Multi Party System

Question 1

It’s a multi party system

Answer 1

Third parties like pc come close to winning and compete effectively
Pc-> aligns to welsh population-> one of bigger parties in wales
2016 Welsh senned election labour:29 cons:11 and pc:12 more seats than labour

Question 2

2 party system

Answer 2

Lab cons likely to win due to aligning ideologies with most of public because they are on opposite sides of the spectrum -> also have most representation on media
2017:cons got 42% of vote and labour got 40% of votes making the total vote share 80%

Question 3

Multi party system
Coalitions

Answer 3

Smaller parties like ld gain significant amount of seats and even formed gov in coalition with cons becauuse they got the 2nd highest seats, apart from labour
2010 coalition w cons because cons got 309 seats which is not enough to form gov as u need 326

Question 4

2 party system
Experience

Answer 4

Labour and cons are always likely to win bcs they have most experience in gov and are trusted
After the 2010 election ld lost majority of seats: in manifesto they claimed they would decrease tuition fees from 3k but after coalition it increased to 9k
57 seats to 9 seats

Question 5

Multi party system
Regions

Answer 5

Rise in regional parties like snp: people from that region are likely to vote due to ideologies
2015 election where snp won 56/59 seats in Scotland
Success reflects strength of smaller parties

Question 6

Dominant party system

Answer 6

Only cons is significant
Labour faced difficulties during 1970s-> created established beliefs
In 4 elections between 1979 and 1992 cons won all elections which highlights their strength and ability to compete effectively