49th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the legislative term of the UK Parliament that sat from 1983 to 1987 under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government.

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49th Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 4

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instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislative term
chamber House of Commons
House of Lords
commonsSpeaker Bernard Weatherill
convenedBy Elizabeth II
country United Kingdom
dissolvedBy Elizabeth II
election 1983 United Kingdom general election
endDate 1987-05-18
followedBy 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
government Second Thatcher ministry
governmentMajorityParty Conservative Party (UK)
governs United Kingdom government policy
hasComponent House of Commons
House of Lords
hasOppositionLeaderFromParty Labour Party (UK)
hasPrimeMinisterFromParty Conservative Party (UK)
houseType lower house
upper house
jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
linked to: United Kingdom
languageOfProceedings English
legislativeAuthority sovereign parliament
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
legislativePeriod 1983–1987
legislature UK Parliament
linked to: British Parliament
location London
linked to: London, England
lordsSpeaker Lord Chancellor
lowerHouse House of Commons
mainOppositionParty Labour Party (UK)
meetingPlace Palace of Westminster
meetsIn Westminster
linked to: City of Westminster
monarch Elizabeth II
notablePrimeMinister Margaret Thatcher
numberOfHouses 2
otherParliamentaryParty Liberal–SDP Alliance
partOf history of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
politicalContext Conservative majority government
precededBy 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom
primeMinister Margaret Thatcher
reasonForDissolution 1987 United Kingdom general election
sessionCount 4
startDate 1983-06-09
termNumber 49
timePeriod late 20th century
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature

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1983 United Kingdom general election parliamentElected 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom
48th Parliament of the United Kingdom followedBy 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom
50th Parliament of the United Kingdom precededBy 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Baron Weatherill legislativePeriod 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom