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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlament_Velike_Britanije" title="Parlament Velike Britanije – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Parlament Velike Britanije" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senedd_Prydain_Fawr" title="Senedd Prydain Fawr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Senedd Prydain Fawr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlement_de_Grande-Bretagne" title="Parlement de Grande-Bretagne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Parlement de 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#ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">Bicameral</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Houses</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a><br /><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Great_Britain" title="House of Commons of Great Britain">House of Commons</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1 May 1707</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data">31 December 1800</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded&#160;by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament of England</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Scotland" title="Parliament of Scotland">Parliament of Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succeeded&#160;by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom#Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Wedderburn,_1st_Earl_of_Rosslyn" title="Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/1796_British_GE_map_-_Westminster.svg/300px-1796_British_GE_map_-_Westminster.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/1796_British_GE_map_-_Westminster.svg/450px-1796_British_GE_map_-_Westminster.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/1796_British_GE_map_-_Westminster.svg/600px-1796_British_GE_map_-_Westminster.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="189" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Great_Britain" title="House of Commons of Great Britain">House of Commons</a> political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Parliament of Great Britain">Final composition</a> of the British House of Commons:<br />558 seats<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#3333CC; color:white;">&#160;</span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)" title="Tories (British political party)">Tories</a>: 424 seats</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF7F00; color:black;">&#160;</span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whigs</a>: 95 seats</div> <link 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href="/wiki/List_of_parliaments_of_Great_Britain" title="List of parliaments of Great Britain">George I</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> &#160;&#160;<a href="/wiki/4th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="4th Parliament of Great Britain">4th</a> (with Anne)</td><td style="text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/1713_British_general_election" title="1713 British general election">1713</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> &#160;&#160;<a href="/wiki/5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="5th Parliament of Great Britain">5th</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/1715_British_general_election" title="1715 British general election">1715</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> &#160;&#160;<a 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class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Parliaments_of_Great_Britain_sidebar&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Parliaments of Great Britain sidebar (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Parliaments_of_Great_Britain_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Parliaments of Great Britain sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Parliament of Great Britain</b> was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Acts of Union</a> by both the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament of England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Scotland" title="Parliament of Scotland">Parliament of Scotland</a>. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a> and created the parliament of Great Britain located in the former home of the English parliament in the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>. This lasted nearly a century, until the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Acts of Union 1800</a> merged the separate British and Irish Parliaments into a single <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> with effect from 1 January 1801. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Great_Britain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Union" title="Treaty of Union">Treaty of Union</a> in 1706, <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Acts of Union</a> ratifying the Treaty were passed in both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland, which created a new Kingdom of Great Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Acts paved the way for the enactment of the treaty of Union which created a new parliament, referred to as the 'Parliament of Great Britain', based in the home of the former English parliament. All of the traditions, procedures, and standing orders of the English parliament were retained, although there is no provision for this within the treaty; furthermore, the incumbent officers and members representing England comprised the overwhelming majority of the new body. It was not even considered necessary to hold a new general election. While <a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Scots law</a> and Scottish legislation remained separate, new legislation was thereafter to be enacted by the new parliament, with the exception of that pertaining to private right which could only legislated on for the "evident utility" of the people.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> England's <i>de facto</i> prominence in the new parliament was, and remains, a contentious issue.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Hanover" title="House of Hanover">Hanoverian</a> <a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain" title="George I of Great Britain">King George I</a> ascended the British throne in 1714 through the <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701" title="Act of Settlement 1701">Act of Settlement of 1701</a>, real power continued to shift away from the monarchy. George was a <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a> ruler, spoke poor English, and remained interested in governing his dominions in continental Europe rather than in Britain. He thus entrusted power to a group of his ministers, the foremost of whom was <a href="/wiki/Robert_Walpole" title="Robert Walpole">Sir Robert Walpole</a>, and by the end of his reign in 1727 the position of the ministers – who had to rely on Parliament for support – was cemented. George I's successor, his son <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II</a>, continued to follow through with his father's domestic policies and made little effort to re-establish monarchical control over the government which was now in firm control by Parliament. By the end of the 18th century the monarch still had considerable influence over Parliament, which was dominated by the English aristocracy, by means of <a href="/wiki/Patronage" title="Patronage">patronage</a>, but had ceased to exert direct power: for instance, the last occasion on which <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> was withheld was in 1708 by <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain">Queen Anne</a>, even this being done only at the request of her ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">general elections</a> the vote was restricted to <a href="/wiki/Freehold_(law)" title="Freehold (law)">freeholders</a> and landowners, in constituencies that had changed little since the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, so that in many <a href="/wiki/Rotten_and_pocket_boroughs" title="Rotten and pocket boroughs">"rotten" and "pocket" boroughs</a> seats could be bought, while major cities remained unrepresented, except by the <a href="/wiki/Knights_of_the_Shire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knights of the Shire">Knights of the Shire</a> representing whole counties. Reformers and <a href="/wiki/Radicalism_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radicalism (historical)">Radicals</a> sought parliamentary reform, but as the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a> developed the British government became repressive against dissent and progress towards reform was stalled.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Roque_map_detail,_Palace_of_Westminster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/John_Roque_map_detail%2C_Palace_of_Westminster.jpg/220px-John_Roque_map_detail%2C_Palace_of_Westminster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/John_Roque_map_detail%2C_Palace_of_Westminster.jpg/330px-John_Roque_map_detail%2C_Palace_of_Westminster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/John_Roque_map_detail%2C_Palace_of_Westminster.jpg/440px-John_Roque_map_detail%2C_Palace_of_Westminster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>'s layout from <a href="/wiki/John_Rocque%27s_Map_of_London,_Westminster,_and_Southwark,_1746" class="mw-redirect" title="John Rocque&#39;s Map of London, Westminster, and Southwark, 1746">John Rocque's Map of London, Westminster, and Southwark, 1746</a></figcaption></figure> <p>George II's successor, <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">George III</a>, sought to restore royal supremacy and absolute monarchy, but by the end of his reign the position of the king's ministers – who discovered that they needed the support of Parliament to enact any major changes – had become central to the role of British governance, and would remain so ever after.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>During the first half of George III's reign, the monarch still had considerable influence over Parliament, which itself was dominated by the patronage and influence of the English nobility. Most candidates for the House of Commons were identified as <a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whigs</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)" title="Tories (British political party)">Tories</a>, but once elected they formed shifting coalitions of interests rather than dividing along clear party lines. At <a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">general elections</a> the vote was restricted in most places to property owners, in constituencies which were out of date and did not reflect the growing importance of manufacturing towns or shifts of population, so that in the rotten and pocket boroughs seats in parliament could be bought from the rich landowners who controlled them, while major cities remained unrepresented. Reformers like <a href="/wiki/William_Beckford_(politician)" title="William Beckford (politician)">William Beckford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radicalism_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radicalism (historical)">Radicals</a> beginning with <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes" title="John Wilkes">John Wilkes</a> called for reform of the system. In 1780, a draft programme of reform was drawn up by <a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Fox" title="Charles James Fox">Charles James Fox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brand_Hollis" title="Thomas Brand Hollis">Thomas Brand Hollis</a> and put forward by a sub-committee of the electors of Westminster. This included calls for the six points later adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Chartism" title="Chartism">Chartists</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American War of Independence</a> ended in defeat for a foreign policy that sought to prevent the <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">thirteen American colonies</a> from breaking away and forming their <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">own independent nation</a>, something which <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">George III</a> had fervently advocated, and in March 1782 the king was forced to appoint an administration led by his opponents which sought to curb royal patronage. In November of 1783, he took the opportunity to use his influence in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> to defeat a bill to reform the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">Honourable East India Company</a>, dismissed the government of the day, and appointed <a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger" title="William Pitt the Younger">William Pitt the Younger</a> to form a new government. Pitt had previously called for Parliament to begin to reform itself, but he did not press for long for reforms the king did not like. Proposals Pitt made in April 1785 to redistribute seats from the "rotten boroughs" to London and the counties were defeated in the House of Commons by 248 votes to 174.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>In the wake of the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a> of 1789, <a href="/wiki/Radicalism_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radicalism (historical)">Radical</a> organisations such as the <a href="/wiki/London_Corresponding_Society" title="London Corresponding Society">London Corresponding Society</a> sprang up to press for parliamentary reform, but as the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a> developed the government took extensive repressive measures against feared domestic unrest aping the democratic and egalitarian ideals of the French Revolution and progress toward reform was stalled for decades.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Great_Britain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Parliament of the United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1801, the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> was created when the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a> was united with the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a> to become the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Acts of Union 1800</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership_by_constituent_country">Membership by constituent country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Great_Britain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Membership by constituent country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Key to categories in the following tables: BC – <a href="/wiki/Borough_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough constituency">Borough/Burgh constituencies</a>, CC – <a href="/wiki/County_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="County constituencies">County constituencies</a>, UC – <a href="/wiki/University_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="University constituencies">University constituencies</a>, Total C – Total constituencies, BMP – Borough/Burgh Members of Parliament, CMP – County Members of Parliament, UMP – University Members of Parliament.</div> <p><a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_(historic)" title="Monmouthshire (historic)">Monmouthshire</a> (One County constituency with two members and one single member Borough constituency) is included in Wales in these tables. Sources for this period may include the county in England. </p><p>Table 1: Constituencies and Members, by type and country<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1232966811">.mw-parser-output .hover-highlight tr:hover,.mw-parser-output .mw-datatable tr:hover{background-color:var(--background-color-progressive-subtle,#eaf3ff);color:var(--color-base,#333)}.mw-parser-output .mw-datatable{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);color:var(--color-base,#333)}</style> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="borough or burgh constituencies">BC</span> </th> <th><link 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="University Members of Parliament"> UMP</span> </th> <th>Total Members </th> <th>Population (1700) </th> <th>People per MP </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td align="right">202 </td> <td align="right">39 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">243 </td> <td 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style="font-weight:bold"> <td><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;">&#160;</span>Total </td> <td align="right">230 </td> <td align="right">82 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">314 </td> <td align="right">432 </td> <td align="right">122 </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right">558 </td> <td align="right">6.5 million </td> <td align="right">~12,000 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Table 2: Number of seats per constituency, by type and country </p> <table class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>BC×1 </th> <th>BC×2 </th> <th>BC×4 </th> <th>CC×1 </th> <th>CC×2 </th> <th>UC×2 </th> <th>Total C </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">314 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Great_Britain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Tillemans_(c._1684-1734)_-_Queen_Anne_(1665-1714)_in_the_House_of_Lords_-_RCIN_405301_-_Royal_Collection.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Peter_Tillemans_%28c._1684-1734%29_-_Queen_Anne_%281665-1714%29_in_the_House_of_Lords_-_RCIN_405301_-_Royal_Collection.jpg/220px-Peter_Tillemans_%28c._1684-1734%29_-_Queen_Anne_%281665-1714%29_in_the_House_of_Lords_-_RCIN_405301_-_Royal_Collection.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="255" 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Lords</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_political_raree-show-_or_a_picture_of_parties_and_politics,_during_and_at_the_close_of_the_last_session_of_Parliament,_June_1779_(BM_1868,0808.4594).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/The_political_raree-show-_or_a_picture_of_parties_and_politics%2C_during_and_at_the_close_of_the_last_session_of_Parliament%2C_June_1779_%28BM_1868%2C0808.4594%29.jpg/220px-The_political_raree-show-_or_a_picture_of_parties_and_politics%2C_during_and_at_the_close_of_the_last_session_of_Parliament%2C_June_1779_%28BM_1868%2C0808.4594%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Union of 1707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Union of 1801</a></li></ul></li> <li>External wars <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_in_the_Seven_Years%27_War" title="Great Britain in the Seven Years&#39; War">Seven Years'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear" title="War of Jenkins&#39; Ear">Jenkins Ear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Massacre" title="Boston Massacre">Boston Massacre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-French_War_(1778%E2%80%931783)" title="Anglo-French War (1778–1783)">Anglo-French War (1778–1783)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Anglo-Dutch_War" title="Fourth Anglo-Dutch War">Anglo-Dutch (1780–1784)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early-18th-century_Whig_plots" title="Early-18th-century Whig plots">Whig plots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacobitism" title="Jacobitism">Jacobitism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacobite_risings" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacobite risings">Jacobite risings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panic_of_1796%E2%80%931797" title="Panic of 1796–1797">Panic of 1796–1797</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Agricultural_Revolution" title="British Agricultural Revolution">Agricultural Revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Agricultural_Revolution" title="Scottish Agricultural Revolution">Scotland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Financial_Revolution" title="Financial Revolution">Financial Revolution</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Floral_Badge_of_Great_Britain.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Floral Badge of Great Britain"><img alt="Floral Badge of Great Britain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Floral_Badge_of_Great_Britain.svg/120px-Floral_Badge_of_Great_Britain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Floral_Badge_of_Great_Britain.svg/180px-Floral_Badge_of_Great_Britain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Floral_Badge_of_Great_Britain.svg/240px-Floral_Badge_of_Great_Britain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption>Floral Badge of Great Britain</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Royal houses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Stuart" title="House of Stuart">Stuart</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain">Anne</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Hanover" title="House of Hanover">Hanover</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain" title="George I of Great Britain">George I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_III" title="George III">George III</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Great_Britain" title="House of Commons of Great Britain">House of Commons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliaments_of_Great_Britain" title="List of parliaments of Great Britain">List of parliaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain">Acts of Parliament:</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1707" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707">1707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1708" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708">1708</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1709" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1709">1709</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1710" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1710">1710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1711" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1711">1711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1712" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1712">1712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1713" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1713">1713</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1714" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1714">1714</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1715" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1715">1715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1716" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1716">1716</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1717" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1717">1717</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1718" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1718">1718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1719" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1719">1719</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1720" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1720">1720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1721" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1721">1721</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1722" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1722">1722</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1723" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1723">1723</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1724" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1724">1724</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1725" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1725">1725</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1726" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1726">1726</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1727" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1727">1727</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1728" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1728">1728</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1729" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1729">1729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1730" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1730">1730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1731" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1731">1731</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1732" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1732">1732</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1733" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1733">1733</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1734" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1734">1734</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1735" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1735">1735</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1736" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1736">1736</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1737" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1737">1737</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1738" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1738">1738</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1739" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1739">1739</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1740" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1740">1740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1741" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1741">1741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1742" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1742">1742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1743" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1743">1743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1744" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1744">1744</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1745" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1745">1745</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1746" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1746">1746</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1747" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1747">1747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1748" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1748">1748</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1749" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1749">1749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1750" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1750">1750</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1751" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1751">1751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1753" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1753">1753</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1754" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1754">1754</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1755" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1755">1755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1756" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1756">1756</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1757" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1757">1757</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1758" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1758">1758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1759" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1759">1759</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1760" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1760">1760</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1761" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1761">1761</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1762" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1762">1762</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1763" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1763">1763</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1764" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1764">1764</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1765" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1765">1765</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1766" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1766">1766</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1767" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1767">1767</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1768" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1768">1768</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1769" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1769">1769</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1770" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1770">1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1771" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1771">1771</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1772" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1772">1772</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1773" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1773">1773</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1774" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1774">1774</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1775" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1775">1775</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1776" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1776">1776</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1777" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1777">1777</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1778" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1778">1778</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1779" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1779">1779</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1780" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1780">1780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1781" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1781">1781</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1782" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1782">1782</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1783" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1783">1783</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1784" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1784">1784</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1785" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1785">1785</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1786" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1786">1786</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1787" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1787">1787</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1788" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1788">1788</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1789" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1789">1789</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1790" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1790">1790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1791" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1791">1791</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1792" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1792">1792</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1793" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1793">1793</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1794" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1794">1794</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1795" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1795">1795</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1796" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1796">1796</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1797" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1797">1797</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1798" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1798">1798</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1799" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1799">1799</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1800" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1800">1800</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in Great Britain">Elections:</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1708_British_general_election" title="1708 British general election">1708</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1710_British_general_election" title="1710 British general election">1710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1713_British_general_election" title="1713 British general election">1713</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1715_British_general_election" title="1715 British general election">1715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1722_British_general_election" title="1722 British general election">1722</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1727_British_general_election" title="1727 British general election">1727</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1734_British_general_election" title="1734 British general election">1734</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1741_British_general_election" title="1741 British general election">1741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1747_British_general_election" title="1747 British general election">1747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1754_British_general_election" title="1754 British general election">1754</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1761_British_general_election" title="1761 British general election">1761</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1768_British_general_election" title="1768 British general election">1768</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1774_British_general_election" title="1774 British general election">1774</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1780_British_general_election" title="1780 British general election">1780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1784_British_general_election" title="1784 British general election">1784</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1790_British_general_election" title="1790 British general election">1790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1796_British_general_election" title="1796 British general election">1796</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_monarchs" title="List of British monarchs">Monarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Great_Britain" title="Peerage of Great Britain">Peers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1727" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1727">1727</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1728" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1728">1728</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1729" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1729">1729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1730" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1730">1730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1731" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1731">1731</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1732" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1732">1732</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1733" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1733">1733</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1734" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1734">1734</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1735" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1735">1735</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1736" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1736">1736</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1737" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1737">1737</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1738" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1738">1738</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1739" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1739">1739</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1740" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1740">1740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1741" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1741">1741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1742" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1742">1742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1743" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1743">1743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1744" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1744">1744</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1745" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1745">1745</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1746" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1746">1746</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1747" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1747">1747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1748" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1748">1748</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1749" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1749">1749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1750" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1750">1750</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1751" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1751">1751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1753" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1753">1753</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1754" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1754">1754</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1755" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1755">1755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1756" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1756">1756</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1757" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1757">1757</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1758" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1758">1758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1759" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1759">1759</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1760" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1760">1760</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1761" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1761">1761</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1762" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1762">1762</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1763" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1763">1763</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1764" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1764">1764</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1765" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1765">1765</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1766" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1766">1766</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1767" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1767">1767</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1768" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1768">1768</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1769" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1769">1769</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1770" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1770">1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1771" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1771">1771</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1772" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1772">1772</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1773" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1773">1773</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1774" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1774">1774</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1775" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1775">1775</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1776" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1776">1776</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1777" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1777">1777</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1778" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1778">1778</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1779" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1779">1779</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1780" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1780">1780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1781" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1781">1781</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1782" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1782">1782</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1783" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1783">1783</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1784" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1784">1784</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1785" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1785">1785</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1786" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1786">1786</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1787" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1787">1787</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1788" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1788">1788</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1789" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1789">1789</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1790" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1790">1790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1791" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1791">1791</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1792" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1792">1792</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1793" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1793">1793</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1794" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1794">1794</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1795" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1795">1795</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1796" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1796">1796</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1797" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1797">1797</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1798" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1798">1798</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1799" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1799">1799</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1800" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1800">1800</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acts<br />by parliament<br />and session</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_1st_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>2</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_2nd_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_2nd_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>3</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_3rd_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_3rd_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_3rd_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>4</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_4th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_4th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>5</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_8th_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 8th session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">8</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>6</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>7</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>8</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>9</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>10</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>11</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_8th_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 8th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">8</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>12</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>13</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>14</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>15</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_15th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_15th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_15th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_15th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>16</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>17</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>18</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acts by<br />regnal year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6_Ann._(GB)" class="mw-redirect" title="6 Ann. (GB)">6 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="7 Ann.">7 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="8 Ann.">8 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="9 Ann.">9 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="10 Ann.">10 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="12 Ann.">12 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="13 Ann.">13 Ann.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nowrap">George I</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Geo._1._St._1" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Geo. 1. St. 1">1 Geo. 1. St. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_Geo._1._St._2" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Geo. 1. St. 2">1 Geo. 1. St. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="3 Geo. 1">3 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="4 Geo. 1">4 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="5 Geo. 1">5 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="6 Geo. 1">6 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_Geo._1._St._1" class="mw-redirect" title="7 Geo. 1. St. 1">7 Geo. 1. St. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_Geo._1._St._2" class="mw-redirect" title="7 Geo. 1. St. 2">7 Geo. 1. St. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="8 Geo. 1">8 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="9 Geo. 1">9 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="10 Geo. 1">10 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="11 Geo. 1">11 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="12 Geo. 1">12 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="13 Geo. 1">13 Geo. 1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nowrap">George II</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Geo._2._St._1" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Geo. 2. St. 1">1 Geo. 2. St. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_Geo._2._St._2" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Geo. 2. St. 2">1 Geo. 2. 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