First Powell Cabinet

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First Powell Cabinet
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Cabinet of United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Malta
1964 - Incumbent
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Date formed17 February 1964
Date dissolvedIncumbent
People
QueenElizabeth II
Prime MinisterEnoch Powell
Lord High Chancellor of BritainThe Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone
Member partyConservatives
Liberals
Protestant Unionists
Maltese Nationalists
Status in legislature
400 / 633
(52,46 %)
Opposition partyWiki:Labour_Party_(UK)
Independent Labour
Republican Labour
Opposition leaderHarold Wilson
History
Election(s)1968 United Kingdom Snap Election
Legislature term(s)43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
PredecessorFirst Wilson Cabinet
SuccessorIncumbent

The First Powell Cabinet formed the government of United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Malta following the 1968 United Kingdom Snap Election on February 17, 1968. This is the current cabinet of the United Kingdom, led by John Enoch Powell who was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a government after the scandalous end to the Harold Wilson Premiership.

Composition

Post Portrait Incumbent Term Party
Prime Minister EnochPowellUKGBNIM.png The Rt Hon
John Enoch Powell
MBE, KCB, MP
17 February 1968 - Present Conservatives
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham Allan Warren.jpg The Rt Hon Lord of Hailsham St Marylebone KG, CH, PC, FRS 19 February 1968 - Present Conservatives