Editing Politics of the United Kingdom (section)

==History==
{{Main|Post-war Britain (1945–1979)| History of the United Kingdom#Victorian era|Republic of Ireland|Political history of the United Kingdom (1979–present)}}

* [[Treaty of Union]] agreed by commissioners for each parliament on 22 July 1706.
* [[Acts of Union 1707]], passed by both the Parliament of England and the [[Parliament of Scotland]] to form the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].
* [[Acts of Union 1800]], passed by both the [[Parliament of Great Britain]] and the [[Parliament of Ireland]] to form the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]].
* [[Government of Ireland Act 1920]], passed by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] and created the [[partition of Ireland]]. The republican southern part of Ireland became [[Republic of Ireland]] (also known as Éire), leaving [[Northern Ireland]] part of the union.
* [[Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities|The Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities (EC)]] took effect on 1 January 1973.
* [[Brexit|The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union (EU)]] on 31 January 2020.

===Overviews by period===
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* [[2010s in United Kingdom political history]]
* [[2020s in United Kingdom political history]]
* [[Politics of the United Kingdom in the 19th century]]
* [[Premiership of Margaret Thatcher]]
* [[Premiership of John Major]]
* [[Premiership of Tony Blair]]
* [[Premiership of Gordon Brown]]
* [[Premiership of David Cameron]]
* [[Premiership of Theresa May]]
* [[Premiership of Boris Johnson]]
* [[Premiership of Liz Truss]]
* [[Premiership of Rishi Sunak]]
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