A cikin Burtaniya, kafin yakin duniya na farko, tsarin jam'iyyun biyu ya wanzu na tsawon tsararraki; a al'adance, Tories da Whigs ne kawai, ko kuma daga tsakiyar karni na 19 jam'iyyun Conservative da Liberal, sun sami damar isar da 'yan majalisa a cikin adadi mai yawa. Don haka majalisun da aka rataye ba su da yawa, musamman a cikin karni na 19. Yiwuwar canji ya taso ne lokacin da, bayan Dokar Union, 1800, wasu' yan majalisar Irish suka dauki kujeru a cikin House, kodayake da farko sun bi daidaitattun al'adun gargajiya. Koyaya, Dokokin Gyara biyu (a cikin 1867 da 1884) sun faɗaɗa haƙƙin haƙƙin mallaka da kuma sake zaɓe, kuma sun zo daidai da canji a cikin siyasar Irish. Bayan babban zaɓen 1885, babu jam'iyyar da ke da rinjaye. Jam'iyyar majalisar Irish ta riƙe daidaiton ikon Irish Home Rule da rarraba batun goyon bayansu. Koyaya, a kan yanayin da ya haifar da mafi yawan 'yan majalisar, musamman a cikin karni na 19.
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