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Harlow Council

Cavalier Parliament
← 2005–2010 Parliament 2015–2017 Parliament →
King Charles II of England, c. 1661–62, with his parliamentary robes, as he would have dressed at the opening of the sessions of the Cavalier Parliament
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of England
Jurisdiction	Kingdom of England
Term	8 May 1661 (1661-05-08) – 24 January 1679 (1679-01-24)
Election	1661 English general election
House of Commons
Members	518
Speaker	John Bercow
Leader	William Hague — Andrew Lansley – until reshuffle in 2014 — Sir George Young, Bt – until 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Leader of the Opposition	Ed Miliband — Harriet Harman – acting until 25 September 2010
Third-party leader	Nick Clegg – as Deputy Prime Minister
House of Lords
Members	782
Lord Speaker	Baroness D'Souza — Baroness Hayman – until 31 August 2011
Leader	Baroness Stowell of Beeston — Lord Hill of Oareford – until 15 July 2014 — Lord Strathclyde – until 7 January 2013
Leader of the Opposition	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Third-party leader	Lord Wallace of Tankerness — Lord McNally – until 15 October 2013
Crown-in-Parliament	Elizabeth II
Sessions
1st 25 May 2010 (2010-05-25) – 1 May 2012 (2012-05-01) 2nd 9 May 2012 (2012-05-09) – 25 April 2013 (2013-04-25) 3rd 8 May 2013 (2013-05-08) – 14 May 2014 (2014-05-14) 4th 4 June 2014 (2014-06-04) – 26 March 2015 (2015-03-26)

Elections

Year	Majority vote?	Winner	Most seats in Commons?	Majority?
1830	Yes	Whig	No	No
1831	Yes	Whig	Yes	Yes
1832	Yes	Whig	Yes	Yes
1835	Yes	Whig	Yes	Yes
1837	Yes	Whig	Yes	Yes
1841	Yes	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1847	Yes	Whig	No	No
1852	Yes	Whig	No	Yes
1857	Yes	Whig	Yes	Yes
1859	Yes	Liberal	Yes	Yes
1865	Yes	Liberal	Yes	Yes
1868	Yes	Liberal	Yes	Yes
1874	Yes	Liberal	No	Yes
1880	Yes	Liberal	Yes	Yes
1885	No	Liberal	Yes	No
1886	Yes	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1892	No	Conservative	Yes	No
1895	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1900	Yes	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1906	No	Liberal	Yes	Yes
1910	No	Conservative	No	No
1910	No	Conservative	No	No
1918	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1922	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1923	No	Conservative	No	No
1924	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1929	No	Conservative	No	No
1931	Yes	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1935	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1945	No	Labour	Yes	Yes
1950	No	Labour	Yes	Yes
1951	No	Labour	No	Yes
1955	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1959	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1964	No	Labour	Yes	Yes
1966	No	Labour	Yes	Yes
1970	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1974	No	Conservative	No	No
1974	No	Labour	Yes	Yes
1979	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1983	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1987	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1992	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
1997	No	Labour	Yes	Yes
2001	No	Labour	Yes	Yes
2005	No	Labour	Yes	Yes
2010	No	Conservative	Yes	No
2015	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes
2017	No	Conservative	Yes	No
2019	No	Conservative	Yes	Yes