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dominant party system - free and fair elections but one party usually wins two party system - free and fair but power shifts from one party to another one regular basis multi party system - free and fair but power is shared between several parties e.g. stable coalition partnerships one party sy...

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dominant party system - ✔✔✔free and fair elections but one party usually wins



two party system - ✔✔✔free and fair but power shifts from one party to another one regular basis



multi party system - ✔✔✔free and fair but power is shared between several parties e.g. stable
coalition partnerships



one party system - ✔✔✔one party dominates that state in absence of free and fair elections



mackenzie thesis - ✔✔✔- in 1950s, suggested UK has two party system

- power oscillates back and forth between labour and conservative

- only parties in government (excluding 2010 coalition) since 1945

- Labour total = 30 yrs

- Conservative total = 44 yrs

- had majority of aggregate share of vote e.g. 96%+ in 1951 and 1961

EVAL: closer analysis suggest Westminster shows tendency towards dominant party system



Westminster elections are increasing multi party (but FPTP does not translate that to representation) -
✔✔✔- between 1970 and 2017 aggregate share of vote has declined (around 90%-76%)

- excluding 2017, neither party secured 40% of vote each during period



conservative is dominant party in england - ✔✔✔- consistently wins majority of england constituencies
even in general elections

- won more seats than labour in every general election since 1979 (excluding 1997 and 2001)

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