Parliament of 1931–1935

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The Parliament of 1931–1935 was the UK legislature elected in the 1931 general election, dominated by the National Government coalition formed in response to the economic crisis of the Great Depression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
chamberCount 2 ⓘ
coalitionPartner Liberal National Party ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)

National Labour ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedOn 1935-10-25 ⓘ
dominantCoalition National Government ⓘ
electoralSystemForCommons first-past-the-post ⓘ
endTime 1935 ⓘ
followedBy Parliament of 1935–1945 ⓘ
follows Parliament of 1929–1931 ⓘ
formedByElection 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
governmentMajority National Government landslide majority ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasEvent State Opening of Parliament 1932 ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament 1933 ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament 1934 ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament 1935 ⓘ
opening of Parliament 1931 ⓘ
hasPart House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
inception 1931-10-27 ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legislativePeriod interwar period ⓘ
legislativeTerm 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
mainGoverningParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
meetsIn House of Commons chamber ⓘ
House of Lords chamber ⓘ
monarch George V ⓘ
notableLegislationArea economic policy ⓘ
trade policy ⓘ
unemployment relief ⓘ
numberOfCommonsSeats 615 ⓘ
politicalContext Great Depression ⓘ
primeMinister Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
principalOppositionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
reasonForFormation response to economic crisis of the Great Depression ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons Edward FitzRoy ⓘ
startTime 1931 ⓘ

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Parliament of 1931–1935 → follows → Parliament of 1929–1931 ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of 1931–1935
Parliament of 1935–1945 → follows → Parliament of 1931–1935 ⓘ
Eleanor Rathbone → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1931–1935 ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of 1931–1935