Has the uk now become a multiparty democracy

• In the devolved assemblies power is shred by more than two parties, so in the regions there is multiparty democracy
• Smaller parties have been highly influential in recent general elections. In 2010 the Conservatives established a coalition with the lib dems and in 2017 the DUP agreed to support the Conservative government in a confidence and supply agreement
• The SNP still has a significant parliamentary presence which would be very important in a hung parliament
• Since the Conservative and Labour parties have not won a large parliamentary majority since the 2005 general election, the importance of smaller parties is likely to remain significant
• In the 2017 general election the Conservative and Labour parties won their biggest share of the popular vote since the 1970 general election
• In the parliament elected in 2017, Labour and the Conservatives have 89% of the seats
• Support for the Liberal Democratic Party collapsed in the 2015 and 2017 general election
• FPTP protects the Labour and Conservative duopoly at Westminister
• The way in which parties are funded makes it difficult for smaller political parties to break Conservative and Labour domination