37th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the interwar Westminster legislature elected in 1929 that oversaw Ramsay MacDonald’s second Labour government during a period of economic crisis and political instability.

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37th Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislative term ⓘ
associatedWith Ramsay MacDonald’s second Labour government ⓘ
chamberLeader Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
characteristic hung parliament ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedBy proclamation of dissolution for 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
election 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endTime 1931-10-07 ⓘ
followedBy 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
government National Government (United Kingdom, 1931) ⓘ
Second MacDonald ministry ⓘ
historicalContext political instability in interwar Britain ⓘ
house House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
legislativePeriod interwar period ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
majorParties Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
meetsIn House of Commons Chamber ⓘ
House of Lords Chamber ⓘ
monarch George V ⓘ
notableEvent economic crisis of 1931 ⓘ
formation of National Government in 1931 ⓘ
formation of minority Labour government in 1929 ⓘ
split of the Labour Party over austerity measures ⓘ
numberOfMembersInHouseOfCommons 615 ⓘ
oversaw debates on unemployment and social welfare during Great Depression ⓘ
introduction of spending cuts and austerity in 1931 ⓘ
policies responding to early Great Depression ⓘ
parliamentNumber 37 ⓘ
precededBy 36th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
primeMinister Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons Edward FitzRoy ⓘ
startTime 1929-06-25 ⓘ
termDuring Great Depression ⓘ
timePeriod 1929–1931 ⓘ

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Second MacDonald government → legislativeTerm → 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
National Government (United Kingdom) → legislativeTerm → 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
First Baldwin National Government → legislativeTerm → 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliament of 1931–1935 → legislativeTerm → 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Second National Ministry → legislativeTerm → 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ