56th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the legislative term of the UK Parliament elected in the 2015 general election, during which the Conservative Party formed a majority government under Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislative term
city London, England
surface form: London
commonsMembership 650
commonsPresidingOfficer John Bercow
containedEvent State Opening of Parliament
surface form: 2015 State Opening of Parliament

2016 Conservative Party leadership election
surface form: 2016 Conservative Party leadership election (UK)

State Opening of Parliament
surface form: 2016 State Opening of Parliament

2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
country United Kingdom
countryCapital London, England
surface form: London
dissolutionReason early general election in 2017
dissolvedBy proclamation by Elizabeth II
electionDate 2015-05-07
electoralEvent 2015 United Kingdom general election
endTime 2017-05-03
firstStateOpeningOfParliamentDate 2015-05-27
followedBy 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom
follows 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom
government First May ministry
Second Cameron ministry
hasHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPart House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords
jurisdiction United Kingdom
lastStateOpeningOfParliamentDate 2016-05-18
legislativeBody British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislativePeriod 2015–2017
legislatureNumber 56
location Palace of Westminster
lordSpeaker Baroness D'Souza
Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler
lordsPresidingOfficer Baroness D'Souza
Lord Fowler
majorityGovernmentParty Conservative Party (UK)
meetsIn House of Commons chamber
House of Lords chamber
monarch Elizabeth II
numberOfHouses 2
openingBy Elizabeth II
oppositionParty Labour Party (UK)
primeMinister David Cameron
Theresa May
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons John Bercow
startTime 2015-05-18
thirdLargestPartyInCommons Scottish National Party
triggerForDissolution Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2017
usedVotingSystemForCommons first-past-the-post voting

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Robert Courts parliamentaryTerm 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom
2016 Witney by-election parliament 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom
2015 United Kingdom general election parliamentElected 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom
57th Parliament of the United Kingdom precededBy 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Second Cameron ministry legislatureTerm 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: 56th United Kingdom Parliament
55th Parliament of the United Kingdom followedBy 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom