Duration of English, British and United Kingdom parliaments from 1660 explained

This is a list of the parliaments of the United Kingdom, of Great Britain and of England from 1660 to the present day, with the duration of each parliament. The NP number is the number counting forward from the creation of the United Kingdom in 1801 and Great Britain in 1707. Prior to that, the parliaments are counted from the Restoration in 1660.

The duration column is calculated from the date of the first meeting of the parliament to that of dissolution.

Parliaments from 1922

	class=unsortable		class=unsortable	Elected	Opened	data-sort-type="date"	Dissolved	Duration
UK	59	4 July 2024	9 July 2024
UK	58	12 December 2019	17 December 2019	30 May 2024
UK	57	8 June 2017	21 June 2017	6 November 2019
UK	56	7 May 2015	27 May 2015	3 May 2017
UK	55	6 May 2010	25 May 2010	data-sort-value="30 March 2015"	30 March 2015
UK	54	5 May 2005	11 May 2005	12 April 2010
UK	53	7 June 2001	13 June 2001	11 April 2005
UK	52	1 May 1997	7 May 1997	14 May 2001
UK	51	9 April 1992	27 April 1992	8 April 1997
UK	50	11 June 1987	17 June 1987	16 March 1992
UK	49	9 June 1983	15 June 1983	18 May 1987
UK	48	3 May 1979	9 May 1979	13 May 1983
UK	47	10 October 1974	22 October 1974	7 April 1979
UK	46	28 February 1974	6 March 1974	20 September 1974
UK	45	18 June 1970	29 June 1970	8 February 1974
UK	44	31 March 1966	18 April 1966	29 May 1970
UK	43	15 October 1964	27 October 1964	10 March 1966
UK	42	8 October 1959	20 October 1959	25 September 1964
UK	41	26 May 1955	7 June 1955	18 September 1959
UK	40	25 October 1951	31 October 1951	6 May 1955
UK	39	23 February 1950	1 March 1950	5 October 1951
UK	38	5 July 1945	1 August 1945	3 February 1950
UK	37	14 November 1935	26 November 1935	15 June 1945
UK	36	27 October 1931	3 November 1931	25 October 1935
UK	35	30 May 1929	25 June 1929	8 October 1931
UK	34	29 October 1924	2 December 1924	10 May 1929
UK	33	6 December 1923	8 January 1924	9 October 1924
UK	32	15 November 1922	20 November 1922	16 November 1923

Notes

Parliaments 1801-1922

	class=unsortable		class=unsortable	Elected	Opened	data-sort-type="date"	Dissolved	Duration
UK	31	14 December 1918	4 February 1919	26 October 1922
UK	30	3–19 December 1910	31 January 1911	25 November 1918
UK	29	15 January10 February 1910	15 February 1910	28 November 1910
UK	28	12 January8 February 1906	13 February 1906	10 January 1910
UK	27	1–24 October 1900	3 December 1900	8 January 1906
UK	26	13 July7 August 1895	12 August 1895	25 September 1900
UK	25	4–26 July 1892	4 August 1892	8 July 1895
UK	24	1–27 July 1886	5 August 1886	28 June 1892
UK	23	24 November18 December 1885	12 January 1886	26 June 1886
UK	22	31 March27 April 1880	29 April 1880	18 November 1885
UK	21	31 January17 February 1874	5 March 1874	24 March 1880
UK	20	17 November7 December 1868	10 December 1868	26 January 1874
UK	19	11–24 July 1865	1 February 1866	11 November 1868
UK	18	28 April18 May 1859	31 May 1859	6 July 1865
UK	17	27 March24 April 1857	30 April 1857	23 April 1859
UK	16	7–31 July 1852	4 November 1852	21 March 1857
UK	15	29 July26 August 1847	18 November 1847	1 July 1852
UK	14	29 June22 July 1841	19 August 1841	23 July 1847
UK	13	24 July18 August 1837	15 November 1837	23 June 1841
UK	12	6 January6 February 1835	19 February 1835	17 July 1837
UK	11	10 December 18328 January 1833	29 January 1833	29 December 1834
UK	10	28 April1 June 1831	14 June 1831	3 December 1832
UK	9	29 July1 September 1830	14 September 1830	23 April 1831
UK	8	7 June12 July 1826	25 July 1826	24 July 1830
UK	7	6 March14 April 1820	21 April 1820	2 June 1826
UK	6	15 June25 July 1818	4 August 1818	29 February 1820
UK	5	5 October10 November 1812	24 November 1812	10 June 1818
UK	4	4 May9 June 1807	22 June 1807	29 September 1812
UK	3	29 October17 December 1806	13 December 1806	29 April 1807
UK	2	5 July28 August 1802	31 August 1802	24 October 1806
UK	1	None	22 January 1801	29 June 1802

Notes

Parliaments 1705-1800

	class=unsortable		class=unsortable	Elected	Opened	data-sort-type="date"	Dissolved	Duration
GB	18	25 May29 June 1796	12 July 1796	data-sort-value="1 January 1801"	1 January 1801
GB	17	16 June28 July 1790	10 August 1790	20 May 1796
GB	16	30 March18 May 1784	18 May 1784	11 June 1790
GB	15	6 September18 October 1780	31 October 1780	25 March 1784
GB	14	5 October10 November 1774	29 November 1774	1 September 1780
GB	13	16 March6 May 1768	10 May 1768	30 September 1774
GB	12	25 March5 May 1761	19 May 1761	11 March 1768
GB	11	13 April20 May 1754	31 May 1754	20 March 1761
GB	10	26 June4 August 1747	13 August 1747	8 April 1754
GB	9	30 April11 June 1741	25 June 1741	18 June 1747
GB	8	22 April6 June 1734	13 June 1734	27 April 1741
GB	7	14 August17 October 1727	28 November 1727	17 April 1734
GB	6	19 March9 May 1722	10 May 1722	5 August 1727
GB	5	22 January9 March 1715	17 March 1715	10 March 1722
GB	4	22 August12 November 1713	12 November 1713	15 January 1715
GB	3	2 October16 November 1710	25 November 1710	8 August 1713
GB	2	30 April7 July 1708	8 July 1708	21 September 1710
GB	1	None	23 October 1707	3 April 1708
	2	7 May6 June 1705	14 June 1705	data-sort-value="23 October 1707"	N/A

Notes

Parliaments before 1705

class=unsortable		class=unsortable	Elected	Opened	data-sort-type="date"	Dissolved	Duration
QA/1	2 July 1702	20 August 1702	5 April 1705
WM/5	3 November 1701	30 December 1701	2 July 1702
WM/4	26 December 1700	6 February 1701	11 November 1701
WM/3	13 July 1698	24 August 1698	19 December 1700
WM/2	12 October 1695	22 November 1695	6 July 1698
WM/1	6 February 1690	20 March 1690	11 October 1695
CP	29 December 1688	22 January 1689	6 February 1690
KJ2/1	14 February 1685	19 May 1685	2 July 1687
KC2/4	20 January 1681	21 March 1681	28 March 1681
KC2/3	24 July 1679	21 October 1680	18 January 1681
KC2/2	25 January 1679	6 March 1679	12 July 1679
KC2/1	18 February 1661	8 May 1661	24 January 1679
CP	16 March 1660	25 April 1660	29 December 1660

Key to abbreviations in the NP column:

• CP – Convention Parliament: In seventeenth century usage a convention was a body in the form of a parliament, which had been summoned by a de facto ruler rather than a de jure monarch. Once the convention had recognised a de jure sovereign it could then convert itself into a parliament. The 1660 convention restored King Charles II of England. The 1689–90 convention offered the throne jointly to King William III of England and Queen Mary II of England.
• KC2 – Parliament summoned by King Charles II of England.
• KJ2 – Parliament summoned by King James II of England.
• WM – Parliament summoned by King William III of England and Queen Mary II of England (before her death in 1694, after which her husband was sole monarch).
• QA – Parliament summoned by Queen Anne of England.

See also

• Duration of English parliaments before 1660
• List of British governments
• List of parliaments of England
• List of parliaments of Great Britain
• List of parliaments of the United Kingdom
• List of United Kingdom general elections

References

• Book: Craig, Fred W. S. . British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987 . Dartmouth . Parliamentary Research Services . 5th . 1989 . 978-0-900178-30-6.