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| 1701 | George I |  |
| Act of Settlement, settles succession if William III, Mary II or Anne have no heirs |
| The Act of Settlement excludes James II & descendants from the throne |
| 1701 | James II | |
| The Act of Settlement excludes James II & his descendants from the throne |
| 1701 | Sophia Dorothea of Zell | |
| Ensures a Protestant succession |
| The Act of Settlement passes the crown on the death of Anne to Sophia |
| 1707 | George I | |
| 1st May Unification is legislated after the Monarchy experiences the conflics of 2 Parliaments |
| 1772 | William IV | |
| Royal Mariages Act, royalty under 25 must have permission of the sovereign |
| 1792 | Wilberforce, William | |
| 2nd April Henry Dundas , Home Secretary, proposes a compromise of so-'gradual abolition' over a number of years, passsed by 230 to 85 votes, but the compromise is la clever ploy to indefinitly delay final abolition |
| 1799 | Wilberforce, William | |
| The Slave Trade Regulation Act is passed to further reduce overcrowding on slave ships |
| 1801 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 1st Jan The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland comes into effect |
| 1806 | Wilberforce, William | |
| The Foreign Slave Trade Act is quickly passed and the tactic proves successful, the new legislation effectively prohibited two-thirds of the British slave trade |
| 1807 | Wilberforce, William | |
| 25th Mar The Slave Trade Act receives the royal assent |
| 1811 | George III | |
| 5th Feb The Regency Act is passed making the Prince of Wales Prince Regent |
| 1811 | George IV | |
| 5th Feb The Regency Act is passed making the Prince of Wales Prince Regent |
| 1812 | George IV | |
| 11th Feb The Regency Act removes the restrictions on the Regency |
| 1812 | Perceval, Spencer | |
| 20th Mar Frame-breaking becomes a capital offence |
| 1824 | Hume, Joseph | |
| 21st June London Workers can organize as the Combination Acts are repealed, supported by Joseph Hume |
| 1825 | Banks Jenkinson, Robert | |
| 16th July London An Act allows workers to combine & secure wages & hours, they cannot strike |
| 1828 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 9th May Acts of indemnity are passed annually |
| 9th May The Test & Corporation Acts dating from Charles II are repealed |
| 15th July London Corn prices are based on a sliding scale compared with domestic prices |
| 15th July London Reduces high prices caused by the Corn Law of 1815 |
| 1832 | Grey, Charles | |
| London Coercion Bill, gives the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland power to suppress meetings |
| London Gives the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland unlimited powers to suppress public meetings |
| 4th June London The 3rd Reform Bill is passed |
| 11th June London Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Scottish Parliamentary Reform Bill |
| 1833 | Wilberforce, William | |
| Aug Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act which gives all slaves in the British Empire their freedom |
| 1842 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| Leader of the reforms for coal mines legislation, Coal Mines Act |
| 1845 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| Leader of the reforms for mental health legislation, the Lunacy Act |
| 1846 | Peel, Robert | |
| 26th May London The Corn Law Repeal Bill passes through Parliament |
| 6th June London The corn import duty is fixed at one shilling a quarter from 1849 onwards |
| 1847 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Leader of the reforms for factory legislation, Factory Acts |
| 1853 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Leader of the reforms for factory legislation, Factory Acts |
| 1869 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Disestablishes the Irish Church |
| 1870 | Butt, Isaac | |
| Limerick Founds the Home Rule Association, to repeal the Act of Union with Ireland |
| 1870 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Forster's Education Act introducing primary education is passed |
| London The Civil Service will recruit by competition using the Civil Service Commission |
| London The Irish Land Act is passed |
| London The secret ballot is introduced |
| 15th Feb London Introduces the Irish Land Act to give Irish peasant's comparible rights with England |
| 1871 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| The Test Act forbids Oxford & Cambridge to make relgious tests for teaching posts |
| 1872 | Bruce, Henry | |
| London Responsible for the Liquor Licensing Act |
| 1872 | Bruce, Henry Austin | |
| London Responsible for the Liquor Licensing Act |
| 1873 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 13th Mar London The Judicature Act, establishes a Supreme Court of Judicature |
| 1876 | Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Judicial Life Peers can sit in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act |
| Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India |
| 1883 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Passes an Act which seeks to safeguard elections against malpractice |
| 1885 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 25th June London Redistribution of Seats Bill, creates seats in Yorkshire, Lancashire & outer London |
| 1886 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Local Government Act, transfers administration of counties to elected councils |
| 1887 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 28th Mar London Irish Crimes Bill, trial by jury is suspended |
| 1891 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Free Education Act, abolishes fees for primary education |
| 1897 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Workmen's Compensation Act, makes the employer liable for accidents at work |
| 1908 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 10th June London Introduces a state scheme for old age pensions in the Invalid & Old Age Pensions Act |
| 1909 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Establishes the principle of a minimum wage & breaks for meals & refreshment |
| Gets the Labour Exchanges Bill passed |
| Gets the Trade Boards Bill passed |
| Helps eliminate sweated labour |
| 28th April Churchill's Bill has its 2nd reading in the House of Commons |
| 19th May Introduces the Labour Exchanges Bill to the House of Commons |
| 1911 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| The Liberal government introduce unemployment insurance |
| 10th Aug The Lords are denied a veto over "money bills" & have 2 yr veto for other bills |
| 1911 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Churchill is responsible for Part II of Lloyd George's National Insurance Act |
| 1911 | Lloyd George, David | |
| Responsible for Part I of the National Insurance Act, introducing Health Insurance |
| 1912 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 11th April London Home Rule Bill, The Irish Home Rule Bill is introduced in the House of Commons |
| 1913 | Lloyd George, David | |
| London Provisional Collection of Taxes Act makes the Budget law after read in Parliament |
| 1913 | Osborne, Walter | |
| London Legislation allows a political levy & gives trade union members a voluntary opt-out |
| 1916 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| The Conscription Bill is passed |
| 1919 | Lloyd George, David | |
| 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 |
| 1927 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| London The Trades Disputes Act makes general strikes illegal |
| 1927 | George VI | |
| Under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, the monarch also becomes separately the king or queen of many Commonwealth Realms, including Australia, Canada, NewZealand, SouthAfrica, and others |
| 1935 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| The Government of India Act, 11 British Indian provinces with parliaments are created |
| 1936 | Edward VIII | |
| Abdication is legislated by Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act, 1936 |
| 1937 | George VI | |
| Regency Act, defines Sovereign powers which can be delegated if the Sovereign is unfit |
| 1939 | Chamberlain, Neville | |
| 3rd Sep Parliament passes the National Services (Armed Forces) Act |
| 1946 | Bevan, Aneurin | |
| Bevan publishes the NHS Bill |
| During the committee stage of the Bill Bevan reveals that teaching hospitals will retain their autonomy |
| The Health Bill became an Act in the closing months of 1946 |
| 19th Mar Bevan present a summary of the National Health Service Bill is to Parliament |
| 1948 | Bevan, Aneurin | |
| 5th July Bevan opens one of the world's 1st and most comprehensive health services to the British people |
| 5th July By NHS D-Day, July 5, 1948, 90% of doctors had signed up for the new service |
| 5th July Charity hospitals & former poor law hospitals run by local authorities are nationalized |
| 5th July Ends doctors' professional independence & their right to buy or sell general practices |
| 1953 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London The Trans port Act breaks up the British Trans port Commission's monopoly on haulage |
| 1958 | MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| 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 |
| 1963 | Benn, Anthony Wedgewood | |
| London Helps pass the Peerage Act, renounces his viscountcy & returns to the Commons |
| 1965 | Wilson, James Harold | |
| The Race Relations Act outlaws discrimination & establishes a Race Relations Board |
| 1967 | Wilson, James Harold | |
| 25th Oct London The Abortion Bill is passed by Parliament |
| 1973 | Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 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 |
| 1973 | Walker, Peter | |
| Passes the Water Act through Parliament creating 10 water authorities |
| 1974 | Rees, Merlyn | |
| 17th July Ulster The Northern Ireland Bill gets Royal consent & for direct rule from Westminster |
| 1976 | Callaghan, James | |
| The Race Relations Act is pased |
| 1980 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Under the Coal Indus try Act subsidies to the Coal Board are reduced |
| 1986 | Elizabeth II | |
| 2nd Mar Canberra Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain |
| 1986 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Financial Services Act, removes trade restrictions |
| 1988 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Criminal Justice Act, the Attorney-General to appeal against Crown Court sentences |
| London The Employment Act creates a special commissioner |
| London The Employment Act gives union members access to accounts |
| 1990 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Employment Act, employers cannot deny someone a job because they are not a TU member |
| London Employment Act, employment cannot be conditional on TU membership |
| 19th April London 44 Conservative MP's rebel against the Hong Kong Citizenship Bill |
| 1993 | Major, John Roy | |
| Legislation is passed to nationalize the railways |
| 20th July London The treaty of Maastricht recieves Royal Assent |
| 1997 | Dewar, Donald | |
| 18th Dec Introduces the Scotland Bill to the Commons, for a Scottish Parliament |
| 1998 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| 31st July The European Convention on Human Rights is incorporated into UK law by passing the Human Rights Act |
| Nov Acts of parliament bring about Scottish and Welsh devolution, paving way for Scottish, Welsh elections |
| 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 |
| The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act, creates the Electoral Commission to regulate elections and referendums and party spending to an extent |
| The Trans port Act creates the Strategic Rail Authority |
| 2005 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| 10th Feb The Commons passes the Identity Cards Bill at its 3rd reading by 224 votes to 64 |
| 18th Feb The Hunting Act, the ban on hunting with dogs, comes into force |
