37th United Kingdom Parliament

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The 37th United Kingdom Parliament was the wartime and immediate post-war legislature elected in 1935 that oversaw much of World War II under Winston Churchill’s leadership.

Aliases (1)

37th Parliament of the United Kingdom ×1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
adjournedFor	1945 United Kingdom general election →
chamberType	bicameral legislature →
city	London →
coalitionPartner	Liberal National Party → National Labour Organisation →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolutionDate	1945-06-15 →
election	1935 United Kingdom general election →
endDate	1945-06-15 →
firstMeetingDate	1935-11-25 →
followedBy	38th United Kingdom Parliament →
government	Churchill war ministry → Third National Government →
historicalPeriod	World War II era → interwar period →
house	House of Commons → House of Lords →
legislativeTerm	1935–1945 →
legislature	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
location	Palace of Westminster →
mainGoverningParty	Conservative Party (UK) →
monarch	Edward VIII → George V → George VI →
notableFor	conducting wartime legislation and emergency powers → supporting Winston Churchill’s wartime leadership →
numberOfCommonsSeats	615 →
oppositionParty	Labour Party (UK) →
oversawGovernmentOf	United Kingdom during most of World War II →
parliamentNumber	37 →
precededBy	36th United Kingdom Parliament →
primeMinister	Neville Chamberlain → Stanley Baldwin → Winston Churchill →
significantEvent	Battle of Britain → Dunkirk evacuation → World War II → formation of the wartime coalition government → outbreak of World War II →
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons	Douglas Clifton Brown → Edward FitzRoy →
startDate	1935-11-25 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
36th United Kingdom Parliament →	followedBy
Churchill government →	legislativeTerm
38th Parliament of the United Kingdom ("37th Parliament of the United Kingdom") →	precededBy