31st Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom was the legislative body elected in late 1910 that sat during the final years of the pre–First World War era, marked by intense constitutional struggles between the Liberal government and the House of Lords.

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Label Occurrences
31st Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
chamber1 House of Commons ⓘ
chamber2 House of Lords ⓘ
commonsMajorityPartyAtStart Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
commonsOppositionPartyAtStart Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
commonsSpeakerAtStart James Lowther ⓘ
commonsSpeakerDuringTerm James Lowther ⓘ
commonsSupportParty Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
containsMemberParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
election December 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endTime 1918-11-25 ⓘ
followedBy 32nd Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentHeadAtStart H. H. Asquith ⓘ
governmentHeadDuringTerm David Lloyd George ⓘ
H. H. Asquith ⓘ
hasMajorEvent Home Rule crisis ⓘ
linked to: Ulster Crisis

Outbreak of the First World War ⓘ
Parliament Act 1911 ⓘ
Suspension of general elections during World War I ⓘ
hasPart House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
legislated Defence of the Realm Act 1914 ⓘ
Government of Ireland Act 1914 ⓘ
Military Service Acts 1916–1918 ⓘ
Parliament Act 1911 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act 1918 ⓘ
Welsh Church Act 1914 ⓘ
legislativeTerm 1910–1918 ⓘ
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
lordsSpeakerDuringTerm Lord Buckmaster ⓘ
Lord Chancellor ⓘ
Lord Finlay ⓘ
Lord Haldane ⓘ
linked to: Richard Haldane

Lord Loreburn ⓘ
meetsIn Palace of Westminster ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George V ⓘ
parliamentNumber 31 ⓘ
politicalContext Constitutional crisis over powers of the House of Lords ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Pre–First World War era ⓘ
precededBy 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
primeMinisterAtStart H. H. Asquith ⓘ
primeMinisterDuringTerm David Lloyd George ⓘ
H. H. Asquith ⓘ
reasonForDissolution General election called after the First World War ⓘ
startTime 1910-12-06 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

December 1910 United Kingdom general election → parliamentNumber → 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Cabinet of H. H. Asquith → parliamentaryTerm → 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency) → representationBeganIn → 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
32nd Parliament of the United Kingdom → follows → 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
32nd Parliament of the United Kingdom → precededBy → 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
1918 United Kingdom general election → parliamentElected → 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
30th Parliament of the United Kingdom → followedBy → 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ