40th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the legislative term elected in the 1964 general election, during which Harold Wilson’s Labour government initially took office.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom
chamberWithElectedMembers House of Commons
chamberWithUnelectedMembers House of Lords
country United Kingdom
endDate 1966-03-10
era Cold War
followedBy 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom
follows 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom
hasCategory 1960s in British politics
1964 establishments in the United Kingdom
1966 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Parliaments of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
hasCommonsSpeaker Dr Horace King
Sir Harry Hylton-Foster
hasComponent House of Commons
House of Lords
hasElection 1964 United Kingdom general election
hasGovernmentDuringTerm First Wilson ministry
Labour government 1964–1966
hasLanguageOfProceedings English
hasLordsSpeaker Lord Chancellor Gerald Gardiner
hasMajorityPartyInCommons Labour Party (UK)
hasMonarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
hasOppositionPartyInCommons Conservative Party (UK)
hasParliamentarySessions sessions of the 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom
hasPrimeMinisterDuringTerm Harold Wilson
hasThirdPartyInCommons Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
hasVotingSystemForElection first-past-the-post
jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
linked to: United Kingdom
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
legislativePeriod 1964–1966
legislativeTermNumber 40
legislatureFor United Kingdom central government
linked to: UK government
locatedIn London
linked to: London, England
meetsAt Westminster
linked to: City of Westminster
meetsIn Palace of Westminster
meetsUnderConstitutionalFramework Constitutional monarchy
notablePrimeMinisterTakingOffice Harold Wilson
numberOfHouses 2
parliamentaryTermEndPrimeMinister Harold Wilson
parliamentaryTermStartPrimeMinister Alec Douglas-Home
precededByGovernment Douglas-Home ministry
startCause 1964 United Kingdom general election
startDate 1964-10-15
succeededByGovernment Second Wilson ministry
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature

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39th Parliament of the United Kingdom followedBy 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Second Churchill ministry legislatureTerm 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Thirty-ninth Parliament of the United Kingdom followedBy Fortieth Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom