List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom: Difference between revisions

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The '''prime minister of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]''' is the principal minister of the government of the British monarchy and the head of the British cabinet.
#REDIRECT [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]
 
The term 'prime minister' was originally an informal title that gained importance over time as duties were merged.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Party
!Term Began
!Term ended
|-
|[[Robert Walpole]]
|[[Whig]]
|3 April 1721
|11 February 1742
|-
|[[Spencer Compton]]
|Whig
|16 February 1742
|2 July 1743
|-
|[[Henry Pelham]]
|Whig
|27 August 1743
|6 March 1754
|-
|[[Thomas-Pelham Holles]]
|Whig
|16 March 1754
|11 November 1756
|-
|[[William Cavendish]]
|Whig
|16 November 1756
|29 June 1757
|-
|Thomas-Pelham Holles
|Whig
|29 June 1757
|26 May 1762
|-
|[[John Stuart]]
|[[Tory Party|Tory]]
|26 May 1762
|8 April 1763
|-
|[[George Grenville]]
|Whig
|16 April 1763
|10 July 1765
|-
|[[Charles Watson-Wentworth]]
|Whig
|13 July 1765
|30 July 1766
|-
|[[William Pitt the Elder]]
|Whig
|30 July 1766
|14 October 1768
|-
|[[Augustus FitzRoy]]
|Whig
|14 October 1768
|28 January 1770
|-
|[[Frederick North]]
|Tory
|28 January 1770
|27 March 1782
|-
|Charles Watson-Wentworth
|Whig
|27 March 1782
|1 July 1782
|-
|[[William Petty (Prime Minister)|William Petty]]
|Whig
|4 July 1782
|26 March 1783
|-
|[[William Cavendish-Bentinck]]
|Whig
|2 April 1783
|18 December 1783
|-
|[[William Pitt the Younger]]
|Tory
|19 December 1783
|14 March 1801
|-
|[[Henry Addington]]
|Tory
|17 March 1801
|10 May 1804
|-
|William Pitt the Younger
|Tory
|10 May 1804
|23 January 1806
|-
|[[William Grenville]]
|Whig
|11 February 1806
|25 March 1807
|-
|[[William Cavendish-Bentick]]
|Tory
|31 March 1807
|4 October 1809
|-
|[[Spencer Perceval]]
|Tory
|4 October 1809
|11 May 1812
|-
|[[Robert Jenkinson]]
|Tory
|8 June 1812
|9 April 1827
|-
|[[George Canning]]
|Tory
|12 April 1827
|8 August 1827
|-
|[[Frederick John Robinson]]
|Tory
|31 August 1827
|8 January 1828
|-
|[[Arthur Wellesley]]
|Tory
|22 January 1828
|16 November 1830
|-
|[[Charles Grey]]
|Whig
|22 November 1830
|9 July 1834
|-
|[[William Lamb]]
|Whig
|16 July 1834
|14 November 1834
|-
|Arthur Wellesley
|Tory
|17 November 1834
|9 December 1834
|-
|[[Robert Peel]]
|[[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative]]
|10 December 1834
|8 April 1835
|-
|William Lamb
|Whig
|18 April 1835
|30 August 1841
|-
|Robert Peel
|Conservative
|30 August 1841
|29 June 1846
|-
|[[Lord John Russell]]
|Whig
|30 June 1846
|21 February 1852
|-
|[[Edward Smith-Stanley]]
|Conservative
|23 February 1852
|17 December 1852
|-
|[[George-Hamilton-Gordon]]
|[[Peelite]]
|19 December 1852
|30 January 1855
|-
|[[Henry John Temple]]
|Whig
|6 February 1855
|19 February 1858
|-
|Edward Smith-Stanley
|Conservative
|20 February 1858
|11 June 1859
|-
|Henry John Temple
|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|12 June 1859
|18 October 1865
|-
|[[John Russell]]
|Liberal
|29 October 1865
|26 June 1866
|-
|Edward Smith-Stanley
|Conservative
|28 June 1866
|25 February 1868
|-
|[[Benjamin Disraeli]]
|Conservative
|27 February 1868
|1 December 1868
|-
|[[William Ewart Gladstone]]
|Liberal
|3 December 1868
|17 February 1874
|-
|Benjamin Disraeli
|Conservative
|20 February 1874
|21 April 1880
|-
|William Ewart Gladstone
|Liberal
|23 April 1880
|9 June 1885
|-
|[[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil]]
|Conservative
|23 June 1885
|28 January 1886
|-
|William Ewart Gladstone
|Liberal
|1 February 1886
|20 July 1886
|-
|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
|Conservative
|25 July 1886
|11 August 1892
|-
|William Ewart Gladstone
|Liberal
|15 August 1892
|2 March 1894
|-
|[[Archibald Primrose]]
|Liberal
|5 March 1894
|22 June 1895
|-
|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
|Conservative
|25 June 1895
|11 July 1902
|-
|[[Arthur Balfour]]
|Conservative
|12 July 1902
|4 December 1905
|-
|[[Henry Campbell-Bannerman]]
|Liberal
|5 December 1905
|3 April 1908
|-
|[[H.H. Asquith]]
|Liberal
|8 April 1908
|5 December 1916
|-
|[[David Lloyd George]]
|Liberal
|6 December 1916
|19 October 1922
|-
|[[Bonar Law]]
|Conservative
|23 October 1922
|20 May 1923
|-
|[[Stanley Baldwin]]
|Conservative
|22 May 1923
|22 January 1924
|-
|[[Ramsay Macdonald]]
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|22 January 1924
|4 November 1924
|-
|Stanley Baldwin
|Conservative
|4 November 1924
|4 June 1929
|-
|Ramsay Macdonald
|[[National Labour Organisation|National Labour]]
|5 June 1929
|7 June 1935
|-
|Stanley Baldwin
|Conservative
|7 June 1935
|28 May 1937
|-
|[[Neville Chamberlain]]
|Conservative
|28 May 1937
|10 May 1940
|-
|[[Winston Churchill]]
|Conservative
|10 May 1940
|26 July 1945
|-
|[[Clement Atlee]]
|Labour
|26 July 1945
|26 October 1951
|-
|Winston Churchill
|Conservative
|26 October 1951
|5 April 1955
|-
|[[Anthony Eden]]
|Conservative
|6 April 1955
|9 January 1957
|-
|[[Harold Macmillan]]
|Conservative
|10 January 1957
|18 October 1963
|-
|[[Alec Douglas-Home]]
|Conservative
|18 October 1963
|16 October 1964
|-
|[[Harold Wilson]]
|Labour
|16 October 1964
|19 June 1970
|-
|[[Edward Heath]]
|Conservative
|19 June 1970
|4 March 1974
|-
|Harold Wilson
|Labour
|4 March 1974
|5 April 1976
|-
|[[James Callaghan]]
|Labour
|5 April 1976
|4 May 1979
|-
|[[Margaret Thatcher]]
|Conservative
|4 May 1979
|28 November 1990
|-
|[[John Major]]
|Conservative
|28 November 1990
|2 May 1997
|-
|[[Tony Blair]]
|Labour
|2 May 1997
|27 June 2007
|-
|[[Gordon Brown]]
|Labour
|27 June 2007
|11 May 2010
|-
|[[David Cameron]]
|Conservative
|11 May 2010
|13 July 2016
|-
|[[Theresa May]]
|Conservative
|13 July 2016
|24 July 2019
|-
|[[Boris Johnson]]
|Conservative
|24 July 2019
|6 September 2022
|-
|[[Liz Truss]]
|Conservative
|6 September 2022
|25 October 2022
|-
|[[Rishi Sunak]]
|Conservative
|25 October 2022
|Incumbent
|}

Latest revision as of 15:49, 25 February 2024