Evidence of a dominant party system

• Dominant party system


  One party usually forms the government in the UK
• From 1979 to 2010 Britain had only one party in government (18 years of Conservative rule followed by 13 years of Labour rule)
• The coalition that followed was a temporary phenomenon and since the 2015 election it has been business as usual
• One party (the Conservatives) is in government; since the 2019 general election the Tories have had 56% of the seats in the House of Commons
• Even a minority government is able to control the agenda of Parliament; Theresa May was able to delay votes on Brexit to the time of her choosing
• A weak government can therefore still dominate Parliament - the Conservatives were able to survive a no-confidence vote in January 2019
• CA- conservative between 2017-19 relied on the Dup for key votes to pass legislation