46th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the short-lived, hung parliament that sat after the February 1974 general election, during which Harold Wilson led a minority Labour government.

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46th Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
category 1974 in British politics ⓘ
British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliaments of the United Kingdom
chamber1 House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
chamber2 House of Lords ⓘ
city London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
convenesIn Palace of Westminster ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedForElection October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
election February 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endTime 1974-09-20 ⓘ
followedBy 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
follows 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentFormation Labour minority government led by Harold Wilson ⓘ
governmentType minority government ⓘ
hasGovernment Harold Wilson minority Labour government ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
hasPart House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords ⓘ
Monarch ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
legislativeBody British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislativePeriodNumber 46 ⓘ
legislativeStatus minority administration ⓘ
legislativeTerm February 1974 – September 1974 ⓘ
location City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster
meetingPlace Palace of Westminster ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableFor hung parliament with no overall majority ⓘ
short duration ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oppositionLeader Edward Heath ⓘ
oppositionParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
partOf Constitutional history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
precededByElection 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinister Harold Wilson ⓘ
rulingParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
significantEvent February 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
startTime 1974-02-28 ⓘ
status dissolved ⓘ
typeOfParliament hung parliament ⓘ
votingSystemForCommons first-past-the-post ⓘ

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February 1974 United Kingdom general election → electedTerm → 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom general election, 1970 → legislativeTermNumber → 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
47th Parliament of the United Kingdom → precededBy → 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ