Can Liberal Democrats Win Election in U.K?

Parliamentary elections are going to be held in U.K next month. Labour Party has been in power since 1997. Electoral history of U.K shows that only two parties i.e. Labour Party and Conservatives dominated the 20^th century. Liberal party, a third British political party remained very unsuccessful and it merged with Social Democratic Party to form Liberal Democrats in 1988. Last week polls surprisingly show that Lib-Dems is now leading the pre-election polls.

Conservatives after ruling for several lost their appeal in the last decade of 20^th century. Labour got majority in 1997, 2001 and 2005 election with Tony Blair as Prime Minister. Iraq war proved to be detrimental for both President Bush and PM Tony Blair along with deteriorating economies. These resulted in shift in voting preferences for Americans and Democratic candidate won the election with the slogan of ‘change’.

Do people in Britain also want change? They have seen Conservatives and Labour parties are they now going to give a try to Lib-Dems? Pre-elections poll showed for several months that Conservatives were leading the election campaign. But the polls conducted after the first debate on April 15, public support for Lib-Dems have increased. Now they are either matching the Conservatives or they have got lead over Conservatives which was leading prior to the debate and governing Labour turns to be the third political party in the minds of people.


Can Lib-Dems maintain this lead? Are the voters in U.K also tired of Labour Party and want a total change by bringing a new party to 10-Downing Street? Was the merger of Liberal Party with Social Democratic Party was the right decision to form Liberal Democrats?