38th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom
appliesToJurisdiction England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
chamberCount 2
city London, England
surface form: 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 government
surface form: Churchill war ministry

National Government coalition
surface form: National Government
hasPart House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords
historicalPeriod World War II
interwar period
jurisdiction United Kingdom
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalForm sovereign legislature
legislativeBody British Parliament
surface form: 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 United Kingdom Parliament
surface form: 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom
primeMinisterDuringTerm Neville Chamberlain
Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchill
reasonForDissolution 1945 United Kingdom general election
significantEvent Battle of Britain
Blitz
Battle of Dunkirk
surface form: Dunkirk evacuation

Battle of France
surface form: Fall of France

Formation of the wartime coalition government
Phoney War
World War II
surface form: Second World War
startDate 1935-11-14
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature

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Chamberlain government legislatureTerm 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom
37th United Kingdom Parliament followedBy 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: 38th United Kingdom Parliament
1935 United Kingdom general election parliamentElected 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom
39th Parliament of the United Kingdom follows 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Third Baldwin government legislatureTerm 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom
National Government (United Kingdom) legislativeTerm 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom