Fixed Term Parliaments

Details

Status: Active

Groups: Constitutional Reform

Description

Fixed Term Parliaments involve holding general elections on a regular basis, for example every five years, with some exceptions permitting early elections. Without Fixed Term Parliaments a party with a majority had significant influence over the timing of a general election.

[Person name] voted for/against fixed periods between parliamentary elections

Decisions

Decisions may be read as agreeing with the policy, or being against the policy.

month decision alignment strength decision type uses powers voting cluster participant count
2010-09 Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Second Reading agree strong Division uses_powers Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No 334
2010-12 Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Early General Elections against weak Division insufficent_info Strong conflict: Gov proposes 524
2011-01 Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Third Reading agree strong Division insufficent_info Strong conflict: Gov proposes 554
2011-07 Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — Both Houses of Parliament to Approve General Election Date agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 552
2014-10 Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 against weak Division does_not_use_powers Low participation vote 89
2021-07 Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill — Second Reading against strong Division uses_powers Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No 432
2021-09 Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill — Clause 2 — Revival of Prerogative Powers to Dissolve Parliament and to Call a new Parliament against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 474
2021-09 Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill — Third Reading against strong Division uses_powers Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No 365