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UK's Two-Party Political System Likely to Survive General Election

© AFP 2023 / Andy BuchananPolling Manager Scott Russel (R) and assistant Ross Clement deliver ballot boxes and a polling sign to a polling station on The Royal Mile in the centre of Edinburgh on May 6 2015 on the eve of the General election
Polling Manager Scott Russel (R) and assistant Ross Clement deliver ballot boxes and a polling sign to a polling station on The Royal Mile in the centre of Edinburgh on May 6 2015 on the eve of the General election - Sputnik International
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According to independent parliamentary candidate for Portsmouth South, general elections in the United Kingdom are unlikely to change the traditional two-party system.

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LONDON (Sputnik), Daria Chernyshova Regardless of the outcome of the May 7 general elections in the United Kingdom the traditional two-party system is unlikely to change, an independent parliamentary candidate for Portsmouth South told Sputnik on Wednesday.

"I have heard this for the last 20 years that people, voters want to change the [two-party] system, but the two big parties like the system," Mike Hancock said.

He added that neither Conservatives nor Labour would allow their dominance on UK political arena to be challenged.

He pointed out that the minor parties, such as the Green Party, UKIP, SNP, are unlikely to bring about this change to Parliament, though have a chance to influence local governments.

Polls show a neck-and-neck race between the Conservatives and Labour ahead of Thursday's nationwide election when Britons go to the polls to elect 650 lawmakers to the House of Commons.

According to the BBC tracker that measures poll support for the parties, the Conservative Party and the Labour Party account for potential 34 and 33 percent of UK votes respectively.

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