45th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the UK parliamentary term elected in the 1970 general election, during which Edward Heath’s Conservative government held office until its dissolution in early 1974.

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45th Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
category 1970 establishments in the United Kingdom ⓘ
1974 disestablishments in the United Kingdom ⓘ
chancellorOfTheExchequer Anthony Barber ⓘ
Iain Macleod ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedByElection February 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
electionDate 1970-06-18 ⓘ
endDate 1974-02-08 ⓘ
firstSittingDate 1970-06-29 ⓘ
followedBy 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
foreignSecretary Alec Douglas-Home ⓘ
formedByElection 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
governmentHead Edward Heath ⓘ
governmentHeadParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
hasComponent House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
hasJurisdiction England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
homeSecretary Reginald Maudling ⓘ
Robert Carr ⓘ
lastSittingDate 1974-02-08 ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legislativeTermFor United Kingdom government 1970–1974 ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
meetsIn House of Commons chamber ⓘ
House of Lords chamber ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableEvent Industrial disputes and miners’ strikes in early 1970s ⓘ
United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities ⓘ
introduction of decimal currency in the United Kingdom ⓘ
passage of the European Communities Act 1972 ⓘ
numberOfCommonsSeats 630 ⓘ
oppositionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
parliamentNumber 45 ⓘ
precededBy 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
primeMinisterInOffice Edward Heath ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons George Thomas ⓘ
Horace King ⓘ
linked to: Dr Horace King

Selwyn Lloyd ⓘ
startDate 1970-06-18 ⓘ
termOfOfficeOf Members of Parliament of the 1970–1974 Parliament ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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

46th Parliament of the United Kingdom → follows → 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
UK Parliament 1966–1970 → legislatureNumber → 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
1970–1971 Parliament of the United Kingdom → legislativeTermNumber → 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
UK Parliament 1970–1974 → legislativeTermNumber → 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ