UK Parliament 1979–1983

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The UK Parliament 1979–1983 was the Westminster legislature dominated by Margaret Thatcher’s first Conservative government, marked by major economic reforms and industrial unrest.

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Label Occurrences
UK Parliament 1979–1983 canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
chancellorOfTheExchequer Geoffrey Howe ⓘ
characterisedBy high unemployment ⓘ
industrial unrest ⓘ
monetarist economic policy ⓘ
privatisation of state-owned industries ⓘ
trade union reform ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electedBy United Kingdom general election, 1979 ⓘ
surface form: 1979 United Kingdom general election
endTime 1983-05-13 ⓘ
eventDuringTerm 1981 inner-city riots in England ⓘ
1981 steel strike in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
followedBy UK Parliament 1983–1987 ⓘ
follows UK Parliament 1974–1979 ⓘ
foreignSecretary Francis Pym ⓘ
Lord Carrington ⓘ
government Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ
surface form: First Thatcher ministry
hasComponent House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords ⓘ
Monarch ⓘ
homeSecretary Leon Brittan ⓘ
William Whitelaw ⓘ
ideologyOfGovernment Thatcherism ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
meetsAt Palace of Westminster ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
numberOfCommonsMembers 635 ⓘ
oppositionLeader James Callaghan ⓘ
Michael Foot ⓘ
oppositionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
oversawPolicy Right to Buy policy framework ⓘ
surface form: Right to Buy council housing policy
passedAct British Nationality Act 1981 ⓘ
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 ⓘ
Education Act 1980 ⓘ
Employment Act 1980 ⓘ
Employment Act 1982 ⓘ
Housing Act 1980 ⓘ
Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 ⓘ
National Heritage Act 1980 ⓘ
Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 ⓘ
Social Security Act 1980 ⓘ
Transport Act 1980 ⓘ
primeMinister Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
rulingParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons Bernard Weatherill ⓘ
George Thomas ⓘ
startTime 1979-05-09 ⓘ

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John Hunt → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1979–1983 ⓘ
subject surface form: John Hunt (British politician)
Archie Hamilton → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1979–1983 ⓘ
UK Parliament 1983–1987 → precededBy → UK Parliament 1979–1983 ⓘ