Before we junk the current system due to a single election result, it's worth having a look at how it has actually performed over the longer term. In the 115 years since 1900 there have been twenty-nine elections. The average vote share for the three major parties over that time has been 44 per cent for the Conservatives, 33 per cent for Labour, and 19 per cent with the Lib Dems. Compare this with the amount of time that the three parties have spent in government (counting coalitions as half-government) to see what fraction of "governing time" has been awarded to each party. Those figures are: Con 54 pc, Lab 29 pc and Lib 12 pc.