The Scottish National Party celebrating their general election success in 2015
All major examination boards require an understanding of the impact and importance of emerging and minor parties to UK politics and debates, alongside debates around the development of a multi-party system in the UK.
The two-party system, with the Labour and Conservative parties dominating both the vote share and the seats in Westminster, is an established feature of UK politics. However, the long-term trend shown in Table 1 reflect that there is increasing fragmentation of UK politics, with the vote share for the two main parties in a long, slow decline, reaching a low point in 2015.
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