50th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the Westminster legislature that sat from 1987 to 1992, dominated by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government and later John Major’s, during a period of significant economic and political change.

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50th Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 5

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instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislative term
chamber House of Commons
House of Lords
chamberType bicameral legislature
city London
linked to: London, England
country United Kingdom
dissolvedForElection 1992 United Kingdom general election
dominantParty Conservative Party (UK)
endTime 1992-03-16
followedBy 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom
formedByElection 1987 United Kingdom general election
governmentHead John Major
Margaret Thatcher
hasComponent House of Commons
House of Lords
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver United Kingdom domestic law
United Kingdom foreign policy
hasPrimeMinister John Major
Margaret Thatcher
jurisdiction United Kingdom
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
legislativeContext period of significant economic and political change in the UK
legislature Westminster Parliament
location Palace of Westminster
meetsAt Palace of Westminster
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
notablePolicyArea economic liberalisation
privatisation policies
oppositionLeader John Smith
Neil Kinnock
oppositionParty Labour Party (UK)
parliamentNumber 50th
politicalMajority Conservative majority government
precededBy 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom
region England
significantEvent accession of John Major as Prime Minister
continuation of Thatcherite economic policies
introduction of the Community Charge (poll tax)
resignation of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
sovereignState United Kingdom
speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons Bernard Weatherill
Betty Boothroyd
startTime 1987-06-11
stateHead Elizabeth II
termNumber 50
timePeriod early 1990s
late 1980s
typeOfGovernment parliamentary democracy

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1987 United Kingdom general election parliamentElected 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
49th Parliament of the United Kingdom followedBy 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Baron Weatherill legislativePeriod 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Conservative government of John Major legislativeTerm 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
John Major parliamentaryTerm 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
subject linked to: John