Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom

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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) → establishedForParliament → Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
First Blair ministry → legislatureTerm → Fifty-second United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom
1997 United Kingdom general election → parliamentElected → Fifty-Second Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom
Conservative government of John Major → legislativeTerm → 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom
UK Parliament 1997–2001 → legislativePeriodNumber → 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom