The party system in Westminster over the years
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1979-2019
Two-party system in terms of seats
Multi-party system in terms of votes
2017-2019
Two-party system in terms of seats
Two-party system in terms of votes
2024
Two-party system in terms of seats
Multi-party system in terms of votes
Reasons for the two-party system in terms of seats
FPTP prevents smaller parties from converting their votes into seats
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 1979
95.8% seats
80.8% votes
11 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 1983
93.3% seats
70% votes
23 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 1987
93% seats
75.1% votes
22 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 1992
93.2% seats
77.5% votes
20 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 1997
88.4% seats
75.5% votes
46 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 2001
87.8% seats
72.4% votes
52 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 2005
85.6% seats
67.5% votes
62 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 2010
86.9% seats
65.1% votes
57 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 2015
86.7% seats
67.3% votes
56 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 2017
89.2% seats
82.4% votes
35 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 2019
87.2% seats
77.6% votes
48 seats won by 3rd largest party
% of seats and votes won by 2 main parties + largest 3rd party seats - 2024
81.9% seats
75.7% votes
64 seats won by 3rd largest party
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