35th United Kingdom Parliament

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The 35th United Kingdom Parliament was the national legislature elected in the 1929 general election, notable for producing a hung parliament and the second Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald.

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instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom
associatedWithEvent Great Depression
category 1929 establishments in the United Kingdom
1931 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Parliaments of the United Kingdom
chamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
coalitionOrSupportArrangements Labour minority government with Liberal support
commonsSpeaker Edward FitzRoy
country United Kingdom
dissolutionCause 1931 United Kingdom general election
election United Kingdom general election, 1929
surface form: 1929 United Kingdom general election
endDate 1931-10-07
followedBy 36th United Kingdom Parliament
follows 34th Parliament of the United Kingdom
surface form: 34th United Kingdom Parliament
governmentAtStart Second MacDonald government
surface form: Second MacDonald ministry
governmentType minority government
hasLanguage English
hasPart House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords
headOfState George V
jurisdiction United Kingdom
largestPartyBySeats Labour Party (UK)
leadingPartyAtStart Labour Party (UK)
legislativeAuthority sovereign legislature of the United Kingdom
legislativeBody British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislativeTerm 1929–1931
legislatureNumber 35
location London, England
surface form: London
meetsAt Palace of Westminster
meetsInBuilding Palace of Westminster
surface form: Houses of Parliament
monarchAtStart George V
notableFor economic debates during the onset of the Great Depression
second Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald
numberOfCommonsSeats 615
politicalContext rise of Labour as largest party without overall majority
precededByGovernment Second Baldwin government
surface form: Second Baldwin ministry
primeMinisterAtStart Ramsay MacDonald
secondLargestPartyBySeats Conservative Party (UK)
significantEvent formation of the second Labour government
hung parliament
startDate 1929-06-25
succeededByGovernment National Government (United Kingdom)
thirdLargestPartyBySeats Liberal Party (UK)
timePeriod Interwar period
votingSystemForElection first-past-the-post

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36th United Kingdom Parliament precededBy 35th United Kingdom Parliament