38th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the wartime legislature elected in 1935 that oversaw the final years of the National Government and the early period of World War II.

Aliases (1)

38th United Kingdom Parliament ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
appliesToJurisdiction	England → Northern Ireland → Scotland → Wales →
chamberCount	2 →
city	London →
continent	Europe →
country	United Kingdom →
election	1935 United Kingdom general election →
endDate	1945-06-15 →
followedBy	39th Parliament of the United Kingdom →
governmentDuringTerm	Churchill war ministry → National Government →
hasPart	House of Commons → House of Lords →
historicalPeriod	World War II → interwar period →
jurisdiction	United Kingdom →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalForm	sovereign legislature →
legislativeBody	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
legislativeTermOf	House of Commons of the United Kingdom →
location	Palace of Westminster →
meetsIn	United Kingdom →
meetsInBuilding	Palace of Westminster →
monarchDuringTerm	Edward VIII → George V → George VI →
notableFor	final years of the National Government → oversight of early World War II legislation →
parliamentNumber	38 →
partOf	political history of the United Kingdom →
precededBy	37th Parliament of the United Kingdom →
primeMinisterDuringTerm	Neville Chamberlain → Stanley Baldwin → Winston Churchill →
reasonForDissolution	1945 United Kingdom general election →
significantEvent	Battle of Britain → Blitz → Dunkirk evacuation → Fall of France → Formation of the wartime coalition government → Phoney War → Second World War →
startDate	1935-11-14 →
typeOfLegislature	bicameral legislature →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
37th United Kingdom Parliament ("38th United Kingdom Parliament") →	followedBy
Chamberlain government →	legislatureTerm