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The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (c. 14) (FTPA) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which, for the first time, set in legislation a default fixed election date for general elections in the United Kingdom. It remained in force until 2022, when it was repealed.
The Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 [1] [2] (c. 11) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 and reinstated the prior constitutional situation, by reviving the power of the monarch to dissolve and summon parliament.
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (repealed) 2011 c. 14. 15 September 2011. An Act to make provision about the dissolution of Parliament and the determination of ...
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In the United Kingdom, the only fixed-term election for the House of Commons was in 2015, the date having been determined by the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Under the act, elections were set for the 25th working day following the day when a parliamentary term ended on its fifth year.
In December 2020, the Conservative government published a draft Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) Bill, later retitled the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill when it was introduced to the House of Commons in May 2021, [23] which would repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act in its entirety, restore the monarch's prerogative powers ...
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Under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, a passing of a motion of no confidence was one of only two ways in which an early election could occur (the other was a motion to hold an early election passed by at least two-thirds of MPs). Following a successful motion, Parliament must dissolve, unless the motion was overturned within 14 days by the ...