Leader of the Opposition (UK)

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parliamentary position political office

The Leader of the Opposition (UK) is the head of the largest political party in the House of Commons that is not in government, responsible for scrutinizing and challenging the policies and actions of the Prime Minister and the ruling party.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom) 17
Leader of His Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition 2
Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Leader of His Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition
appliesToJurisdiction British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
appointedBy largest opposition party in the House of Commons ⓘ
constitutionalContext Westminster system ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentHolder Keir Starmer ⓘ
currentHolderAssumedOffice April 4, 2020 ⓘ
currentHolderPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
hasAssociatedParty Official Opposition (United Kingdom) ⓘ
hasPrivilege access to certain official information and briefings ⓘ
additional salary beyond MP’s salary ⓘ
priority in parliamentary debates ⓘ
hasRight first response to the Prime Minister at PMQs ⓘ
six questions at Prime Minister’s Questions ⓘ
hasSubordinatePosition Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Shadow Cabinet member ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
isPartOf political system of the United Kingdom ⓘ
isPositionHeldBy head of the largest party not in government in the House of Commons ⓘ
legalBasis Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 ⓘ
legalStatus officially recognized in UK law ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
officeHoldersMustBe Members of Parliament in the House of Commons ⓘ
officeType constitutional convention-based office ⓘ
opposesBody His Majesty’s Government ⓘ
opposesOffice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
parliamentaryFunction lead opposition during debates ⓘ
nominate opposition members to select committees (via party mechanisms) ⓘ
respond to major government statements ⓘ
politicalSignificance considered alternative Prime Minister ⓘ
precededByOffice Leader of the Opposition (UK) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leader of His Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition
recognizedAsOfficeSince 1937 ⓘ
reportsTo House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
role appoint Shadow Cabinet ⓘ
challenge actions of the Prime Minister ⓘ
lead opposition questioning at Prime Minister’s Questions ⓘ
lead the Official Opposition ⓘ
propose alternative policies ⓘ
provide alternative government-in-waiting ⓘ
scrutinize government policy ⓘ
seat House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
symbolicRole leader of the Official Opposition to the Crown’s government ⓘ
termLength no fixed term ⓘ
serves while leader of the largest non‑government party in the Commons ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

Leader of the Opposition (UK) → alsoKnownAs → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of His Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons → appointedBy → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom) → appointedBy → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
2010 Labour Party leadership election → electedPosition → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition (Queensland) → hasAnalogue → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition → hasLeader → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Official Opposition (United Kingdom) → hasLeader → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Official Opposition (United Kingdom) → hasOffice → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Leader of the Opposition
Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom) → headedBy → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) → isSubordinateTo → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Official Opposition (United Kingdom) → leaderTitle → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition
Anthony Eden → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Eden → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
subject surface form: Anthony Eden
Arthur Balfour → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Benjamin Disraeli → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Clement Attlee → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
David Cameron → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Edward Heath → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Herbert Henry Asquith → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Hugh Gaitskell → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
James Callaghan → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Jeremy Corbyn → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Keir Starmer → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition
Margaret Hilda Roberts → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Margaret Thatcher → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Michael Foot → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition of the United Kingdom
Michael Howard → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Neil Kinnock → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Ramsay MacDonald → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Stanley Baldwin → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Tony Blair → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
William Hague → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Winston Churchill → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
Winston → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
subject surface form: Winston Churchill
Leader of the Opposition (UK) → precededByOffice → Leader of the Opposition (UK) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of His Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons → reportsTo → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords → reportsTo → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords → reportsTo → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)