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| 1701 | George I |  |
| The Act of Settlement excludes Catholics from the throne |
| 1707 | Anne | |
| 1st May Scotland is represented in the Parliament of Britain with 45 MPs & 16 peers |
| 1st May Scotland retains its legal system & established Church |
| 1707 | George I | |
| 1st May London Scotlad is represented in the Parliament of Britain with 45 MPs & 16 peers |
| 1st May Scotland loses its Parliament |
| 1st May London Scotland loses its Parliament & is represented in UK Parliament with 45 MPs & 16 peers |
| 1721 | Walpole, Robert | |
| 3rd April Britain's 1st Prime Minister |
| 1783 | Cavendish | |
| 17th April London Acknowledges the exclusive right of the Irish Parliament to legislate for Ireland |
| 1801 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 1st Jan Churches are united into a single Protestant Episcopal Church |
| 1st Jan Ireland is to send 100 MPs to Westminster |
| 1st Jan Ireland will send 4 spiritual Lords & 28 temporal peers to Westminster |
| 1st Jan The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland becomes effective |
| 1st Jan The new state is to be called the United Kingdom |
| 2nd Jan 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland assembles |
| 1814 | Canning, George | |
| Geneva Helps establish a Swiss Federal Government |
| 1829 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| London Catholics can vote & sit in Parliament |
| 1832 | Russell | |
| 23rd Mar Reform Bill, 3rd, 1 of the 4 framers of the Bill which passes through the Commons |
| 1832 | William IV | |
| Parliament is free to choose its own Prime Minister |
| The Reform Act abolishes the King's power to buy seats in Parliament |
| 1835 | Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| London Publication of, "Vindication of the Constitution" |
| 1861 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Approval of the budget by the Lords becomes common practice |
| 1876 | Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Judicial Life Peers can sit in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act |
| 1878 | Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Berlin Disraeli signs a treaty, 1st time the title "Prime Minister" is officially used |
| 1891 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 2nd Oct Newcastle Proposes a policy of home rule, triennial Parliaments & reform of the House of Lords |
| 1894 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London A committee is set up of Scottish MPs with the right to discuss Scottish affairs |
| 1900 | Victoria | |
| 9th July Assents to the Australia Federation Bill, creates the Commonwealth of Australia |
| 1907 | Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| Proposes the Lords have a "suspesory veto" of 3 yrs, this becomes Liberal Party policy |
| 1909 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 2nd Aug London Parliament enters the Summer recess without agreement between parties |
| 2nd Aug London The main cause of difference beteen the parties is Irish home rule |
| 1909 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| London The government introduces the Parliament Bill to curb the power of the Lords |
| 16th July Declares giving equal rights to blacks in Sth Africa will threaten white civilization |
| 27th July The SouthAfrica Union Bill has its 2nd reading but MP's |
| 7th Dec A Royal Proclamation creates the self-governing body of Sth Africa |
| 1910 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Parliament ratifies the National Convention's constitution for a unified government |
| 21st Feb London Admits to the Commons Edward VII had not promised extra peers to reform the Lords |
| 21st Feb London after the election the Liberals agree to a suspensory veto for the House of Lords |
| 18th Mar London Announces the Lords must be reformed on a democratic basis |
| 30th Mar London Declares that Parliament should be restricted to terms 5 years |
| 30th Mar London Declares the Lords should not have the right to reject or a Bill more than 2X |
| 30th Mar London Promises if the Lords reject the budget the King will create peers before an election |
| 31st Mar London Government proposals to reform the House of Lords is introduced to Parliament |
| 16th Nov London The King secretly tells Asquith if the Liberals return he will create extra peers |
| 1910 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 9th Jan Leven Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly" & wants to "finish it off for ever" |
| 10th Jan London Lords , "doddering peers, cute financial magnates, clever wire pullers" |
| 19th Mar Manchester Attempts to rally the Liberals to support reform of the Lords |
| 19th Mar Manchester Supports abolition of the veto at the Free Trade Hall |
| 1910 | Edward VII | |
| London Says Lloyd George's speeches are "calculated to set class against class" |
| 1910 | Lloyd George, David | |
| 17th Aug London Considers a Grand Coalition to resolve the constitutional crisis |
| 4th Nov London The 3rd reading of the Finance Bill is carried in the House of Commons |
| 30th Nov London The Commons is prorogued & a general election campaign begins |
| 30th Nov London The Finance Bill is rejected in the Lords by 350 votes to 75 |
| 1911 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 21st Feb Admits that Edward VII had not promised to create new Peers to reform the Lords |
| 21st Feb Introduces the Parliament Bill to the House of Commons |
| 10th Aug MP's are to be payed for the first time, œ400 a year |
| 10th Aug Passed by the House of Lords , the duration of Parliament is reduced from 7 to 5 yrs |
| 10th Aug The Lords are denied a veto over "money bills" & have 2 yr veto for other bills |
| 1911 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Favors "Home Rule All Round", Parliaments for Ireland, Scotland, England & Wales |
| Favours an Imperial Parliament |
| 3rd Jan Advises Asquith to create 500 peers if necessary to pass the Parliament Act |
| 1911 | Redmond, John | |
| 11th Feb London Threatens to topple the government if the Lords veto is not abolished |
| 1913 | Lloyd George, David | |
| London Provisional Collection of Taxes Act makes the Budget law after read in Parliament |
| 1919 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Ulster Supports the Protestants by vetoing proposal by the Ulster government to introduce PR |
| 1919 | Lloyd George, David | |
| 21st Jan Dublin The Sinn Fein decalre the foundation of the Irish Republic |
| Dec A new Home Rule Bill is passed for Ireland to remain part of the Empire as a Dominion |
| Dec Dublin A new Home Rule Bill proposes Parliaments in Dublin & Belfast & an all Irish Council |
| 1921 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Mar Helps found the Arab Kingdom of Iraq |
| 1921 | George V | |
| London Opens the 1st Northern Ireland Parliament |
| 1921 | Lloyd George, David | |
| 5th June Ulster Northern Ireland's 1st Parliament sits |
| 1935 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| The Government of India Act, 11 British Indian provinces with parliaments are created |
| 1937 | Chamberlain, Neville | |
| 29th Dec The State of Eire exists within the Commonwealth but has no links with the crown |
| 1937 | George VI | |
| Regency Act, defines Sovereign powers which can be delegated if the Sovereign is unfit |
| 1940 | George VI | |
| Wants Halifax to sit in the Commons as PM with his peerage in temporary abeyance |
| 1945 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 5th June Opening day of the Allied Control Commission for German administration |
| 1948 | Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| 7th June London The London Reccomendations call Lander Premiers to convene a Constituent Assembly |
| 1955 | Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| Geneva The West forward the "Eden Plan" for demilitarization of East Germany & free elections |
| 1955 | Wilson, James Harold | |
| Heads an NEC working group into why Labour had lost the last 2 elections |
| Heads a subcommittee on the organization of the Labour Party |
| Reports that the Labour Partty is too centralized |
| 1958 | MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| Flies to Turkey, they refuse to accept his plans for a duel constitution for Cyprus |
| Life Peerages Act, life Peers are members of the House of Lords who are appointed for life-long terms, but whose membership of the House cannot be inherited by their descendants |
| Works out a Turkish-Greek duel constitutiuon for Cyprus to protect British bases |
| 1959 | Bevan, Aneurin | |
| Defends Clause IV from attempts by Gaitskell to have it removed from the constitution |
| 1959 | Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor | |
| Blackpool Urges Labour to adopt a mixed economy at the Blackpool Conference |
| Nov Blackpool Accepts Wilson's comprimise for Clause IV of the Labour Party for "common ownership" |
| 28th Nov Calls for the reform of Clause IV of after the loss of 3 elections in a row |
| 1959 | Wilson, James Harold | |
| Nov Blackpool Describes reforming Clause IV as "taking Genisis out of the Bible" |
| Nov Blackpool Gaitskell accepts Wilson's Clause IV reform of the Labour Party for "common ownership" |
| 1960 | Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor | |
| Blackpool Forced to give up his proposed reforms for Clause IV of the Labour Party |
| 1960 | Wilson, James Harold | |
| Clause IV, supporting "common ownership" |
| 1971 | Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick | |
| 15th Nov Salisbury Douglas -Home opend talks with Ian Smith |
| 24th Nov Salisbury Agreement is reached on the new Rhodes ian constitution |
| 1971 | Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 24th Nov Agreement is reached on the new Rhodes ian constitution |
| 1972 | Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| Ulster Dissolves the Northern Ireland Parliament & government |
| London Forms a short lived Northern Ireland Assembly |
| 1973 | Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| The Northern Ireland Assembly is elected, a power sharing executive |
| 20th Mar The British government publishes a white paper which proposes a 78-member Northern Ireland Assembly, to be elected by proportional representation |
| 20th Mar The British government would retain control over law and order & a Council of Ireland would give the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland a voice in each other's affairs |
| 3rd May The Northern Ireland Assembly Bill resulting from the white paper becomes law on 3 May, 1973, & elections for the new assembly are held on 28 June |
| 11th Nov Ulster A power sharing executive is set up by Unionist, SDLP & Alliance Parties |
| 31st Dec Belfast The power-sharing Administration of the Northern Ireland Assembly is sworn in |
| 1974 | Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| Ulster The Assembly & power sharing executive is established |
| 1974 | Rees, Merlyn | |
| 4th April London Announces the new government will implement the Northern Ireland Constitution |
| 17th July Ulster The Northern Ireland Bill gets Royal assent providing direct rule from Westminster |
| 1976 | Crosland, Charles Anthony Raven | |
| 20th Sep 9 EC foreign ministers sign documents authorizing elections to a European Parliament |
| 1980 | Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert | |
| Aug London Arranges the agenda at the Constitutional Conference held at Lancaster Gate |
| 1980 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Sep Lancaster Gate A Conference is held at Lancaster Gate to resolve Rhodes ian constitutional problems |
| 1985 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Falkland Islands, The Under the Falkland Islands constitution there is an Executive Council and a Legislative Council, The Executive Council advises the Governor & chaired by the Governor |
| 1986 | Elizabeth II | |
| 2nd Mar Canberra Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain |
| 1992 | Smith, John | |
| The Trades Union share of conference votes is reduced from 90% to 70% |
| 1993 | Smith, John | |
| 29th Sep Blackpool 1 member 1 vote is carried at the Labour Conference |
| 1994 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| April At a special Conference Clause 4 of the Party is changed to reflect the "New Labour" |
| 4th Oct 1st conference speech as leader calling on the party to drop clause IV |
| 1995 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| 29th April Party backs rewriting of clause IV Labours historic commitment to nationalisation |
| 1997 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| 11th Sep "Yes-Yes" vote in referendum on Scottish Parliament |
| 18th Sep A majority of 50.3% in Wales vote in favour of a Welsh assembly |
| 18th Sep "Yes" vote in the referendum on Welsh Assembly |
| 27th Nov The Government of Wales Bill is introduced to the House of Commons |
| 1997 | Dewar, Donald | |
| 18th Dec Introduces the Scotland Bill, legislative powers for a Scottish Parliament |
| 18th Dec Introduces the Scotland Bill to the Commons, for a Scottish Parliament |
| 1997 | Wigley, Dafydd | |
| Supports the Government of Wales Bill for a Welsh assembly |
| 1998 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| 10th April The Good Friday agreement for Northern Ireland is signed |
| 21st April The Northern Ireland Electons Bill is introduced to the House of Commons |
| 7th May The Northern Ireland Electons Bill receives royal assent |
| 22nd May 71% of the turnout in Northern Ireland vote for the Good Friday Agrrement |
| 25th June Elections to the newly formed Northern Ireland assembly |
| 31st July The European Convention on Human Rights is incorporated into UK law by passing the Human Rights Act |
| 31st July The Government of Wales Bill receives royal assent |
| Nov Acts of parliament bring about Scottish and Welsh devolution, paving way for Scottish, Welsh elections |
| 1998 | Dewar, Donald | |
| 13th Jan London The Scotland Bill passes its 2nd reading in the House of Comons |
| 1998 | Major, John Roy | |
| 13th Jan London Says the Scotland Bill will give Scotland representation in Scotland & Westminster |
| 1999 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| The House of Lords Act permits jusy ninety-two hereditaries to remain in the House of Lords |
| 2000 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| The Freedom of Information Act is passed, introduces a public "right to know" in relation to public bodies |
| 2002 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| Oct Northern Ireland returns to direct rule from London after the suspension of the local assembly following allegations of Irish Republican Army spying |
| 2007 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| Mar Power sharing in Northern Ireland is back after an historic agreement between Rev Ian Paisley & Gerry Adams |
| 2007 | Paisley, Ian | |
| Mar Power sharing in Northern Ireland is back after an historic agreement between Rev Ian Paisley & Gerry Adams |
