First Parliament of Great Britain

1st Parliament of Great Britain
← 2nd Anne 2nd →
John Smith, Speaker
Overview
Term	23 October 1707 (1707-10-23) – 14 April 1708 (1708-04-14)
House of Commons
Members	558 MPs
Speaker of the House of Commons	John Smith
House of Lords
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal	William Cowper
Sessions
1st 23 October 1707 (1707-10-23) – 1 April 1708 (1708-04-01)

The first Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain was established in 1707 after the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. It was in fact the 4th and last session of the 2nd Parliament of Queen Anne suitably renamed: no fresh elections were held in England or in Wales, and the existing members of the House of Commons of England sat as members of the new House of Commons of Great Britain. In Scotland, prior to the union coming into effect, the Scottish Parliament appointed sixteen peers (see Scottish representative peers) and 45 Members of Parliaments to join their English counterparts at Westminster.