UK Parliament 2015–2017

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The UK Parliament 2015–2017 was the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in the 2015 general election and sitting until the snap 2017 election, encompassing the Conservative government led first by David Cameron and then by Theresa May.

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UK Parliament 2015–2017 canonical 8

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislative term ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionCause snap general election ⓘ
dissolutionForElection 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
election 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endDate 2017-05-03 ⓘ
followedBy UK Parliament 2017–2019 ⓘ
government First May ministry ⓘ
Second Cameron ministry ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
majorityParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableEvent 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum ⓘ
appointment of Theresa May as Prime Minister ⓘ
passage of the Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016 ⓘ
passage of the Bus Services Act 2017 ⓘ
passage of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 ⓘ
passage of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 ⓘ
passage of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act 2017 ⓘ
passage of the Digital Economy Act 2017 ⓘ
passage of the Enterprise Act 2016 ⓘ
passage of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 ⓘ
passage of the Finance Acts 2015–2017 ⓘ
passage of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 ⓘ
passage of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 ⓘ
passage of the Immigration Act 2016 ⓘ
passage of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 ⓘ
passage of the Pension Schemes Act 2017 ⓘ
passage of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 ⓘ
passage of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 ⓘ
passage of the Savings (Government Contributions) Act 2017 ⓘ
passage of the Scotland Act 2016 ⓘ
passage of the Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Act 2017 ⓘ
passage of the Trade Union Act 2016 ⓘ
passage of the Wales Act 2017 ⓘ
linked to: Wales Act 2017

resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron ⓘ
numberOfMPs 650 ⓘ
oppositionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
ordinalNumber 56th Parliament ⓘ
precededBy UK Parliament 2010–2015 ⓘ
primeMinister David Cameron ⓘ
Theresa May ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons John Bercow ⓘ
startDate 2015-05-18 ⓘ
termNumber 56 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Ed Miliband → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 2015–2017 ⓘ
Andrea Leadsom → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 2015–2017 ⓘ
Mike Penning → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 2015–2017 ⓘ
Guto Bebb → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 2015–2017 ⓘ
UK Parliament 2010–2015 → followedBy → UK Parliament 2015–2017 ⓘ
Theresa Villiers → legislativeTerm → UK Parliament 2015–2017 ⓘ
Margaret Hodge → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 2015–2017 ⓘ
subject linked to: Dame Margaret Hodge
Steve Reed → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 2015–2017 ⓘ