The Prime Minister is the political leader of the United Kingdom and is the head of the Government. So far there have been 12 Prime Ministers during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Harold Wilson serving twice, in 1964 and again in 1974).
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term |
name |
political party |
|
1721-42 |
Sir Robert Walpole |
Whig |
|
1742-43 |
Earl of Wilmington |
Whig |
|
1743-54 |
Henry Pelham |
Whig |
|
1754-56 |
Duke of Newcastle |
Whig |
|
1756-57 |
Duke of Devonshire |
Whig |
|
1757-62 |
Duke of Newcastle |
Whig |
|
1762-63 |
Earl of Bute |
Tory |
|
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|
1763-65 |
George Grenville |
Whig |
|
1765-66 |
Marquess of Rockingham |
Whig |
|
1767-70 |
Duke of Grafton |
Whig |
|
1770-82 |
Lord North |
Tory |
|
1782 |
Marquess of Rockingham |
Whig |
|
1782-83 |
Earl of Shelburne |
Whig |
|
1783 |
Duke of Portland |
coalition |
|
1783-1801 |
William Pitt the Younger |
Tory |
|
1801-04 |
Henry Addington |
Tory |
|
1804-06 |
William Pitt the Younger |
Tory |
|
1806-07 |
Lord Grenville |
coalition |
|
1807-09 |
Duke of Portland |
Tory |
|
1809-12 |
Spencer Perceval |
Tory |
|
1812-27 |
Earl of Liverpool |
Tory |
|
1827 |
George Canning |
coalition |
|
1827-28 |
Viscount Goderich |
Tory |
|
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|
1828-30 |
Tory |
|
|
1830-34 |
Earl Grey |
Whig |
|
1834 |
Viscount Melbourne |
Whig |
|
1834-35 |
Whig |
|
|
1835-41 |
Viscount Melbourne |
Whig |
|
1841-46 |
Sir Robert Peel |
Conservative |
|
1846-52 |
Lord Russell |
Liberal |
|
1852 |
Earl of Derby |
Conservative |
|
1852-55 |
Lord Aberdeen |
Peelite |
|
1855-58 |
Viscount Palmerston |
Liberal |
|
1858-59 |
Earl of Derby |
Conservative |
|
1859-65 |
Viscount Palmerston |
Liberal |
|
1865-66 |
Lord Russell |
Liberal |
|
1866-68 |
Earl of Derby |
Conservative |
|
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|
1868 |
Benjamin Disraeli |
Conservative |
|
1868-74 |
W E Gladstone |
Liberal |
|
1874-80 |
Benjamin Disraeli |
Conservative |
|
1880-85 |
W E Gladstone |
Liberal |
|
1885-86 |
Marquess of Salisbury |
Conservative |
|
1886 |
W E Gladstone |
Liberal |
|
1886-92 |
Marquess of Salisbury |
Conservative |
|
1892-94 |
W E Gladstone |
Liberal |
|
1894-95 |
Earl of Rosebery |
Liberal |
|
1895-1902 |
Marquess of Salisbury |
Conservative |
|
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|
1902-05 |
Arthur James Balfour |
Conservative |
|
1905-08 |
Sir H Campbell-Bannerman |
Liberal |
|
1908-15 |
H H Asquith |
Liberal |
|
1915-16 |
H H Asquith |
coalition |
|
1916-22 |
coalition |
|
|
1922-23 |
Andrew Bonar Law |
Conservative |
|
1923-24 |
Stanley Baldwin |
Conservative |
|
1924 |
Ramsay MacDonald |
Labour |
|
1924-29 |
Stanley Baldwin |
Conservative |
|
1929-31 |
Ramsey MacDonald |
Labour |
|
1931-35 |
Ramsey MacDonald |
national coalition |
|
1935-37 |
Stanley Baldwin |
national coalition |
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|
1937-40 |
Neville Chamberlain |
national coalition |
|
1940-45 |
Sir Winston Churchill |
coalition |
|
1945-51 |
Clement Attlee |
Labour |
|
1951-55 |
Sir Winston Churchill |
Conservative |
|
1955-57 |
Sir Anthony Eden |
Conservative |
|
1957-63 |
Harold Macmillan |
Conservative |
|
1963-64 |
Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
Conservative |
|
1964-70 |
Harold Wilson |
Labour |
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|
1970-74 |
Edward Heath |
Conservative |
|
1974-76 |
Harold Wilson |
Labour |
|
1976-79 |
James Callaghan |
Labour |
|
1979-90 |
Margaret Thatcher |
Conservative |
|
1990-97 |
John Major |
Conservative |
|
1997-2007 |
Tony Blair |
Labour |
|
2007-2010 |
Gordon Brown |
Labour |
|
2010 - |
David Cameron |
Con / Lib coalition |
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