UK Parliament 1983–1987

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Parliament of the United Kingdom legislative term

The UK Parliament 1983–1987 was the Conservative-dominated legislative term under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, marked by major economic reforms, industrial disputes, and Cold War-era foreign policy decisions.

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Label	Occurrences
UK Parliament 1983–1987 canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ legislative term ⓘ
chancellorOfTheExchequer	Nigel Lawson ⓘ
city	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
controllingParty	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
country	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
economicPolicy	deregulation ⓘ monetarist-influenced policy ⓘ
election	1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
enactedPolicy	Thatcherite economic reforms ⓘ privatisation of state-owned industries ⓘ trade union legislation ⓘ
endDate	1987-06-11 ⓘ
followedBy	Parliament of the United Kingdom 1987–1992 ⓘ surface form: UK Parliament 1987–1992
foreignPolicy	NATO deterrence and defence posture ⓘ surface form: NATO defence policy close alignment with United States ⓘ
foreignSecretary	Geoffrey Howe ⓘ
homeSecretary	Douglas Hurd ⓘ Leon Brittan ⓘ
house	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: House of Commons House of Lords ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
legislativeBody	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: House of Commons House of Lords ⓘ
legislature	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
location	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
majorityPartySeats	Conservative majority ⓘ
monarch	Elizabeth II ⓘ
numberOfCommonsSeats	650 ⓘ
oppositionLeader	Michael Foot ⓘ Neil Kinnock ⓘ
oppositionParty	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
passedAct	Housing and Building Control Act 1984 ⓘ Rates Act 1984 ⓘ Sex Discrimination Act 1986 ⓘ Trade Union Act 1984 ⓘ
politicalContext	Cold War ⓘ Thatcherism ⓘ
precededBy	UK Parliament 1979–1983 ⓘ
primeMinister	Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
securityIssue	The Troubles ⓘ surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
significantEvent	miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: 1984–1985 UK miners' strike Brighton hotel bombing ⓘ US cruise missile deployment at Greenham Common ⓘ Westland affair ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons	Bernard Weatherill ⓘ George Thomas ⓘ
startDate	1983-06-09 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

John Hunt → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1983–1987 ⓘ

subject surface form: John Hunt (British politician)

Archie Hamilton → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1983–1987 ⓘ

UK Parliament 1979–1983 → followedBy → UK Parliament 1983–1987 ⓘ