were kept by the government and that debts were wiped.[6]