UK Parliament 1837–1841

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The UK Parliament 1837–1841 was the first parliament of Queen Victoria’s reign, elected in 1837 and notable for early Victorian-era political reforms and party realignments.

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UK Parliament 1837–1841 canonical 3
UK Parliament 1835–1837 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
capital London
linked to: London, England
chronologicalOrder 12th Parliament since the Acts of Union 1800
convenesUnder Reform Act 1832 electoral system
country United Kingdom
dominantParty Whig Party
election United Kingdom general election, 1837
endTime 1841
followedBy UK Parliament 1841–1847
governmentHead Lord Melbourne
governmentType constitutional monarchy
hasComponent House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
hasGovernment Second Melbourne ministry
hasLegislativePeriodNumber 12
hasMonarch Queen Victoria
hasPrimeMinister Lord Melbourne
hasSpeaker Charles Shaw-Lefevre
James Abercromby
historicalPeriod 19th century
jurisdiction England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeAuthority Crown-in-Parliament
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislativeTerm 12th Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislatureType bicameral legislature
locatedIn Palace of Westminster
meetsIn Palace of Westminster
notableContext development of modern party politics in the UK
numberOfHouses 2
oppositionParty Conservative Party (UK)
partOf early Victorian era
partOfSeries Parliaments of the United Kingdom
precededBy UK Parliament 1835–1837
reignOf Queen Victoria
sessionLocation Westminster, London
linked to: Westminster
significantEvent first Parliament of Queen Victoria
significantFor early Victorian political reforms
party realignments in the United Kingdom
startTime 1837
typeOfElection first-past-the-post

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Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood parliamentaryTerm UK Parliament 1837–1841
UK Parliament 1837–1841 precededBy UK Parliament 1835–1837
linked to: UK Parliament 1837–1841
Lord Granville Somerset parliamentaryTerm UK Parliament 1837–1841