36th United Kingdom Parliament

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The 36th United Kingdom Parliament was the national legislature elected in the 1950 general election, serving during the early post-World War II period under Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s Labour government.

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36th United Kingdom Parliament canonical 2

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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
commonsSpeaker Douglas Clifton Brown
country United Kingdom
endDate 1951-10-05
era 20th century
firstSessionEnd 1950-10-31
firstSessionStart 1950-03-06
followedBy 37th United Kingdom Parliament
formedByElection 1950 United Kingdom general election
government Attlee government
surface form: Attlee ministry
governmentHead Clement Attlee
governmentHeadTitle Prime Minister
hasMonarch George VI
hasPart House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords
hasPrimeMinister Clement Attlee
jurisdiction United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
languageOfWork English
legislativeBody British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislativePeriod post-World War II era
legislatureFor UK government
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
legislatureTerm 1950–1951
location Palace of Westminster
lordsSpeaker Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor

Viscount Jowitt
meetsIn Palace of Westminster
meetsInBuilding House of Commons chamber
House of Lords chamber
numberOfCommonsSeats 625
oppositionLeader Winston Churchill
oppositionParty Conservative Party (UK)
parliamentNumber 36
partOfSeries British Parliament
surface form: Parliaments of the United Kingdom
precededBy 35th United Kingdom Parliament
reasonForDissolution 1951 United Kingdom general election
rulingParty Labour Party (UK)
secondSessionEnd 1951-10-05
secondSessionStart 1950-11-01
sessionCount 2
startDate 1950-02-23
stateHead George VI
stateHeadTitle Monarch
termNumber 36
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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37th United Kingdom Parliament precededBy 36th United Kingdom Parliament
35th United Kingdom Parliament followedBy 36th United Kingdom Parliament