Summary

A new government 


Previous prime ministers of the Labour Party, Tony Blair and Grodon Brown replaced by a partnership agreed on after intense negotiations between Conservative Party lead by David Cameron and the Liberal Democrats after an election of a new British government with the results of Conservatives winning 36% of the votes, Labour 29% and the Lib Dems 23%, the rest were shared by smaller parties. For the first time since 1974 no party had a hung parliament. Usually being either the Conservatives or Labour, The Lib Dems are now part of the government for the first time since WWII ended in 1945. Both are common but the free market, privatization and low taxation are favored by Conservatives whereas Labour has commited to greater social and economic equality. The country is divided into 650 constituencies,each has a MP. Mostly won by Conservative or Labour candidates, 650 seperate local elections happen, the Lib Dems are second, but only the winning party is represented in parliament. Lib Dems state unfairness of electoral system, demanding more proportional system. Finally, the Conservatives agree to an ‘alternative vote’ system for future general elections.  (insideout.net,2010)