55th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the post-2010 general election Parliament during which the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats formed the first UK coalition government since World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 2015 ⓘ
election 2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endTime 2015-03-30 ⓘ
followedBy 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
follows 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
government Cameron–Clegg coalition government ⓘ
hasMajorityGovernment Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition ⓘ
hasPart House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
inception 2010 ⓘ
juniorCoalitionParty Liberal Democrats (UK) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Democrats
leaderOfTheOpposition Ed Miliband ⓘ
leadingGovernmentParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
legislativePeriod 2010–2015 ⓘ
legislativeTermOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
mainOppositionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
meetsAt Palace of Westminster ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableFor first UK coalition government since World War II ⓘ
numberOfMembers 650 ⓘ
numberOfSessions 5 ⓘ
passesAct Care Act 2014 ⓘ
Children and Families Act 2014 ⓘ
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 ⓘ
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 ⓘ
Health and Social Care Act 2012 ⓘ
Immigration Act 2014 ⓘ
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ⓘ
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 ⓘ
Scotland Act 2012 ⓘ
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 ⓘ
Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ
precededByGovernment Brown ministry ⓘ
primeMinister David Cameron ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons John Bercow ⓘ
startTime 2010-05-18 ⓘ
succeededByGovernment Second Cameron ministry ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature ⓘ
votingSystemForCommons first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government → legislativeTerm → 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 → parliamentNumber → 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
2010–2012 UK Parliament → parliamentNumber → 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
54th Parliament of the United Kingdom → followedBy → 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
56th Parliament of the United Kingdom → follows → 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
UK general election 2010 → parliamentNumber → 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Louth and Horncastle → parliamentaryTermStart → 55th UK Parliament ⓘ
linked to: 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Cameron–Clegg coalition government → legislatureTerm → Fifty-fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom
56th Parliament of the United Kingdom → follows → 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: 56th Parliament
Government of David Cameron → legislatureTerm → 55th United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ
linked to: 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom