40th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the legislative term elected in the 1964 general election, during which Harold Wilson’s Labour government initially took office.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
chamberWithElectedMembers House of Commons ⓘ
chamberWithUnelectedMembers House of Lords ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endDate 1966-03-10 ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
followedBy 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
follows 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasCategory 1960s in British politics ⓘ
1964 establishments in the United Kingdom ⓘ
1966 disestablishments in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliaments of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
hasCommonsSpeaker Dr Horace King ⓘ
Sir Harry Hylton-Foster ⓘ
hasComponent House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
hasElection 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
hasGovernmentDuringTerm First Wilson ministry ⓘ
Labour government 1964–1966 ⓘ
hasLanguageOfProceedings English ⓘ
hasLordsSpeaker Lord Chancellor Gerald Gardiner ⓘ
hasMajorityPartyInCommons Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
hasMonarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II ⓘ
hasOppositionPartyInCommons Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
hasParliamentarySessions sessions of the 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasPrimeMinisterDuringTerm Harold Wilson ⓘ
hasThirdPartyInCommons Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
hasVotingSystemForElection first-past-the-post ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legislativePeriod 1964–1966 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 40 ⓘ
legislatureFor United Kingdom central government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
meetsAt Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
meetsIn Palace of Westminster ⓘ
meetsUnderConstitutionalFramework Constitutional monarchy ⓘ
notablePrimeMinisterTakingOffice Harold Wilson ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEndPrimeMinister Harold Wilson ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStartPrimeMinister Alec Douglas-Home ⓘ
precededByGovernment Douglas-Home ministry ⓘ
startCause 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
startDate 1964-10-15 ⓘ
succeededByGovernment Second Wilson ministry ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature ⓘ

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

39th Parliament of the United Kingdom → followedBy → 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Second Churchill ministry → legislatureTerm → 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Thirty-ninth Parliament of the United Kingdom → followedBy → Fortieth Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom