UK Parliament 1979–1983

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

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

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ