FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS
the election system is first-past- the-post. Put simply, it requires a political party to win over half of the available constituency seats to form a majority government. The number of seats required to form a majority at this election was 326.
Howe v e r , the election result a
threw surprise.
No political party acquired 326
seats, the
Conser vat ives – who were f a v o uri t e s to win this election – returned the largest number of seats with 318 (eight short of
The
a majority). second
‘Hung Parliament’. It’s where no party has enough seats to pass legislation without
cross-party
support. It’s problematic because it hampers a government’s ability to get things done and implement its own agenda.
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This is something the UK has recently experienced. From 2010 to 2015,
the Conservatives and
Liberal Democrats were part of a coalition government, after the former party failed to secure a majority in the 2010 election.
However, the situation is very different
forming formal
have in
2017. All of the smaller parties have ruled out a
c o a l i t ion . Why? Because most
fundamental ly d i f f er en t policy agendas than
The election result threw a surprise No political party acquired 326 seats
largest party, Labour, won 262 seats. We also have a number of smaller parties that won seats:
• Scottish National Party: 35 seats • Liberal Democrats: 12 seats • DUP: 10 seats • Sinn Fein: 7 seats • Plaid Cymru: 4 seats • Green Party: 1 seat
This scenario is known as a The state of play
As the largest party, the Conservatives have the right to try and form either a coalition or minority government.
A coalition is a formal agreement with another political party, which ensures they will work together to pass legislation with a majority.
the
Conservatives . Those parties have
also seen
how the Liberal D em o c ra t s s u f fe r e d
electorally after forming a coalition with the Conservatives.
With a coalition seemingly off the table, the Conservatives can try to govern with a minority government. In this situation, the Conservatives will look to secure a confidence and supply arrangement with a smaller party to get legislation passed. Think of
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