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.

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Label	Occurrences
37th United Kingdom Parliament canonical	2
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, England ⓘ surface form: 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 Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: 38th United Kingdom Parliament
government	Churchill government ⓘ surface form: Churchill war ministry Chamberlain government ⓘ surface form: Third National Government
historicalPeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era interwar period ⓘ
house	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: House of Commons House of Lords ⓘ
legislativeTerm	1935–1945 ⓘ
legislature	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Churchill government → legislativeTerm → 37th United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ

38th Parliament of the United Kingdom → precededBy → 37th United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom

36th United Kingdom Parliament → followedBy → 37th United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ