Out of curiosity, if the UK adopted the Official Party rule which Parties would have official status? These are all the Parties that got at least 1% of the vote in the last 3 elections. Votes are in the millions and is the total of the votes received in the last 3 general elections in 2017, 2019, and 2024.
In all of the last 3 general elections the Conservatives, Labour, and the Liberal Democrats got 5% of the vote. The Green Party only got 5% in the last election. UKIP/Reform got 5% in the last election, also in 2015, but not in the 2 elections in between.
Prior to the 2024 election the UK would have had 4 Official Parties; Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, and UKIP. After this last election the Green party would have official status as well bringing the total up to 5 Official Parties.
The NDP Leader is running in a by-election in Burnaby south on February 25. There are two issues here, the one of Party Leaders running in by-elections in order to have a seat in the House of Commons, and the second of the calling of by-elections. I’ve suggested solutions to both in previous posts.
The Quebec General Election this last Monday has confirmed a trend of fragmentation in our politics. The winning party (CAQ) only took 37% of the vote and this vote represents only 25% of all Quebecois eligible to vote. The 2 largest parties (CAQ + PLQ) just clear 60% of the vote and together not even half of all voters at only 40% of the electorate. There are 4 parties in the new National Assembly with the two minor parties (PQ / QS) having a respectable number of seats but more importantly each got a significant share of the vote at 17% and 16%. Also, perhaps unnoticed, is the Green party and Conservative party who each broke past the 1% mark.
The Federalist party of Canada 