House of Commons of the Commonwealth | |
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Type | |
Type | Unicameral legislature of the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Ireland |
Leadership | |
Speaker | First: 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1792–1801) Last: Oswald Mosley (1932) |
History | |
Established | 8 March 1789 |
Disbanded | 10 April 1933 |
Preceded by | House of Commons of the United Kingdom |
Succeeded by | House of Commons of Britannia |
Structure | |
Members | 558 (1789) 615 (1932) |
Political groups | 1932 Government (323) British Union (278) NPP (45)
Opposition (103) Conservative (103)
Other opposition parties (189) Labour (89) Liberal (62) Liberal National (38) |
Voting system | First-past-the-post |
Meeting place | |
House of Commons chamber Palace of Westminster London, Britain |
This is an article about the legislature of the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Ireland. For the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, see House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
The House of Commons of the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Ireland was the unicameral national legislature of the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Ireland.
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