Third Protectorate Parliament

Third Protectorate Parliament

← 1656 December 1658 – January 1659 1660 →

All 567 seats of the House of Commons
284 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader John Thurloe Harry Vane
Party Protectorate Faction Commonwealthsmen
Leader's seat Cambridge University Whitchurch
Popular vote - -
Percentage - -

The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons. It was a bicameral Parliament, with an Upper House having a power of veto over the Commons.