39th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the legislative term of the UK Parliament elected in the 2005 general election, during which Tony Blair and later Gordon Brown led the Labour government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
chamber House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
clerkOfTheHouseOfCommons Malcolm Jack ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
election 2005 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endDate 2010-04-12 ⓘ
endedByDissolution Dissolution of Parliament, April 2010 ⓘ
followedBy 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
follows 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
government Brown ministry ⓘ
Third Blair ministry ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
hasPart House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legislativePeriod 2005–2010 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 39 ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
majorityParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
meetsIn House of Commons chamber ⓘ
House of Lords chamber ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableLegislationPeriod Climate Change Act 2008 ⓘ
Fraud Act 2006 ⓘ
Government of Wales Act 2006 ⓘ
implementation of Identity Cards Act 2006 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 646 ⓘ
oppositionParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
precededByElection 2005 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinister Gordon Brown ⓘ
Tony Blair ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons Michael Martin ⓘ
startDate 2005-05-11 ⓘ
termEndEvent Proclamation dissolving Parliament, 2010 ⓘ
termStartEvent State Opening of Parliament, 2005 ⓘ
thirdParty Liberal Democrats ⓘ
votingSystemForCommons first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

38th Parliament of the United Kingdom → followedBy → 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
1950 United Kingdom general election → parliamentElected → Thirty-ninth Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom
National Government (United Kingdom) → legislativeTerm → 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Dissolution of Parliament, April 2010 → parliamentNumber → 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Dissolution of Parliament, April 2010 → legislativeTermEnded → 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
40th Parliament of the United Kingdom → follows → 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ