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1979 United Kingdom general election

election for members of the British House of Commons
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1979 United Kingdom general election

Summary

1979 United Kingdom general election is an United Kingdom general election[1]. It draws 2,282 Wikipedia views per month (united_kingdom_general_election category, ranking #9 of 65).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1979 United Kingdom general election is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's instance of is recorded as United Kingdom general election[4].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's follows is recorded as October 1974 United Kingdom general election[5].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's followed by is recorded as 1983 United Kingdom general election[6].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's Commons category is recorded as 1979 United Kingdom general election[7].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's office contested is recorded as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[8].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's point in time is recorded as +1979-05-03T00:00:00Z[9].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jp2q[10].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's candidate is recorded as Margaret Thatcher[11].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's candidate is recorded as James Callaghan[12].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's candidate is recorded as David Steel[13].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's has cause is recorded as 1979 vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry[14].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's topic's main category is recorded as Category:1979 United Kingdom general election[15].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's successful candidate is recorded as Margaret Thatcher[16].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's number of seats is recorded as {'amount': '+635'}[17].
  • 1979 United Kingdom general election's BBC Things ID is recorded as 5d4442ce-96a1-4df1-8c7b-faf3d035d450[18].

Why It Matters

1979 United Kingdom general election draws 2,282 Wikipedia views per month (united_kingdom_general_election category, ranking #9 of 65).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Chris Patten David Amess Donald Dewar Edward Heath Enoch Powell Geoffrey Howe Harold Wilson Ian Paisley Jack Straw James Callaghan John Major John Prescott Margaret Thatcher Michael Foot Neil Kinnock Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham Robin Cook Tony Benn United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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