First Parliament of Great Britain

1st Parliament of Great Britain
← 2nd Anne 2nd →
Portrait of John Smith by Godfrey Kneller, 1708. Smith was the first Speaker in the newly-united British legislature.
Overview
Term	23 October 1707 (1707-10-23) – 14 April 1708 (1708-04-14)
House of Commons
Members	558 MPs
Speaker of the House of Commons	John Smith
House of Lords
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal	William Cowper
Sessions
1st 23 October 1707 (1707-10-23) – 1 April 1708 (1708-04-01)

Parliaments of Great Britain
Anne   1st 1707   2nd 1708   3rd 1710   4th (with George I) 1713
George I   4th (with Anne) 1713   5th 1715   6th (with George II) 1722
George II   6th (with George I) 1722   7th 1727   8th 1734   9th 1741   10th 1747   11th (with George III) 1754
George III   11th (with George II) 1754   12th 1761   13th 1768   14th 1774   15th 1780   16th 1784   17th 1790   18th 1796
List of parliaments of Great Britain Other countries
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The first Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain was established in 1707 after the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. It was in fact the 4th and last session of the 2nd Parliament of Queen Anne suitably renamed: no fresh elections were held in England or in Wales, and the existing members of the House of Commons of England sat as members of the new House of Commons of Great Britain. In Scotland, prior to the union coming into effect, the Scottish Parliament appointed sixteen peers (see Scottish representative peers) and 45 Members of Parliaments to join their English counterparts at Westminster.