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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom and the Head of Her Majesty's Government. The office holder is responsible for selecting all other members of the government, chairing Cabinet meetings and deciding when to call a new general election for the House of Commons.^[1]^[2] The Prime Minister can also make appointments to senior positions in the Church of England, appoint judges and propose the creation of new life peers.^[3]

There is no specific date when the office of Prime Minister first appeared, as the role was not created but evolved over a period of time.^[4] However, modern historians generally apply the title of First Prime Minister to Sir Robert Walpole, who led the country for 21 years from 1721 to 1742.^[5]^[6] As of 2009^[update], Walpole is the longest serving Prime Minister of the country.^[7] The office is currently held by Gordon Brown, the Leader of the Labour Party.^[8]

Colour key
(for political parties)

Whig

Tory

Conservative

Peelite/Whig

Liberal

Labour

National Labour

Prime Ministers under George I (1714–1727) and George II (1727–1760)

	Name	Term of office	Electoral mandates	Political party	Other ministerial offices held while Prime Minister	Refs
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Sir Robert Walpole	4 April 1721 11 Feb. 1742	1722, 1727, 1734, 1741	Whig (1721–30; 1730–42)	First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Leader of the House of Commons	^[9]^[7]
Regarded as the first Prime Minister in the modern sense; The South Sea Company bubble; criticised for Great Britain's poor performance in the War of Jenkins' Ear.						^[9]^[7]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Sir Robert Walpole		Spencer Compton The Earl of Wilmington	16 Feb. 1742 2 July 1743	—	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury	^[10]
Increased tax on spirits; in poor health for much of his time as Prime Minister, the government was led de facto by John Carteret.			Spencer Compton The Earl of Wilmington					^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Henry Pelham		27 Aug. 1743 6 March 1754	1747	Whig (1743–44; 1744–46)	First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Leader of the House of Commons	^[11]
Reorganisation of the Royal Navy; 1745 Jacobite Rebellion; adoption of the Gregorian Calendar; Marriage Act 1753; helped end the War of the Austrian Succession.							^[11]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Henry Pelham		Thomas Pelham-Holles The Duke of Newcastle (1st ministry)	16 March 1754 16 Nov. 1756	1754	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[10]
Led Great Britain into the Seven Years' War with France in North America.			Thomas Pelham-Holles The Duke of Newcastle (1st ministry)					^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	William Cavendish The Duke of Devonshire		16 Nov. 1756 25 June 1757	—	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[10]
The government was largely run by William Pitt the Elder.							^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	William Cavendish The Duke of Devonshire		Thomas Pelham-Holles The Duke of Newcastle (2nd ministry)	2 July 1757 26 May 1762	1761	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[10]
Great Britain gained more influence abroad in the Seven Years' War; the war was largely prosecuted by Pitt the Elder as Secretary of State.			Thomas Pelham-Holles The Duke of Newcastle (2nd ministry)					^[10]

Prime Ministers under George III (1760–1820)

	Name	Term of office	Electoral mandates	Political party	Other ministerial offices held while Prime Minister	Refs
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	John Stuart The Earl of Bute	26 May 1762 8 April 1763	—	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[12]
Ended the dominance of the Whigs and the Seven Years' War.						^[12]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	John Stuart The Earl of Bute	File:George Grenville tom you are such a fag.png	George Grenville tom you are such afag	16 April 1763 13 July 1765	—	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury / fag, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Leader of the House of Commons	^[13]
Lowered domestic tax at the expense of the colonies; introduced the Stamp Act 1765 (which ultimately led to the American Revolution).			George Grenville tom you are such afag					^[13]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Charles Watson-Wentworth The Marquess of Rockingham (1st ministry)	File:George Grenville tom you are such a fag.png	13 July 1765 30 July 1766	—	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[14]
Repealed the controversial Stamp Act, inspired by protests from both American colonists and British manufacturers who were hurt by it.							^[14]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|			William Pitt the Elder The Earl of Chatham	30 July 1766 14 Oct. 1768	—	Whig	Lord Privy Seal	^[15]
The first real Imperialist; credited with the birth of the British Empire; defeated France in Canada, thereby indirectly precipitating the French Revolution.			William Pitt the Elder The Earl of Chatham					^[15]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Augustus FitzRoy The Duke of Grafton		14 Oct. 1768 28 Jan. 1770	1768	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[16]
Attempted to reconcile with the American colonies.							^[16]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Augustus FitzRoy The Duke of Grafton		Frederick North Lord North	28 Jan. 1770 22 March 1782	1774, 1780	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Leader of the House of Commons	^[17]
Led Great Britain into the American Revolution, making a number of tactical errors; the Gordon Riots; attempted reform in Ireland; resigned after a vote of no confidence against the will of the King.			Frederick North Lord North					^[17]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Charles Watson-Wentworth The Marquess of Rockingham (2nd ministry)		27 March 1782 1 July 1782	—	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[10]
Acknowledged the independence of the United States; began a process of economic reform. Died in office.							^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|			William Petty The Earl of Shelburne	4 July 1782 2 April 1783		Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[10]
Planned political reform; secured peace with the United States, France and Spain.			William Petty The Earl of Shelburne					^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	William Cavendish-Bentinck The Duke of Portland (1st ministry)		2 April 1783 19 Dec. 1783	—	Whig (Fox-North Coalition)	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[10]
Titular head of the Fox-North Coalition. Attempted to reform the British East India Company, but was blocked by George III.							^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|			William Pitt the Younger (1st ministry)	19 Dec. 1783 14 March 1801	1784, 1790, 1796	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Leader of the House of Commons	^[18]
Youngest Prime Minister. India Act 1784; attempted to remove rotten boroughs; personally opposed to the slave trade; reduced the national debt due to the rebellion in the North American colonies; formed the Triple Alliance; Constitutional Act of 1791; war with France starting in 1793; introduced the first income tax; Act of Union 1800.			William Pitt the Younger (1st ministry)					^[18]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Henry Addington		17 March 1801 10 May 1804	1801 co-option, 1802	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Leader of the House of Commons	^[10]
Negotiated the Treaty of Amiens with France in 1802.							^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Henry Addington		William Pitt the Younger (2nd ministry)	10 May 1804 23 Jan. 1806	—	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Leader of the House of Commons	^[10]
Alliance with Russia, Austria and Sweden against France (Third Coalition); Battle of Trafalgar; Battle of Ulm; Battle of Austerlitz. Died in office.			William Pitt the Younger (2nd ministry)					^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	William Wyndham Grenville The Lord Grenville		11 Feb. 1806 31 March 1807	1806	Whig (Ministry of All the Talents)	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[10]
Abolition of the slave trade.							^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	William Wyndham Grenville The Lord Grenville		William Cavendish-Bentinck The Duke of Portland (2nd ministry)	31 March 1807 4 Oct. 1809	1807	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury	^[10]
He headed a Tory government; was old and ill, leaving the Cabinet to their own devices (largely headed by Spencer Perceval).								^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Spencer Perceval		4 Oct. 1809 11 May 1812	—	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster & Leader of the House of Commons	^[19]
Descent of George III into madness; his administration was notable for the lack of senior statesmen (Perceval also served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer); Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The only Prime Minister to have been assassinated.							^[19]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Spencer Perceval		Robert Banks Jenkinson Lord Liverpool	8 June 1812 9 April 1827	1812, 1818, 1820, 1826	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[20]
Oversaw the United Kingdom's victory in the Napoleonic Wars; the Congress of Vienna; an economic recession in 1817; the Luddite movement; The War of 1812 (in Britain, the American War of 1812 to 1815); Peterloo Massacre in 1819; return to the gold standard in 1819; the Cato Street Conspiracy to assassinate Liverpool in 1820.			Robert Banks Jenkinson Lord Liverpool					^[20]

Prime Ministers under George IV (1820–1830)

	Name	Term of office	Electoral mandates	Political party	Other ministerial offices held while Prime Minister	Refs
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	George Canning	10 April 1827 8 Aug 1827	—	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Leader of the House of Commons	^[10]
Died shortly after taking office.						^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	George Canning		Frederick John Robinson The Viscount Goderich	31 Aug. 1827 21 Jan. 1828	—	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[10]
Lacked support amongst colleagues; resigned.			Frederick John Robinson The Viscount Goderich					^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Arthur Wellesley The Duke of Wellington (1st ministry)		22 Jan. 1828 16 Nov. 1830	1830	Tory	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[10]
Catholic Emancipation Bill (over which he fought a duel).							^[10]

Prime Ministers under William IV (1830–1837)

	Name	Term of office	Electoral mandates	Political party	Other ministerial offices held while Prime Minister	Refs
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Charles Grey The Earl Grey	22 Nov. 1830 9 July 1834	1831, 1832	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[21]
Reform Act 1832; quelled Swing Riots; restriction of employment of children; reform of the Poor Laws; abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire.						^[21]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Charles Grey The Earl Grey		William Lamb The Viscount Melbourne (1st ministry)	16 July 1834 14 Nov. 1834	—	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[22]
William IV's opposition forced him to resign.			William Lamb The Viscount Melbourne (1st ministry)					^[22]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Arthur Wellesley The Duke of Wellington (2nd ministry)		14 Nov. 1834 10 Dec. 1834	—	Tory (Conservative)	First Lord of the Treasury, Secretary of State for the Home Department, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies & Leader of the House of Lords	^[23]
Caretaker government while Sir Robert Peel was located and returned to London. Held many of the major posts himself.							^[23]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Arthur Wellesley The Duke of Wellington (2nd ministry)		Sir Robert Peel (1st ministry)	10 Dec. 1834 8 April 1835	1835†	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Leader of the House of Commons	^[24]^[25]
†Minority government. Unable to form a majority in Parliament so resigned.			Sir Robert Peel (1st ministry)					^[24]^[25]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	William Lamb The Viscount Melbourne (2nd ministry)		18 April 1835 30 Aug. 1841	1835, 1837	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[26]
A father figure to Queen Victoria; Municipal Corporations Act 1835; Bedchamber Crisis; Treaty of Waitangi.							^[26]

Prime Ministers under Victoria (1837–1901)

	Name	Term of office	Electoral mandates	Political party	Other ministerial offices held while Prime Minister	Refs
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Sir Robert Peel (2nd ministry)	30 Aug. 1841 29 June 1846	1841	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[27]
Mines Act 1842; reintroduction of income tax; Factory Act 1844; Railway Act 1844; repeal of the Corn Laws (triggered by the Great Irish Potato Famine) and other tariffs; Maynooth Grant.						^[27]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Sir Robert Peel (2nd ministry)		Lord John Russell (1st ministry)	30 June 1846 21 Feb. 1852	1847†	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[28]
†Minority government, but with the Conservatives split between Protectionists and Peelites, the Whigs held power. Education Act 1847; Don Pacifico affair; Chartist demonstrations; Australian Colonies Government Act; The Great Exhibition; improved the Poor laws.			Lord John Russell (1st ministry)					^[28]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Edward Smith-Stanley The Earl of Derby (1st ministry)		23 Feb. 1852 17 Dec. 1852	1852	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[29]
Government collapsed when his Chancellor's Budget was defeated.							^[29]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Peelite/meta/color" \|	Edward Smith-Stanley The Earl of Derby (1st ministry)		George Hamilton-Gordon The Earl of Aberdeen	19 Dec. 1852 30 Jan. 1855	—	Peelite (Coalition)	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[30]
Only Peelite Prime Minister. Led the country into the Crimean War; resigned after defeat in the vote for an inquiry into the conduct of the war.			George Hamilton-Gordon The Earl of Aberdeen					^[30]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Henry John Temple The Viscount Palmerston (1st ministry)		6 Feb. 1855 19 Feb. 1858	1857	Whig	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[31]
Responded to the Indian mutiny of 1857; introduced the India Bill.							^[31]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Henry John Temple The Viscount Palmerston (1st ministry)		Edward Smith-Stanley The Earl of Derby (2nd ministry)	20 Feb. 1858 11 June 1859	—	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[32]
Government of India Act 1858, transferring ownership of the East India Company to the Crown; Jews Relief Act, allowing Jews to become MPs.			Edward Smith-Stanley The Earl of Derby (2nd ministry)					^[32]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Henry John Temple The Viscount Palmerston (2nd ministry)		12 June 1859 18 Oct. 1865	1859, 1865	Liberal	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[33]
Between periods in office he founded the Liberal Party; term dominated by policy concerning the American Civil War; attempts to alleviate suffering caused by the Lancashire Cotton Famine. Died in office.							^[33]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Henry John Temple The Viscount Palmerston (2nd ministry)		John Russell The Earl Russell (2nd ministry)	29 Oct. 1865 26 June 1866	—	Liberal	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[34]
Attempted to introduce a further Reform Bill, but was opposed by his Cabinet.			John Russell The Earl Russell (2nd ministry)					^[34]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Edward Smith-Stanley The Earl of Derby (3rd ministry)		28 June 1866 25 Feb. 1868	—	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Lords	^[35]
Reform Act 1867; considered by some to be the father of the modern Conservative Party.							^[35]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Edward Smith-Stanley The Earl of Derby (3rd ministry)		Benjamin Disraeli (1st ministry)	27 Feb. 1868 1 Dec. 1868	—	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[36]
Only ethnically Jewish Prime Minister; dissolved Parliament as the Conservatives did not have a majority.			Benjamin Disraeli (1st ministry)					^[36]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone (1st ministry)		3 Dec. 1868 17 Feb. 1874	1868	Liberal	First Lord of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Commons & Chancellor of the Exchequer (1873–74)	^[37]
Introduced reforms to the British Army, Civil Service and local government; made peacetime flogging illegal; Irish Church Disestablishment Act 1869; Irish Land Act 1870; Education Act 1870; Trade Union Act 1871; Ballot Act 1872; Licensing Act 1872; failed to prevent the Franco-Prussian War.							^[37]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone (1st ministry)		Benjamin Disraeli The Earl of Beaconsfield (2nd ministry)	20 Feb. 1874 21 April 1880	1874	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Commons (1874–1876), Lord Privy Seal (1876–78) & Leader of the House of Lords (1876–80)	^[38]
Various social reforms including the Climbing Boys Act 1875, the Public Health Act 1875 and the Artisan's and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Act 1875; purchase of shares in the Suez Canal Company; Congress of Berlin; reintroduction of Queen Victoria to public life, including bestowing the title Empress of India; Second Anglo-Afghan War; breaking up of the League of the Three Emperors; the Zulu War; start of Long Depression.			Benjamin Disraeli The Earl of Beaconsfield (2nd ministry)					^[38]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone (2nd ministry)		23 April 1880 9 June 1885	1880	Liberal	First Lord of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Commons & Chancellor of the Exchequer (1880–82)	^[39]
First Boer War; Irish Coercion Act; Kilmainham Treaty; Phoenix Park Murders; Married Women's Property Act 1882; Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883; Reform Act 1884, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (sometimes known collectively as the Third Reform Act); failure to rescue General Gordon in Khartoum, Sudan.							^[39]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone (2nd ministry)		Robert Gascoyne-Cecil The Marquess of Salisbury (1st ministry)	23 June 1885 28 Jan. 1886	1885†	Conservative	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs & Leader of the House of Lords	^[40]
†Minority government. Legislation providing for housing the working class.								^[40]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone (3rd ministry)		1 Feb. 1886 20 July 1886	1885	Liberal	First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Privy Seal & Leader of the House of Commons	^[41]
First introduction of the Home Rule Bill for Ireland, which split the Liberal Party, resulting in the end of Gladstone's government.							^[41]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone (3rd ministry)		Robert Gascoyne-Cecil The Marquess of Salisbury (2nd ministry)	25 July 1886 11 Aug. 1892	1886	Conservative	Leader of the House of Lords, First Lord of the Treasury (1886–87) & Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1887–92)	^[42]
Opposed Irish home rule; repeal of final Contagious Diseases Act; Local Government Act 1888; Partition of Africa; Free Education Act 1891; creation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe); New Unionism and London Dock Strike of 1889.								^[42]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone (4th ministry)		15 Aug. 1892 2 March 1894	1892†	Liberal	First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Privy Seal & Leader of the House of Commons	^[43]
†Minority government. Reintroduction of the Home Rule Bill, which was passed by the House of Commons but rejected by the House of Lords leading to his resignation.							^[43]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone (4th ministry)		Archibald Primrose The Earl of Rosebery	5 March 1894 22 June 1895	—	Liberal	First Lord of the Treasury, Lord President of the Council & Leader of the House of Lords	^[44]
Imperialist; plans for expanding the Royal Navy caused disagreement within the Liberal Party; resigned following a vote of censure over military supplies.			Archibald Primrose The Earl of Rosebery					^[44]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil The Marquess of Salisbury (3rd ministry)		25 June 1895 11 July 1902	1895, 1900	Conservative (Unionist)	Leader of the House of Lords, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1895–1900) & Lord Privy Seal (1900–02)	^[45]
Workmen's Compensation Act 1897; Anglo-Zanzibar War; Second Boer War and Khaki election; Anglo-Japanese Alliance.							^[45]

Prime Ministers under Edward VII (1901–1910)

	Name	Term of office	Electoral mandates	Political party	Other ministerial offices held while Prime Minister	Refs
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Arthur Balfour	11 July 1902 5 Dec. 1905	—	Conservative (Unionist)	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[10]
Had poor relations with Edward VII; his cabinet was split over free trade; establishment of the Committee of Imperial Defence; Entente Cordiale; Education Act 1902; Taff Vale case.						^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Arthur Balfour		Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman	5 Dec. 1905 7 April 1908	1906	Liberal	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[10]
Restored autonomy to Transvaal and the Orange Free State; Anglo-Russian Entente; first Prime Minister to be referred to as such in Parliamentary legislation.			Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman					^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Herbert Henry Asquith		7 April 1908 7 Dec. 1916	January 1910†, December 1910†	Liberal (1908–15; Coalition 1915–16)	First Lord of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Commons & Secretary of State for War (1914)	^[10]
†Hung Parliaments. Liberal Welfare Reforms; People's Budget; Parliament Act 1911; National Insurance and pensions; Suffragettes and the Cat and Mouse Act; Home Rule Act 1914; World War I; Easter Rising.							^[10]

Prime Ministers under George V (1910–1936) and Edward VIII (1936)

	Name	Term of office	Electoral mandates	Political party	Other ministerial offices held while Prime Minister	Refs
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	David Lloyd George	7 Dec. 1916 19 Oct. 1922	1918	Liberal (Coalition)	First Lord of the Treasury	^[46]
Welsh-speaking: only Prime Minister whose mother tongue was not English. End of World War I; Paris Peace Conference; attempted to extend conscription to Ireland during the First World War; granted women over 30 the vote; formation of the Irish Free State.						^[46]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	David Lloyd George		Andrew Bonar Law	23 Oct. 1922 20 May 1923	1922	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[47]
Canadian-born: only Prime Minister born outside the British Isles. Resigned due to ill health; died six months after leaving office.			Andrew Bonar Law					^[47]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Stanley Baldwin (1st ministry)		23 May 1923 16 Jan. 1924	—	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Commons & Chancellor of the Exchequer (1923)	^[48]
Called a general election to gain a mandate for protectionist tariffs but failed to gain a majority; resigned after losing a vote of confidence.							^[48]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Stanley Baldwin (1st ministry)		Ramsay MacDonald (1st ministry)	22 Jan. 1924 4 Nov. 1924	1923†	Labour	First Lord of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Commons & Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	^[49]
†Hung Parliament; minority government reliant on Liberal support. First Labour Prime Minister; did not have a majority so could not introduce radical legislation; settled reparations with Germany following World War I; Zinoviev letter.			Ramsay MacDonald (1st ministry)					^[49]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Stanley Baldwin (2nd ministry)		4 Nov. 1924 5 June 1929	1924	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[50]
Treaty of Locarno; signatory of the Kellogg-Briand Pact; Pensions Act; enfranchisement of women over 21; UK General Strike of 1926.							^[50]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Stanley Baldwin (2nd ministry)		Ramsay MacDonald (2nd ministry)	5 June 1929 24 Aug. 1931	1929†	Labour	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[51]
†Hung Parliament. Appointed the first female minister, Margaret Bondfield; economic crises following the Wall Street Crash of 1929.			Ramsay MacDonald (2nd ministry)					^[51]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:National Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Ramsay MacDonald (3rd ministry)		24 Aug. 1931 7 June 1935	1931	National Labour (National Government)	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[52]
Unable to retain the support of the Labour Party, MacDonald officially resigned and was then re-appointed to form a National Government with the support of the Conservative and Liberal parties. He was expelled from the Labour Party.							^[52]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Ramsay MacDonald (3rd ministry)		Stanley Baldwin (3rd ministry)	7 June 1935 28 May 1937	1935	Conservative (National Government)	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[53]
Edward VIII abdication crisis; started rearmament but later criticised for failing to rearm more when Adolf Hitler broke Germany's Treaty of Versailles obligations.			Stanley Baldwin (3rd ministry)					^[53]

Prime Ministers under George VI (1936–1952)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Electoral mandates	Political party	Other ministerial offices held while Prime Minister	Refs
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	File:Arthur-Neville-Chamberlain.jpg	Neville Chamberlain	28 May 1937 10 May 1940	—	Conservative (National Govt 1937–39; War Govt 1939–40)	First Lord of the Treasury & Leader of the House of Commons	^[10]
Attempted to prevent World War II through appeasement of Germany; widely criticised following the German invasion of Poland; resigned after failing to form a Coalition Government.							^[10]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	File:Arthur-Neville-Chamberlain.jpg	Neville Chamberlain		Winston Churchill (1st ministry)	10 May 1940 23 May 1945	—	Conservative (Coalition)	First Lord of the Treasury, Minister of Defence & Leader of the House of Commons (1940–42)	^[54]
World War II; led a Coalition Government; foundation of the United Nations; proposed what would eventually lead to the European Union; Beveridge Report.				Winston Churchill (1st ministry)					^[54]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		Winston Churchill (2nd ministry)		23 May 1945 26 July 1945	—	Conservative (Caretaker)	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister of Defence	^[55]
Following the ending of his all-party coalition, Churchill formed a "caretaker" government out of Conservatives, Liberal Nationals and non-party figures. However after two months it was defeated in the 1945 general election.								^[55]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		Winston Churchill (2nd ministry)		Clement Attlee	26 July 1945 26 Oct. 1951	1945, 1950	Labour	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister of Defence (1945–46)	^[56]
Initiated the post-war consensus; introduced nationalisation of utilities; foundation of the National Health Service; extended national insurance scheme; independence of India and the end of the British role in Palestine; foundation of NATO; beginning of the Cold War; the Berlin Blockade and the resulting Berlin Airlift; the start of British involvement in the Korean War.				Clement Attlee					^[56]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		Sir Winston Churchill (3rd ministry)		26 Oct. 1951 7 April 1955	1951	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister of Defence (1951–52)	^[57]
Domestic policy interrupted by foreign disputes (Korean War, Operation Ajax, Mau Mau Uprising, Malayan Emergency).								^[57]

Prime Ministers under Elizabeth II (1952–Present)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Electoral mandates	Political party	Other ministerial offices held while Prime Minister	Refs
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	File:AREden.jpg	Sir Anthony Eden	7 April 1955 10 Jan. 1957	1955	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury	^[58]
Failed to prevent the Egyptian nationalisation of the Suez Canal; invaded Egypt, leading to the Suez Crisis.							^[58]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	File:AREden.jpg	Sir Anthony Eden	File:Macmillan cph.3b40592.jpg	Harold Macmillan	10 Jan. 1957 19 Oct. 1963	1959	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury	^[59]
The UK applied to join the European Economic Community for the first time, the application split the Conservatives and was vetoed by Charles de Gaulle; acceptance of Keynesianism; Rent Act 1957; Wind of Change speech; Notting Hill race riots and New Commonwealth immigration; beginning of Beeching Axe; Night of the Long Knives; Cuban missile crisis; Profumo Affair.				Harold Macmillan					^[59]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		Sir Alec Douglas-Home	File:Macmillan cph.3b40592.jpg	19 Oct. 1963 16 Oct. 1964	—	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury	^[60]
Was the Earl of Home when he became Prime Minister, and renounced his peerage on 23 October 1963 in order to stand for the House of Commons.								^[60]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		Sir Alec Douglas-Home		Harold Wilson (1st ministry)	16 Oct. 1964 19 June 1970	1964, 1966	Labour	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister for the Civil Service (1968-70)	^[61]
Social reforms, including legalisation of abortion and decriminalisation of homosexuality; Rhodesian U.D.I.; adopted, then abandoned, the National Plan for the economy; Devaluation of the pound; foundation of the Open University; dispute over In Place of Strife trade union reforms.				Harold Wilson (1st ministry)					^[61]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		Edward Heath		19 June 1970 4 March 1974	1970	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister for the Civil Service	^[62]
U-turned over intervention in industry; negotiated Britain's entry to the European Community; Violence due to Northern Ireland's "Troubles" peaked; the Sunningdale Agreement agreed; Three-Day Week; called early election in backfiring attempt to confront striking miners.								^[62]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		Edward Heath		Harold Wilson (2nd ministry)	4 March 1974 5 April 1976	February 1974†, October 1974	Labour	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister for the Civil Service	^[63]
†Hung Parliament. Ended dispute with miners; Social Contract with trade unions over the economy; Health and Safety at Work Act; Renegotiated terms for EC membership, then 1975 referendum validated entry; North Sea oil, Cod War.				Harold Wilson (2nd ministry)					^[63]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		James Callaghan		5 April 1976 4 May 1979	—	Labour	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister for the Civil Service	^[64]^[65]
International Monetary Fund loan to support the pound; the Lib-Lab pact; enacted devolution to Scotland and Wales but referendums stopped them; relations with trade unions broke down in the Winter of Discontent.								^[64]^[65]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		James Callaghan		Margaret Thatcher	4 May 1979 28 Nov. 1990	1979, 1983, 1987	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister for the Civil Service	^[66]^[67]
First female Prime Minister of the UK; Falklands War; sold council housing to tenants (right to buy); miners' strike 1984–5; privatisation of many previously government-owned industries; decreased the power of trade unions; Anglo-Irish Agreement; Section 28; abolition of GLC; Sino-British joint declaration; negotiation of the UK rebate towards the European Community budget; Westland Affair; the "Poll tax"; Lockerbie bombing, the end of the Cold War.				Margaret Thatcher					^[66]^[67]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		John Major		28 Nov. 1990 2 May 1997	1992	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister for the Civil Service	^[68]^[69]
Global recession; Gulf War; ratification of the Maastricht Treaty and the Maastricht Rebels; forced exit from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism ("Black Wednesday"); the Downing Street Declaration (initiating the Northern Ireland peace process); Citizen's charter; Sunday Shopping; "Back to Basics" campaign; Cones Hotline; Dangerous Dogs Act.								^[68]^[69]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		John Major		Tony Blair	2 May 1997 27 June 2007	1997, 2001, 2005	Labour	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister for the Civil Service	^[70]^[71]
Hong Kong handover; Death of Diana, Princess of Wales; Independence for the Bank of England; Ecclestone tobacco controversy; Belfast Agreement; Human Rights Act; devolution to Scotland and Wales; House of Lords Reform; Minimum wage introduced; Kosovo War; creation of Greater London Authority and Mayoralty of London; War in Afghanistan; Iraq War; top-up fees introduced for university tuition; Civil Partnership Act; Constitutional Reform Act 2005; 2005 London bombings; Cash for Honours scandal; National identity cards introduced.				Tony Blair					^[70]^[71]
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		Gordon Brown		27 June 2007 Incumbent	—	Labour	First Lord of the Treasury & Minister for the Civil Service	^[72]
London car bombs; Glasgow Airport attack; foot-and-mouth outbreak (2007); national floods; child benefit data misplaced; Donorgate; Northern Rock nationalisation; Treaty of Lisbon; 42 Days detention; 10p Tax rate; Financial crisis of 2007–2009; Parliamentary expenses scandal; 2009 flu pandemic.								^[72]

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External links

Prime Ministers in History from the 10 Downing Street website

[1] "Government and Opposition roles". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2008-10-25.

[BBC_PM_role-2] "Prime minister". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-25.

[3] "Glossary — Parliamentary Jargon Explained; Prime Minister". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2008-10-25.

[4] Hennessy (2001), pp. 39–40

[5] Clarke (1993), p. 266

[6] Hennessy (2001), p. 39

[BBC_19May98-7] "Parties and Prime Ministers". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 May 1998. Retrieved 2008-10-12.

[8] "Her Majesty's Government". Parliament of the United Kingdom. 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2008-11-02.

[9] Clarke (1993), p. 266

[Telegraph_list-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "PMs through history". Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-16.

[11] "Leaders of the House; Henry Pelham". Office and Ministers. [[Office of the Leader of the House of Commons]]. Retrieved 2008-10-16.

[12] Thomas (2002), pp. 66–94

[13] Thomas (2002), pp. 95–124

[14] Thomas (2002), pp. 125–147

[15] Thomas (2002), pp. 148–196

[16] Thomas (2002), pp. 197–218

[17] Clarke (1993), pp. 278–279

[18] Clarke (1993), p. 281

[19] Priestley (2002), p. 62

[20] Priestley (2002), p. 65

[21] Clarke (1993), pp. 293–294

[22] Black (2006), p. 180

[23] Anderson (1856), pp. 442–443

[24] Black (2006), pp. 180–181

[25] Clarke (1993), p. 294

[26] Longford (1998), p. 63

[27] Longford (1998), pp. 156–157

[28] Longford (1998), p. 187

[29] Longford (1998), pp. 228–231

[30] Longford (1998), p. 232

[31] Longford (1998), p. 246

[32] Longford (1998), p. 281

[33] Longford (1998), p. 282

[34] Longford (1998), p. 346

[35] Longford (1998), p. 351

[36] Longford (1998), p. 353

[37] Longford (1998), p. 357

[38] Longford (1998), p. 396

[39] Longford (1998), p. 433

[40] Hunt, William (1907). The Political History of England. Longmans, Green and co. p. 505. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[41] Longford (1998), p. 484

[42] Longford (1998), pp. 492–493

[43] Longford (1998), pp. 518–519

[44] Longford (1998), pp. 527–528

[45] Longford (1998), pp. 533–534

[46] Rose (1983), pp. 196–198

[47] Rose (1983), p. 265

[48] Rose (1983), p. 272

[49] Rose (1983), p. 326

[50] Rose (1983), p. 337

[51] Rose (1983), p. 361

[52] Rose (1983), pp. 373–374

[53] Rose (1983), p. 398

[54] Hennessy (2001), p. 179

[55] Hennessy (2001), p. 158

[56] Hennessy (2001), p. 147

[57] Hennessy (2001), p. 178

[58] Hennessy (2001), p. 207

[59] Hennessy (2001), p. 248

[60] Hennessy (2001), p. 272

[61] Hennessy (2001), p. 286

[62] Hennessy (2001), p. 331

[63] Hennessy (2001), p. 357

[64] Hennessy (2001), p. 376

[65] "Lord Callaghan of Cardiff". The Times. Times Newspapers Ltd. 28 March 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-13.

[66] Hennessy (2001), p. 397

[67] Ballantyne, Aileen (5 May 1979). "Crowd's long cold wait for lady of the hour". The Guardian. Guardian and Manchester Evening News Ltd. Retrieved 2008-10-13.

[68] Hennessy (2001), p. 437

[69] "'John Major? Who's he?' asks Thatcher". The Independent. Newspaper Publishing PLC. 6 August 1995. Retrieved 2008-10-13.

[70] Hennessy (2001), p. 476

[71] "The Blair Years: 1997-2007". Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-13.

[72] Summers, Deborah (27 June 2007). "Brown declared prime minister". guardian.co.uk. Guardian News & Media. Retrieved 2008-10-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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