50th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the Westminster legislature that sat from 1987 to 1992, dominated by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government and later John Major’s, during a period of significant economic and political change.

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50th Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislative term ⓘ
chamber House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
chamberType bicameral legislature ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedForElection 1992 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
dominantParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
endTime 1992-03-16 ⓘ
followedBy 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
formedByElection 1987 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
governmentHead John Major ⓘ
Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
hasComponent House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver United Kingdom domestic law ⓘ
United Kingdom foreign policy ⓘ
hasPrimeMinister John Major ⓘ
Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legislativeContext period of significant economic and political change in the UK ⓘ
legislature Westminster Parliament ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
meetsAt Palace of Westminster ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II ⓘ
notablePolicyArea economic liberalisation ⓘ
privatisation policies ⓘ
oppositionLeader John Smith ⓘ
Neil Kinnock ⓘ
oppositionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
parliamentNumber 50th ⓘ
politicalMajority Conservative majority government ⓘ
precededBy 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
region England ⓘ
significantEvent accession of John Major as Prime Minister ⓘ
continuation of Thatcherite economic policies ⓘ
introduction of the Community Charge (poll tax) ⓘ
resignation of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons Bernard Weatherill ⓘ
Betty Boothroyd ⓘ
startTime 1987-06-11 ⓘ
stateHead Elizabeth II ⓘ
termNumber 50 ⓘ
timePeriod early 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
typeOfGovernment parliamentary democracy ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

1987 United Kingdom general election → parliamentElected → 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
49th Parliament of the United Kingdom → followedBy → 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Baron Weatherill → legislativePeriod → 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Conservative government of John Major → legislativeTerm → 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
John Major → parliamentaryTerm → 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: John