UK Parliament 1987–2001

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The UK Parliament 1987–2001 refers to the sequence of British parliamentary terms covering the late Thatcher, Major, and early Blair governments, marked by significant political and economic change including the end of the Cold War and the beginning of New Labour’s reforms.

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Label Occurrences
UK Parliament 1987–2001 canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical era in UK politics ⓘ
parliamentary period ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dominantParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
economicContext transition from Thatcherite economic policies to New Labour economic policy framework ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post for House of Commons elections ⓘ
endTime 2001 ⓘ
foreignPolicyContext Gulf War (1990–1991) ⓘ
linked to: Gulf War

Kosovo War 1999 ⓘ
linked to: Kosovo War

NATO enlargement debates ⓘ
hasPart Parliament of the United Kingdom 1987–1992 ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom 1992–1997 ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom 1997–2001 ⓘ
includesEvent 1987 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1992 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1997 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
includesGovernment First Blair ministry ⓘ
First Major ministry ⓘ
Fourth Thatcher ministry ⓘ
Second Major ministry ⓘ
Third Thatcher ministry ⓘ
includesReform Bank of England Act 1998 ⓘ
Good Friday Agreement implementation legislation ⓘ
Government of Wales Act 1998 ⓘ
House of Lords Act 1999 ⓘ
Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ
National Minimum Wage Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
devolution to Scotland and Wales ⓘ
legislativeArea United Kingdom domestic law ⓘ
foreign policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
location Palace of Westminster, London ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Commons ⓘ
monarchDuringPeriod Elizabeth II ⓘ
oversaw implementation of New Labour constitutional reforms ⓘ
partyOfGovernment Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
partyOfGovernment Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
politicalContext Conservative Party dominance until 1997 ⓘ
Labour Party landslide victory in 1997 general election ⓘ
end of the Cold War ⓘ
rise of New Labour ⓘ
primeMinisterDuringPeriod John Major ⓘ
Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
Tony Blair ⓘ
startTime 1987 ⓘ
upperHouse House of Lords ⓘ

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Rhodri Morgan → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1987–2001 ⓘ