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.

Key to abbreviations in the NP column:

Parliaments before 1705

class=unsortable ElectedOpeneddata-sort-type="date" DissolvedDuration
CP16 March 166025 April 166029 December 1660
KC2/118 February 16618 May 166124 January 1679
KC2/225 January 16796 March 167912 July 1679
KC2/324 July 167921 October 168018 January 1681
KC2/420 January 168121 March 168128 March 1681
KJ2/114 February 168519 May 16852 July 1687
CP29 December 168822 January 16896 February 1690
WM/16 February 169020 March 169011 October 1695
WM/212 October 169522 November 16956 July 1698
WM/313 July 169824 August 169819 December 1700
WM/426 December 17006 February 170111 November 1701
WM/53 November 170130 December 17012 July 1702
QA/12 July 170220 August 17025 April 1705

Parliaments 1705–1800

class=unsortable class=unsortable ElectedOpeneddata-sort-type="date" DissolvedDuration
27 May6 June 170514 June 1705data-sort-value="23 October 1707" N/A
GB1None23 October 17073 April 1708
GB230 April7 July 17088 July 170821 September 1710
GB32 October16 November 171025 November 17108 August 1713
GB422 August12 November 171312 November 171315 January 1715
GB522 January9 March 171517 March 171510 March 1722
GB619 March9 May 172210 May 17225 August 1727
GB714 August17 October 172728 November 172717 April 1734
GB822 April6 June 173413 June 173427 April 1741
GB930 April11 June 174125 June 174118 June 1747
GB1026 June4 August 174713 August 17478 April 1754
GB1113 April20 May 175431 May 175420 March 1761
GB1225 March5 May 176119 May 176111 March 1768
GB1316 March6 May 176810 May 176830 September 1774
GB145 October10 November 177429 November 17741 September 1780
GB156 September18 October 178031 October 178025 March 1784
GB1630 March18 May 178418 May 178411 June 1790
GB1716 June28 July 179010 August 179020 May 1796
GB1825 May29 June 179612 July 1796data-sort-value="1 January 1801" 1 January 1801

Parliaments 1801–1922

class=unsortable class=unsortable ElectedOpeneddata-sort-type="date" DissolvedDuration
UK1None22 January 180129 June 1802
UK25 July28 August 180231 August 180224 October 1806
UK329 October17 December 180613 December 180629 April 1807
UK44 May9 June 180722 June 180729 September 1812
UK55 October10 November 181224 November 181210 June 1818
UK615 June25 July 18184 August 181829 February 1820
UK76 March14 April 182021 April 18202 June 1826
UK87 June12 July 182625 July 182624 July 1830
UK929 July1 September 183014 September 183023 April 1831
UK1028 April1 June 183114 June 18313 December 1832
UK1110 December 18328 January 183329 January 183329 December 1834
UK126 January6 February 183519 February 183517 July 1837
UK1324 July18 August 183715 November 183723 June 1841
UK1429 June22 July 184119 August 184123 July 1847
UK1529 July26 August 184718 November 18471 July 1852
UK167–31 July 18524 November 185221 March 1857
UK1727 March24 April 185730 April 185723 April 1859
UK1828 April18 May 185931 May 18596 July 1865
UK1911–24 July 18651 February 186611 November 1868
UK2017 November7 December 186810 December 186826 January 1874
UK2131 January17 February 18745 March 187424 March 1880
UK2231 March27 April 188029 April 188018 November 1885
UK2324 November18 December 188512 January 188626 June 1886
UK241–27 July 18865 August 188628 June 1892
UK254–26 July 18924 August 18928 July 1895
UK2613 July7 August 189512 August 189525 September 1900
UK271–24 October 19003 December 19008 January 1906
UK2812 January8 February 190613 February 190610 January 1910
UK2915 January10 February 191015 February 191028 November 1910
UK303–19 December 191031 January 191125 November 1918
UK3114 December 19184 February 191926 October 1922

Parliaments from 1922

class=unsortable class=unsortable ElectedOpeneddata-sort-type="date" DissolvedDuration
UK3215 November 192220 November 192216 November 1923
UK336 December 19238 January 19249 October 1924
UK3429 October 19242 December 192410 May 1929
UK3530 May 192925 June 19298 October 1931
UK3627 October 19313 November 193125 October 1935
UK3714 November 193526 November 193515 June 1945
UK385 July 19451 August 19453 February 1950
UK3923 February 19501 March 19505 October 1951
UK4025 October 195131 October 19516 May 1955
UK4126 May 19557 June 195518 September 1959
UK428 October 195920 October 195925 September 1964
UK4315 October 196427 October 196410 March 1966
UK4431 March 196618 April 196629 May 1970
UK4518 June 197029 June 19708 February 1974
UK4628 February 19746 March 197420 September 1974
UK4710 October 197422 October 19747 April 1979
UK483 May 19799 May 197913 May 1983
UK499 June 198315 June 198318 May 1987
UK5011 June 198717 June 198716 March 1992
UK519 April 199227 April 19928 April 1997
UK521 May 19977 May 199714 May 2001
UK537 June 200113 June 200111 April 2005
UK545 May 200511 May 200512 April 2010
UK556 May 201025 May 2010data-sort-value="30 March 2015" 30 March 2015
UK567 May 201527 May 20153 May 2017
UK578 June 201721 June 20176 November 2019
UK5812 December 201917 December 201930 May 2024
UK594 July 20249 July 2024

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