56th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the legislative term of the UK Parliament elected in the 2015 general election, during which the Conservative Party formed a majority government under Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislative term ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
commonsMembership 650 ⓘ
commonsPresidingOfficer John Bercow ⓘ
containedEvent 2015 State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
2016 Conservative Party leadership election (UK) ⓘ
2016 State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryCapital London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
dissolutionReason early general election in 2017 ⓘ
dissolvedBy proclamation by Elizabeth II ⓘ
electionDate 2015-05-07 ⓘ
electoralEvent 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endTime 2017-05-03 ⓘ
firstStateOpeningOfParliamentDate 2015-05-27 ⓘ
followedBy 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
follows 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
government First May ministry ⓘ
Second Cameron ministry ⓘ
hasHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasPart House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
lastStateOpeningOfParliamentDate 2016-05-18 ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legislativePeriod 2015–2017 ⓘ
legislatureNumber 56 ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
lordSpeaker Baroness D'Souza ⓘ
Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler ⓘ
lordsPresidingOfficer Baroness D'Souza ⓘ
Lord Fowler ⓘ
majorityGovernmentParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
meetsIn House of Commons chamber ⓘ
House of Lords chamber ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
openingBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
oppositionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
primeMinister David Cameron ⓘ
Theresa May ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons John Bercow ⓘ
startTime 2015-05-18 ⓘ
thirdLargestPartyInCommons Scottish National Party ⓘ
triggerForDissolution Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2017 ⓘ
usedVotingSystemForCommons first-past-the-post voting ⓘ

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

Robert Courts → parliamentaryTerm → 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
2016 Witney by-election → parliament → 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
2015 United Kingdom general election → parliamentElected → 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
57th Parliament of the United Kingdom → precededBy → 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Second Cameron ministry → legislatureTerm → 56th United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ
linked to: 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom
55th Parliament of the United Kingdom → followedBy → 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
2016 Conservative Party leadership election → parliamentaryTerm → 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
First May ministry → legislatureTerm → 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Government of David Cameron → legislatureTerm → 56th United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ
linked to: 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom