39th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the legislative term of the UK Parliament elected in the 2005 general election, during which Tony Blair and later Gordon Brown led the Labour government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom
chamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords
city London, England
surface form: London
clerkOfTheHouseOfCommons Malcolm Jack
country United Kingdom
election 2005 United Kingdom general election
endDate 2010-04-12
endedByDissolution Dissolution of Parliament, April 2010
followedBy 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom
follows 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom
government Brown ministry
Third Blair ministry
hasLanguage English
Irish
Scottish Gaelic
Welsh
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
hasPart House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords
jurisdiction United Kingdom
legislativeBody British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislativePeriod 2005–2010
legislativeTermNumber 39
legislatureType bicameral legislature
location Palace of Westminster
majorityParty Labour Party (UK)
meetsIn House of Commons chamber
House of Lords chamber
monarch Elizabeth II
notableLegislationPeriod Climate Change Act 2008
Fraud Act 2006
Government of Wales Act 2006
implementation of Identity Cards Act 2006
numberOfMembers 646
oppositionParty Conservative Party (UK)
precededByElection 2005 United Kingdom general election
primeMinister Gordon Brown
Tony Blair
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons Michael Martin
startDate 2005-05-11
termEndEvent Proclamation dissolving Parliament, 2010
termStartEvent State Opening of Parliament
surface form: State Opening of Parliament, 2005
thirdParty Liberal Democrats
votingSystemForCommons first-past-the-post

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38th Parliament of the United Kingdom followedBy 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom
1950 United Kingdom general election parliamentElected 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Thirty-ninth Parliament of the United Kingdom
National Government (United Kingdom) legislativeTerm 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom