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Spiritual and Temporal, and the Members of the House of Commons, are discharged from further Attendance thereat: And We being desirous and resolved, as soon as may be, to meet Our People, and to have their Advice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all Our loving Subjects Our Royal Will and Pleasure to call a new Parliament: and do hereby further declare, that, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, We have given Order that Our Chancellor of Great Britain and Our Secretary of State for Northern Ireland do respectively, upon Notice thereof, forthwith, issue out Writs, in due Form and according to Law, for calling a new Parliament: And We do hereby also, by this Our Royal Proclamation under Our Great Seal of Our Realm, require Writs forthwith to be issued accordingly by Our said Chancellor and Secretary of State respectively, for causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons who are to serve in the said Parliament to be duly returned to, and give their Attendance in, Our said Parliament on Tuesday, the ninth day of July next, which Writs are to be returnable in due course of Law.
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Whereas We have thought fit, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to dissolve this present Parliament, which stands prorogued to Friday, the thirty-first day of May: We do, for that End, publish this Our Royal Proclamation, and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament accordingly: And the Lords
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when it was introduced to the House of Commons in May 2021, which would repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act in its entirety, restore the monarch's prerogative powers to dissolve Parliament at the prime minister's request, and ensure that a parliamentary term automatically ends five years after a
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promulgated after the 2010 election, thereby repealing the Septennial Act 1715 and abolishing the ability of the Prime Minister unilaterally to request an election prior to the expiry of the five-year term. By the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, general elections were to be held at fixed intervals and
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met the Queen on the day of the dissolution, the only business discussed was the calling of the new Parliament, and not a request for a dissolution, as had happened at every such meeting historically, and the subsequent royal proclamation made on 30 March simply called for the holding of the next
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Five-year interval between ordinary general elections. General elections were scheduled to take place on the first Thursday in May in every fifth year or the first Thursday in May on the fourth year if the previous election took place before the first Thursday in May, unless one of two situations
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Maximum 5-year duration of Parliament extended by the Prolongation of Parliament Act 1940, Prolongation of Parliament Act 1941, Prolongation of Parliament Act 1942, Prolongation of Parliament Act 1943 and Prolongation of Parliament Act 1944; each Act of Parliament extended the maximum duration of
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were issued to the returning officers of each constituency automatically by virtue of section 3(3) of the Act. This was due to the fact that the royal proclamation no longer summoned the holding of the election, but only the meeting of the new Parliament.
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if a Parliament had more than a year still to run and if another person could potentially command a majority in the House of Commons. In practice, this meant that a Prime Minister with a Commons majority and the support of his party had
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for the members of the House of Commons. If Parliament is dissolved by proclamation, the proclamation dissolving it will usually also summon the next one. While it is the royal proclamation, and subsequent
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The 2017 general election was called by virtue of a motion for an early general election under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. The motion was passed in the House of Commons with a vote of 522 to 13.
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passed a motion of no confidence in the Government or passed a motion for an early general election with a two-thirds majority. The Act did not affect the Sovereign's power to prorogue Parliament.
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Parliament was dissolved automatically due to the expiration of its term for the first time on 30 March 2015, as opposed to being dissolved by royal proclamation. Although Prime Minister
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has announced the date when Parliament will be dissolved, to finish some last items of parliamentary business. Business left unresolved after this period will not be entered into law.
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who collectively sought permission from the monarch in order for Parliament to be dissolved. However, since 1918, the Prime Minister alone sought the permission of the Sovereign.
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is made summoning a new Parliament, fixing the date when the new Parliament is to assemble, and requiring the issuing of writs of summons to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and
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discretion. The Acts mandated that gaps between parliaments must not exceed three years, but did not originally put in provisions for mandated dissolution, leading to the
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Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this thirtieth day of May in the Year of our Lord two thousand and twenty four and in the second year of Our Reign.
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or a day of national mourning or thanksgiving) after Parliament is dissolved. By tradition, a copy of the royal proclamation is delivered by hand from the
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Parliament automatically dissolves at the beginning of the day, which is the fifth anniversary of the day on which it first met unless dissolved earlier.
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increased the maximum length of a parliament to seven years, after which time it would automatically expire. This was later amended by the
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In December 2020, the Conservative government published a draft Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) Bill, later retitled the
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before the polling day for the next general election. The date for the next general election could be brought forward if the
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Parliament is dissolved by the King on the Prime Minister's request. After agreeing to the request the King will authorise a
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Maximum 7-year duration of Parliament. Parliament to be dissolved before the seventh anniversary of its first sitting.
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Major Peter Oweh, Common Cryer and Serjeant-at-Arms of the City of London, reading the dissolution proclamation at the
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Maximum 5-year duration of Parliament. Parliament to be dissolved before the fifth anniversary of its first sitting.
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Maximum 5-year duration of Parliament. Parliament to be dissolved before the fifth anniversary of its first sitting.
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on 24 March 2022. The first dissolution of Parliament under this bill occurred on 30 May 2024, following its
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Parliament's first meeting, with the polling day being held 25 working days later. The bill was given
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Sparrow (now), Andrew; Phipps (earlier), Claire; Martinson, Jane; Mason, Rowena (19 April 2017).
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The last dissolution of Parliament occurred on 30 May 2024, following the announcement that the
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A PROCLAMATION FOR DISSOLVING THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT AND DECLARING THE CALLING OF ANOTHER
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authority to dissolve Parliament at a time of his choosing. Prior to 1918, it was the
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The Veiled Sceptre: Reserve Powers of Heads of State in Westminster Systems
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Summary of historical term lengths of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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which was formed in 1640 and was not dissolved until 1660, and the
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Proclamation for the dissolution of Parliament made on 30 May 2024
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before it is dissolved. Parliament may continue to sit for a
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between each. This legislation was carried forward into the
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Prorogation of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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set the maximum duration to three years, with mandatory
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occurs automatically five years after the day on which
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of the City. Similar reading also takes place on the
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dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Royal Exchange, London
Parliament
general election
prime minister
monarch
prerogative power
dissolve
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Representation of the People Act 1983
2024 general election
proclamation
order
Great Seal of the Realm
members of Parliament
Palace of Westminster
prorogued
adjourned
wash-up period
Prime Minister
royal proclamation
writs of election
Order in Council
working days
bank holiday
Privy Council Office
Mansion House
City of London
Royal Exchange

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