1987–1992 Parliament of the United Kingdom | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||||
Term | 11 June 1987 | – 16 March 1992||||
Election | 1987 United Kingdom general election | ||||
Government | Third Thatcher ministry First Major ministry | ||||
House of Commons | |||||
Members | 650 | ||||
Speaker | Bernard Weatherill | ||||
Leader | John Wakeham Geoffrey Howe John MacGregor | ||||
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher John Major | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | Neil Kinnock | ||||
Third-party leader | David Steel & David Owen Paddy Ashdown | ||||
House of Lords | |||||
Lord Chancellor | Baron Havers Baron Mackay of Clashfern |
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the 1987 general election, held on 11 June. The Parliament lasted until 1992, although the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was replaced on 28 November 1990 by Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major.
Diane Abbott was one of the first three Black British MPs in the House of Commons; Bernie Grant and Paul Boateng were elected alongside her at the same election.
During the 1987–92 Parliament, Bernard Weatherill was the Speaker, Margaret Thatcher and John Major served as Prime Minister, and Neil Kinnock served as Leader of the Opposition. This Parliament was dissolved on 16 March 1992.
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