Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Parliament of the United Kingdom legislative term

The Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom was the legislative term elected in the 1997 general election, notable for bringing Tony Blair’s New Labour government to power with a landslide majority.

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Fifty-Second Parliament of the United Kingdom 1
Fifty-second United Kingdom Parliament 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislative term ⓘ
chamberCount 2 ⓘ
characterisedBy large Labour majority in the House of Commons ⓘ
city London NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonsMajorityParty Labour Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
containedGovernment New Labour government GENERATED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionCause 2001 United Kingdom general election NERFINISHED ⓘ
election 1997 United Kingdom general election NERFINISHED ⓘ
enactedMajorReform Freedom of Information Act 2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Lords Act 1999 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Human Rights Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ
devolution to Scotland and Wales ⓘ
establishment of the National Assembly for Wales ⓘ
establishment of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
endDate 2001-05-14 ⓘ
followedBy Fifty-third Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentFormed First Blair ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Blair ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ
house House of Commons NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
leaderOfTheOpposition John Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Hague NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativePeriod 1997–2001 ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor landslide victory of the Labour Party in 1997 general election ⓘ
numberOfSessions 4 ⓘ
officialOppositionParty Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingByMonarch 1997 State Opening of Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext New Labour era NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Fifty-first Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
primeMinister Tony Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ
region England ⓘ
sessionStartYear 1997 ⓘ
1998 ⓘ
1999 ⓘ
2000 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons Betty Boothroyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 1997-05-01 ⓘ
termNumber 52 ⓘ
thirdLargestParty Liberal Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ
totalCommonsSeats 659 ⓘ
typeOfElectionSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) → establishedForParliament → Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
First Blair ministry → legislatureTerm → Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifty-second United Kingdom Parliament
1997 United Kingdom general election → parliamentElected → Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifty-Second Parliament of the United Kingdom