UK Parliament 1964–1966

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The UK Parliament 1964–1966 was the short-lived Labour-majority parliament elected in October 1964 under Prime Minister Harold Wilson, preceding the 1966 general election.

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UK Parliament 1964–1966 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
category 1960s in British politics ⓘ
Harold Wilson ⓘ
Terms of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
commonsSpeaker Dr Horace King ⓘ
Sir Harry Hylton-Foster ⓘ
convenesUnder Constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
election 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endTime 1966-03-10 ⓘ
followedBy UK Parliament 1966–1970 ⓘ
government First Wilson ministry ⓘ
hasPart House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legislativeBodyFor United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
majorityParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
meetingPlace Palace of Westminster ⓘ
meetsIn House of Commons chamber ⓘ
House of Lords chamber ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
notablePrimeMinister Harold Wilson ⓘ
numberOfCommonsSeats 630 ⓘ
oppositionLeader Alec Douglas-Home ⓘ
Edward Heath ⓘ
oppositionParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
parliamentNumber 43 ⓘ
precededBy UK Parliament 1959–1964 ⓘ
primeMinister Harold Wilson ⓘ
reasonForDissolution 1966 United Kingdom general election called by Harold Wilson ⓘ
startTime 1964-10-15 ⓘ
status Labour majority government ⓘ
termLength about 17 months ⓘ
typeOfMajority narrow overall majority in House of Commons ⓘ

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John Hunt (British politician) → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1964–1966 ⓘ
subject linked to: John Hunt
Barbara Castle → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1964–1966 ⓘ