48th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the Conservative-dominated legislature elected in 1979 that brought Margaret Thatcher to power and began a major shift in British economic and political policy.

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48th Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 6

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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
commonsControl Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
commonsMajority Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
commonsSpeaker Bernard Weatherill ⓘ
George Thomas ⓘ
containsEvent 1981 UK budget controversy ⓘ
introduction of monetarist budgets ⓘ
passage of the Employment Act 1980 ⓘ
passage of the Employment Act 1982 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionAdviceBy Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
dissolvedBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
electionDate 1979-05-03 ⓘ
endDate 1983-05-13 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1979-05-09 ⓘ
followedBy 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
formedByElection 1979 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
government First Thatcher ministry ⓘ
governmentMajorityParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
hasComponent House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
lastSessionEnd 1983-04-13 ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legislativeTermNumber 48 ⓘ
legislatureNumber 48 ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
meetsIn House of Commons chamber ⓘ
House of Lords chamber ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableFor beginning of Thatcherism in UK politics ⓘ
monetarist economic policy ⓘ
privatisation agenda groundwork ⓘ
shift toward free-market economic policies ⓘ
trade union law reform ⓘ
numberOfCommonsSeats 635 ⓘ
officialOppositionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
oppositionLeader James Callaghan ⓘ
Michael Foot ⓘ
partOf Constitutional history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalOrientation Conservative-dominated ⓘ
precededBy 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
primeMinister Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
sessionCount 4 ⓘ
startDate 1979-05-09 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

United Kingdom general election, 1979 → parliamentNumber → 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
47th Parliament of the United Kingdom → followedBy → 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
UK Parliament 1979–1983 → legislativeTermNumber → 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
49th Parliament of the United Kingdom → precededBy → 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Baron Weatherill → legislativePeriod → 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Immigration Act 1988 → parliamentNumber → 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ