Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdom of Great Britain and created the parliament of Great Britain located in the former home of the English parliament in the Palace of Westminster, near the City of London. This lasted nearly a century, until the Acts of Union 1800 merged the separate British and Irish Parliaments into a single Parliament of the United Kingdom with effect from 1 January 1801.
Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain | |
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.svg) Royal coat of arms of Great Britain, 1714–1800 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | House of Lords House of Commons |
| History | |
| Established | 1 May 1707 |
| Disbanded | 31 December 1800 |
| Preceded by | Parliament of England Parliament of Scotland |
| Succeeded by | Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801–1927 Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927–present |
| Leadership | |
Lord Loughborough since 1793 | |
Henry Addington since 1789 | |
| Structure | |
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House of Commons political groups | Final composition of the British House of Commons: 519 Seats |
| Elections | |
| Ennoblement by the Sovereign or inheritance of a peerage | |
| First-past-the-post with limited suffrage | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Palace of Westminster, London | |
| Footnotes | |
| See also: Parliament of Ireland | |