Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK)

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The Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) is a senior political role, typically within the main opposition party, responsible for supporting and standing in for the Leader of the Opposition in parliamentary and party duties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political office
appliesToJurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
associatedWithParliament House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
country United Kingdom
governmentalContext Westminster system
hasDuty stand in for the Leader of the Opposition (UK) in parliamentary duties
stand in for the Leader of the Opposition (UK) in party duties
support the Leader of the Opposition (UK)
hasFunction assist in coordinating opposition strategy
represent the Opposition in parliamentary debates when the Leader of the Opposition is absent
support party leadership in internal party matters
hasStatus unofficial or conventional title rather than a statutory office (in many periods)
isOpposedTo Government of the United Kingdom
linked to: UK government
isPositionWithin Official Opposition frontbench
isSeniorPoliticalRole true
isSubordinateTo Leader of the Opposition (UK)
isTitleUsedIn political commentary in the United Kingdom
isUsuallyHeldBy senior member of the main opposition party
languageOfName English
mayBeHeldConcurrentlyWith Deputy Leader of the main opposition party
officeHolderRole deputy to the Leader of the Opposition (UK)
partOf Official Opposition (United Kingdom)
politicalAlignment main opposition party in the United Kingdom
requiresMembershipOf Parliament of the United Kingdom (usually)
linked to: British Parliament
shortDescription senior role in the UK’s main opposition party deputising for the Leader of the Opposition
sphereOfActivity UK national politics
typicalParty Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)

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

Leader of the Opposition (UK) hasSubordinatePosition Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK)
Parliamentary Labour Party elects Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
linked to: Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK)