Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK)

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The Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) is a senior political role, typically within the main opposition party, responsible for supporting and standing in for the Leader of the Opposition in parliamentary and party duties.


Statements (29)
Predicate Object
instanceOf political office
appliesToJurisdiction British Parliament
surface form: "Parliament of the United Kingdom"
associatedWithParliament House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
country United Kingdom
governmentalContext Westminster system
hasDuty stand in for the Leader of the Opposition (UK) in parliamentary duties
stand in for the Leader of the Opposition (UK) in party duties
support the Leader of the Opposition (UK)
hasFunction assist in coordinating opposition strategy
represent the Opposition in parliamentary debates when the Leader of the Opposition is absent
support party leadership in internal party matters
hasStatus unofficial or conventional title rather than a statutory office (in many periods)
isOpposedTo UK government
surface form: "Government of the United Kingdom"
isPositionWithin Official Opposition (United Kingdom)
surface form: "Official Opposition frontbench"
isSeniorPoliticalRole true
isSubordinateTo Leader of the Opposition (UK)
isTitleUsedIn political commentary in the United Kingdom
isUsuallyHeldBy senior member of the main opposition party
languageOfName English
mayBeHeldConcurrentlyWith Deputy Leader of the main opposition party
officeHolderRole deputy to the Leader of the Opposition (UK)
partOf Official Opposition (United Kingdom)
politicalAlignment main opposition party in the United Kingdom
requiresMembershipOf British Parliament
surface form: "Parliament of the United Kingdom (usually)"
shortDescription senior role in the UK’s main opposition party deputising for the Leader of the Opposition
sphereOfActivity UK national politics
typicalParty Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)

Referenced by (2)

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

Parliamentary Labour Party elects Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK)
this entity surface form: "Deputy Leader of the Labour Party"
Leader of the Opposition (UK) hasSubordinatePosition Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK)

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