Is the two-party political system dead? In last week’s elections, for the first time ever, five parties each won more than 10% of the vote. Experts say we are entering uncharted waters.
‘Insurgent’ parties reshape UK map
Green light: Green Party leader Zak Polanski celebrates a breakthrough moment for his party as they secure a significant portion of the vote, signalling a major shift in England's political landscape. Glossary
Reform - Making big changes to how a system works.
Labour - Britain's main left-of-centre political party.
Liberal Party - An historical British political party that was one of the two main parties before being largely replaced by the Labour Party.
Conservative party - A British political party. Members are known as Tories.
Hard-right - Refers to the more extreme or radical wing of the right-wing political spectrum.
Green Party - A centre-left party largely focused on environmental politics. It formed part of a coalition government with the Social Democrats between 1998 and 2005.
Nationalist - A person who believes strongly that their country is better than all others.
Liberal Democrats - Also known as the Lib Dems, a liberal political party in the UK.
Unprecedented - Never been seen before.
Electoral Reform - Making changes to the way people vote or how those votes are counted to make the system fairer.
First Past the Post - A voting system in which the winner is simply whoever comes first in each area. As such, the winning party almost never has a majority of the vote, and sometimes might even win a smaller share of the vote than its opponent.
Premature - Too soon.