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{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="11" |British Prime Ministers
|-
|Name
|Date of Birth
|Date of Death
|Party Affiliation
|Time in office
|General Elections held
|Constituency when in office
|Selected major events during time in office
|Monarch(s)
|Spouse
|Misc.
|-
|Robert Walpole
|26 Aug 1676
|18 Mar 1745
|Whig
|1721 -1742
|1722 / 1727 / 1734 / 1741
|King's Lynn (1713-1742)
|Recovery from South Sea Bubble financial crisis / War of Austrian Succession begins (1740-1748)
|George I / George II
|Catherine (née Shorter) d 1737 /
Maria (née Skerret) d 1738
|Longest serving PM (20 years 314 days)
|-
|Spencer Compton (1st Earl of Wilmington)
|c1673
|2 Jul 1743
|Whig
|1742 - 1743 (1 year 136 days)
|
|House of Lords
|
|George II
|
|Died in office
|-
|Henry Pelham
|23 Sep 1694
|6 Mar 1754
|Whig
|1743 - 1754
|1747
|Sussex (1727-1754)
|Jacobite Rebellion (1745/1746) / Gregorian calendar adopted (1752)
|George II
|(Lady) Katherine (née Manners)
|Known as the Broad Bottom Ministry / Died in office
|-
|Thomas Pelham-Holles (Duke of Newcastle)
|21 Jul 1693
|17 Nov 1768
|Whig
|1754 - 1756
|1754
|House of Lords
|Seven Years' War begins (1756-1763)
|George II
|(Lady) Henrietta (née Godolphin)
|Henry & Thomas Pelham are the only brothers to both serve as PM
|-
|William Cavendish (Duke of Devonshire
|8 May 1720
|2 Oct 1764
|Whig
|1756 - 1757
|
|House of Lords
|
|George II
|Charlotte (née Boyle - Baroness Clifford)
|
|-
|Thomas Pelham-Holles (Duke of Newcastle)
|21 Jul 1693
|17 Nov 1768
|Whig
|1757 - 1762
|1761
|House of Lords
|
|George II / George III
|(Lady) Henrietta (née Godolphin)
|
|-
|John Stuart (Earl of Bute)
|25 May 1713
|10 Mar 1762
|Tory
|1762 - 1763 (317 days)
|
|House of Lords
|Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War (1763)
|George III
|Mary (née Montagu)
|1st PM born in Scotland
|-
|George Grenville
|14 Oct 1712
|13 Nov 1770
|Whig
|1763 - 1765
|
|Buckingham (1741-1770)
|Stamp Act (1765) sparks unrest in the colonies ("No taxation without representation")
|George III
|Elizabeth (née Wyndham)
|
|-
|Charles Watson-Wentworth (Marquess of Rockingham)
|13 May 1730
|1 Jul 1782
|Whig
|1765 - 1766
|
|House of Lords
|Stamp Act repealed (1766)
|George III
|Mary (née Bright)
|
|-
|William Pitt the Elder (Earl of Chatham)
|15 Nov 1708
|11 May 1778
|Whig
|1766 - 1768
|1768
|Bath (1757–1766) Accepted title in 1766 - House of Lords
|Townshend Acts (1767-1768) - series of taxes and regulations to fund administration of the British colonies in America.
|George III
|Hester (née Grenville)
|The Great Commoner'
|-
|Augustus Henry Fitzroy (Duke of Grafton
|28 Sep 1735
|14 Mar 1811
|Whig
|1768 - 1770
|
|House of Lords
|Corsican crisis (1768-69)
|George III
|Anne (née Liddell) (div. 1769)
Elizabeth (née Wrottesley) (m. 1769)
|
|-
|Frederick North (Lord North)
|13 Apr 1732
|5 Aug 1792
|Tory
|1770 - 1782
|1774 / 1780
|Banbury (1754-1790)
|Boston Massacre (1770) / Tea Act sparks Boston Tea Party (1773) / American War of Independence (1775 - 1783)
|George III
|
|
|-
|Charles Watson-Wentworth (Marquess of Rockingham)
|13 May 1730
|1 Jul 1782
|Whig
|1782
|
|House of Lords
|Relief of the Poor Act (1782)
|George III
|Mary (née Bright)
|Died in office
|-
|William Petty (Earl of Shelburne)
|2 May 1737
|7 May 1805
|Whig
|1782 - 1783
|
|House of Lords
|Resigns after his terms for Treaty of Paris rejected
|George III
|Sophia (née Carteret) (d. 1771)
Louisa (née FitzPatrick) (m. 1779)
|
|-
|William Cavendish-Bentinck (Duke of Portland)
|14 Apr 1738
|30 Oct 1809
|Whig
|1783
|
|House of Lords
|Treaty of Paris ends American War of Independence (Sep 1783)
|George III
|Dorothy (née Lady Dorothy Cavendish - dau of William Cavendish (PM)
|Fox–North coalition of Whigs & Tories / owner of Portland Vase
|-
|William Pitt the Younger
|28 May 1759
|23 Jan 1806
|Tory
|1783 - 1801
|1784 / 1790 / 1796
| Appleby (1781-1784) / Cambridge University (1784-1806)
|Regency Bill (1789) proposed but King recovers / French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (Battle of the Nile 1797)
|George III
|
|Son of William Pitt the Elder / 1st PM of United Kingdom from 1801 / 'The Incorruptible'
|-
|Henry Addington (Lord Sidmouth)
|30 May 1757
|15 Feb 1844
|Tory
|1801 - 1804
|1802
|Devizes (1784-1805)
|Treaty of Amiens (1802) brief pause in Napoleonic Wars
|George III
|Ursula (née Hammond)
|
|-
|William Pitt the Younger
|28 May 1759
|23 Jan 1806
|Tory
|1804 - 1806
|
|Cambridge University (1784-1806)
|Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
|George III
|
|Died in office
|-
|William Grenville (Baron Grenville)
|24 Oct 1759
|12 Jan 1834
|Whig
|1806 - 1807
|1806
|House of Lords
|Slave Trade Act (1807) made the slave trade illegal throughout the British Empire
|George III
|Anne (née Pitt) grand-neice of William Pitt the Elder
|"Ministry of All the Talents"
|-
|William Cavendish-Bentinck (Duke of Portland)
|14 Apr 1738
|30 Oct 1809
|Tory
|1807 - 1809
|1807
|House of Lords
|
|George III
|Dorothy (née Lady Dorothy Cavendish)
|Cabinet members Canning and Castlereagh fight duel (1809) / longest gap between his 2 terms in office as PM (24 years)
|-
|Spencer Perceval
|1 Nov 1762
|11 May 1812
|Tory
|1809 - 1812
|
|Northampton (1796-1812)
|Care of King During his Illness, etc. Act (1811) - in effect a Regency Act
|George III
|Jane (née Wilson)
|Shot dead by John Bellingham in House of Commons. Only PM to be assassinated.
|-
|Robert Jenkinson (Earl of Liverpool)
|7 Jun 1770
|4 Dec 1828
|Tory
|1812 - 1827
|1812 / 1818 / 1820 / 1826
|House of Lords
|War of 1812 (1812-1815) / Battle of Waterloo and End of Napoleonic Wars (1815) / Congress of Vienna (1814-15) / Corn Laws (1815) / Peterloo Massacre (1819)
|George III / George IV
|Louisa (née Hervey) (d.1821)
Mary (née Chester) (m. 1822)
|Most recent PM to win 4 General Elections
|-
|George Canning
|11 Apr 1770
|8 Aug 1827
|Tory
|1827 (119 days)
|
|Seaford (1827)
|Failed in attempt to repeal Corn Laws
|George IV
|Joan (née Scott)
|Died in office - shortest term as PM until Liz Truss
|-
|Frederick Robinson (Viscount Goderich)
|30 Oct 1782
|28 Jan 1859
|Tory
|1827 - 1828 (144 days)
|
|House of Lords
|
|George IV
|Sarah (née Hobart)
|Never met in session in Parliament
|-
|Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington)
|c1 May 1769
|14 Sep 1852
|Tory
|1828 - 1830
|1830
|House of Lords
|Catholic Relief Act (aka Catholic Emancipation Act) (1829)
|William IV
|Catherine (née Pakenham)
|
|-
|Charles Grey
|13 Mar 1764
|17 Jul 1845
|Whig
|1830 - 1834
|1831 / 1832
|House of Lords
|Reform Act (1832) / Slavery Abolition Act (1833) abolished slavery in most of the British Empire - compensation paid to slave-owners.
|William IV
|Mary (née Ponsonby)
|
|-
|William Lamb (Viscount Melbourne)
|15 Mar 1779
|24 Nov 1848
|Whig
|1834
|
|House of Lords
|
|William IV
|Lady Caroline (née Ponsonby) d. 1828 - had an affair with Lord Byron in 1812
|
|-
|Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington)
|c1 May 1769
|14 Sep 1852
|Tory
|1834 (22 days as caretaker PM)
|
|House of Lords
|
|William IV
|Catherine (née Pakenham)
|Caretaker PM awaiting Peel's return from Sardinia
|-
|Sir Robert Peel
|5 Feb 1788
|2 Jul 1850
|Tory / Conservative
|1834 - 1835
|
|Tamworth (1830-1850)
|Tamworth Manifesto (1834) - outlined objectives for a British Conservative Party
|William IV
|Julia (née Floyd)
|
|-
|William Lamb (Viscount Melbourne)
|15 Mar 1779
|24 Nov 1848
|Whig
|1835 - 1841
|1835 / 1837
|House of Lords
|Municipal Reform Act (1835) / Dissenters' Marriage Bill (1836) - legalised civil marriage outside of the Church
|William IV / Victoria
|Lady Caroline (née Ponsonby)
|
|-
|Sir Robert Peel
|5 Feb 1788
|2 Jul 1850
|Conservative
|1841 - 1846
|1841
|Tamworth (1830-1850)
|Factory Act (1844) - improved working conditions for women and children / Importation Act (1846) effectively repealed the Corn Laws but on same day it passed Peel resigned after failure of Irish Coercion Bill intended to ameliorate situation resulting from Irish famine.
|Victoria
|Julia (née Floyd)
|
|-
|John Russell (Earl Russell)
|18 Aug 1792
|28 May 1878
|Whig
|1846 - 1852
|1847
|City of London (1841-1861)
|Factory Act (1847) - limited working hours / Public Health Act (1848) / Don Pacifico affair (1850) - 'gunboat diplomacy'
|Victoria
|Adelaide (née Lister) m. 1835; d.1838
Frances (née Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound) m.1841
|Dickens dedicated 'A Tale of Two Cities' to Russell: "In remembrance of many public services and private kindnesses"
|-
|Edward Smith-Stanley (Earl of Derby)
|29 Mar 1799
|23 Oct 1869
|Conservative
|1852
|1852
|House of Lords
|
|Victoria
|Emma (née Bootle-Wilbraham)
|Known as the "Who? Who?" ministry after Wellington asked the question as each new cabinet member was announced in the House of Lords.
|-
|George Hamilton-Gordon (Earl of Aberdeen)
|28 Jan 1784
|14 Dec 1860
|Tory / Peelite
|1852 - 1855
|
|House of Lords
|Crimean War (1853-1856)
|Victoria
|Lady Catherine (née Hamilton)
d.1812)
Harriet (née Douglas)
d.1833
|
|-
|Henry Temple (Viscount Palmerston)
|20 Oct 1784
|18 Oct 1865
|Liberal
|1855 - 1858
|1857
|Tiverton (1835-1865)
|Indian Rebellion (aka Indian Mutiny) (1857) / Government of India Bill (1858) - transferred control of the East India Company to the Crown, establishing the Raj.
|Victoria
|Emily (née Lamb) - sister of PM Lord Melbourne (William Lamb)
|Oldest person at age 70 to become PM for 1st time
|-
|Edward Smith-Stanley (Earl of Derby)
|29 Mar 1799
|23 Oct 1869
|Conservative
|1858 - 1859
|
|House of Lords
|Jews Relief Act (1858) ended the disbarment for Jews to sit in Parliament
|Victoria
|Emma (née Bootle-Wilbraham)
|Benjamin Disraeli was Chancellor of the Exchquer in all 3 Derby Ministries and 'ran' the ministries from the Commons
|-
|Henry Temple (Viscount Palmerston)
|20 Oct 1784
|18 Oct 1865
|Liberal
|1859 - 1865
|1859 / 1865
|Tiverton (1835-1865)
|Maintained a mostly neutral stance during American Civil War
|Victoria
|Emily (née Lamb)
|Died in office
|-
|John Russell (Earl Russell)
|18 Aug 1792
|28 May 1878
|Liberal
|1865 - 1866
|
|House of Lords (1861-1878)
|
|Victoria
|Adelaide (née Lister) m. 1835; d.1838
Frances (née Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound) m.1841
|
|-
|Edward Smith-Stanley (Earl of Derby)
|29 Mar 1799
|23 Oct 1869
|Conservative
|1866 - 1868
|
|House of Lords
|Second Reform Act (1867)
|Victoria
|Emma (née Bootle-Wilbraham)
|
|-
|Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield)
|21 Dec 1804
|19 Apr 1881
|Conservative
|1868
|
|Buckinghamshire (1847-1876)
|
|Victoria
|Mary Anne (née Evans)
|First and only Jewish Prime Minister to date
|-
|William Gladstone
|29 Dec 1809
|19 May 1898
|Liberal
|1868 - 1874
|1868
|Greenwich (1868-1880)
|
|Victoria
|Catherine (née Glynne)
|
|-
|Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield)
|21 Dec 1804
|19 Apr 1881
|Conservative
|1874 - 1880
|1874
|Buckinghamshire (1847-1876) / House of Lords (1876-1881)
|Purchase of Suez Canal Company (1875) / Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act (1875) - decriminalised work of trade unions and allowed peaceful picketing / Royal Titles Act (1876) - officially recognised Queen Victoria as “Empress of India” / Anglo-Zulu War - Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift (1879)
|Victoria
|Mary Anne (née Evans)
|
|-
|William Gladstone
|29 Dec 1809
|19 May 1898
|Liberal
|1880 - 1885
|1880
|Midlothian (1880-1895)
|First Boer War (1880-1881) / Representation of the People Act (1884) - increased the number of men eligible to vote in an election
|Victoria
|Catherine (née Glynne)
|
|-
|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Marquess of Salisbury)
|3 Feb 1830
|22 Aug 1903
|Conservative
|1885 - 1886
|1885
|In House of Lords (1868-1903)
|
|Victoria
|Georgina (née Alderson) d.1899
|
|-
|William Gladstone
|29 Dec 1809
|19 May 1898
|Liberal
|1886
|
|Midlothian (1880-1895)
|Home Rule Bill (1886) - failed
|Victoria
|Catherine (née Glynne)
|
|-
|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Marquess of Salisbury)
|3 Feb 1830
|22 Aug 1903
|Conservative
|1886 - 1892
|1886 / 1892
|In House of Lords (1868-1903)
|Naval Defence Act (1889) - greatly enlarged the size of Royal Navy / Founded London County Council (1889)
|Victoria
|Georgina (née Alderson)
|
|-
|William Gladstone
|29 Dec 1809
|19 May 1898
|Liberal
|1892 - 1894
|
|Midlothian (1880-1895)
|Home Rule Bill (1893) - defeated in House of Lords
|Victoria
|Catherine (née Glynne)
|
|-
|Archibald Primrose (Earl of Rosebery)
|7 May 1847
|21 May 1929
|Liberal
|1894 - 1895
|
|In House of Lords (1868-1929)
|
|Victoria
|Hannah (née de Rothschild)
|Rosebery succeeded in his declared ambitions to marry an heiress, own a horse that won the Derby and be PM
|-
|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Marquess of Salisbury)
|3 Feb 1830
|22 Aug 1903
|Conservative
|1895 - 1902
|1895 / 1900
|In House of Lords (1868-1903)
|Second Boer War (1899-1902) / "khaki election" (1900) / Anglo-Japanese alliance (1902)
|Victoria / Edward VII
|Georgina (née Alderson) d.1899
|Last peer to serve as PM (except Douglas-Home who served briefly before renouncing his peerage)
|-
|Arthur Balfour
|25 Jul 1848
|19 Mar 1930
|Conservative
|1902 - 1905
|
|Manchester East (1885-1906)
|Education Act (1902) - established Local Education Authorities / Entente Cordiale signed with France (1904)
|Edward VII
|
|Balfour was nephew of the previous PM, Lord Salisbury
|-
|Henry Campbell-Bannerman
|7 Sep 1836
|22 Apr 1908
|Liberal
|1905 - 1908
|1906
|Stirling Burghs (1868-1908)
|Probation Act (1907) - beginning of the modern Probation Service / Anglo-Russian Entente (1907) forming Triple Entente with France and Russia
|Edward VII
|Charlotte (née Bruce) d.1906
|
|-
|Herbert Asquith
|12 Sep 1852
|15 Feb 1928
|Liberal
|1908 - 1916
|1910
|East Fife (1886-1918)
|Old Age Pensions Act (1908) - provided for a non-contributory old age pension for eligible people over 70 / National Insurance Act (1911) - intended to create a national system of insurance for working people against illness and unemployment / Parliament Act (1911) - removed right of the House of Lords to veto money bills and gave it the ability to delay other public bills for a maximum of 2 years. Reduced maximum term of a parliament from 7 years to 5 / Outbreak of WWI (1914) /Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) ( 1914) - gave the government wide-ranging powers during the war
|Edward VII / George V
|Helen (née Melland) d. 1891
Emma Margaret "Margot" (née Tennant) m.1894
|Only PM to have taken office on foreign soil as Edward VII was in Biarritz at the time
|-
|David Lloyd-George
|17 Jan 1863
|26 Mar 1945
|Liberal
|1916 - 1922
|1918
|Carnarvon Boroughs (1890-1945)
|Education Act (1918) - raised the school leaving age to 14 / 'Balfour Declaration' (1917) - supported the establishment of a Jewish Homeland in Palestine (Balfour was Foreign Secretary) / end of WWI (1918) / Representation of the People Act (1918) - extended the franchise in parliamentary elections to men aged over 21 and to women aged over 30 who occupied land or premises with a rateable value above £5, or whose husbands did / Treaty of Versailles (1919)
|George V
|Margaret (née Owen) d.1941
Frances (née Stevenson) m. 1943
|Only PM to have spoken Welsh as his first language
|-
|Andrew Bonar Law
|16 Sep 1858
|30 Oct 1923
|Conservative
|1922 - 1923 (209 days)
|1922
|Glasgow Central (1918-1923)
|
|George V
|Annie (née Robley) d.1909
|Resigned after contracting terminal throat cancer
|-
|Stanley Baldwin
|3 Aug 1867
|14 Dec 1947
|Conservative
|1923 - 1924
|1923
|Bewdley (1908-1937)
|
|George V
|Lucy (née Ridsdale)
|
|-
|James Ramsay Macdonald
|12 Oct 1866
|9 Nov 1937
|Labour
|1924
|
|Aberavon (1922-1929)
|Housing (Financial Provisions) Act (1924) - increased government subsidies to be paid to local authorities to build municipal housing / Recognised Soviet Union (1924) / 'Campbell Case' (1924) - involved charges against J. R. Campbell, a British communist editor of 'Workers Weekly', for alleged "incitement to mutiny" and was instrumental in bringing down the short-lived first Labour government
|George V
|Margaret (née Gladstone) d.1911
|Minority Govt. / 1st Labour PM
|-
|Stanley Baldwin
|3 Aug 1867
|14 Dec 1947
|Conservative
|1924 - 1929
|1924
|Bewdley (1908-1937)
|General Strike (1926) / Trade Disputes Act (1927) - introduced to limit powers and of trade union movement after General Strike / Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act (1928) - widened suffrage by giving women electoral equality with men.Gave the vote to all women over 21 years old
|George V
|Lucy (née Ridsdale)
|1924 General Election was influenced by 'Zinoviev Letter' from head of Comintern which urged sedition should be encouraged in UK to promote a revolution (now seen as a forgery)
|-
|James Ramsay Macdonald
|12 Oct 1866
|9 Nov 1937
|Labour
|1929 - 1935
|1929 / 1931
|Aberavon (1922-1929) / Seaham (1929-1935)
|Margaret Bondfield first female minister (Minister of Labour) (1929-1931)/ Great Depression (1929-1939) / Unemployment Act (1934) - introduced Unemployment Assistance Boards
|George V
|Margaret (née Gladstone) d.1911
|1929 General Election was known as the 'flapper election' / National Government formed after 1931 General Election with Conservatives, Liberal Nationals and National Labour, plus Independents
|-
|Stanley Baldwin
|3 Aug 1867
|14 Dec 1947
|Conservative
|1935 - 1937
|1935
|Bewdley (1908-1937)
|Government of India Act (1935) gave limited powers of self-government / Abdication crisis (1936) / Public Order Act (1936) -: introduced to deal with street disturbances following marches by British Union of Fascists and their opponents
|George V / Edward VIII / George VI
|Lucy (née Ridsdale)
|National Government
|-
|Neville Chamberlain
|18 Mar 1869
|9 Nov 1940
|Conservative
|1937 - 1940
|
|Birmingham Edgbaston (1929-1940)
|Factories Act (1937) - limited hours worked by women and children / policy of appeasement / Munich crisis - "Peace for our Time" speech at Heston Aerodrome, holding Anglo-German Agreement (1938) / Outbreak of WWII (1939)
|George VI
|Anne (née de Vere Cole)
|National Government / Resigned after 'Norway Debate' (May 1940)
|-
|Winston Churchill
|30 Nov 1874
|24 Jan 1965
|Conservative
|1940 - 1945
|
|Epping (1924-1945)
|Took offfice on 10 May 1940 - the day Germany invaded France and the Low Countries / Education Act (1944) - 'Butler Act' - introduction of the 11+ and primary/secondary education system
|George VI
|Clementine (née Hozier)
|National Government dissolved after defeat of Germany (May 1945)
|-
|Clement Atlee
|3 Jan 1883
|8 Oct 1967
|Labour
|1945 - 1951
|1945 / 1950
|
|End of WWII / National Health Service Act (1946) - made healthcare free on the basis of citizenship and need rather than the payment of fees or insurance premiums / National Insurance Act (1946) - introduced social security. Workers paid a weekly contribution and in return were entitled to benefits when they could no longer work / Coal Industry Nationalisation Act (1946), Electricity Act (1947) and Transport Act (1947) - nationalised the coal industry, electricity utilities, railways and long-distance haulage / Town and Country Planning Act (1947) - planning permission required for land development / Independence for India and Pakistan (1947) / National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act (1949) - allowed the creation of National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales, gave the public rights of way and access to open land / IParliament Act (1949) reduced House of Lords delay of bills to 1 year.
|George VI
|Violet (née Millar)
|
|-
|Winston Churchill
|30 Nov 1874
|24 Jan 1965
|Conservative
|1951 - 1955
|1951
|Woodford (1945-1964)
|
|George VI / Elizabeth II
|Clementine (née Hozier)
|
|-
|Sir Anthony Eden
|12 Jun 1897
|14 Jan 1977
|Conservative
|1955 - 1957
|1955
|Warwick and Leamington (1923-1957)
|Clean Air Act (1956) / Resigned after 'Suez Crisis' (1956-1957)
|Elizabeth II
|Beatrice (née Beckett) div. 1950)
Clarissa (née Spencer-Churchill) m. 1952 - niece of Winston Churchill
|
|-
|Harold Macmillan
|10 Feb 1894
|29 Dec 1986
|Conservative
|1957 - 1963
|1959
|Bromley (1945 - 1964)
|Era of 'decolonisation' and self-governance / Housing Act (1957) / "You've never had it so good" general election (1959) / UK founding member of European Free Trade Association (EFTA) (1960) / Vassall affair (1962) / 'Night of the Long Knives' cabinet re-shuffle (1962) / Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963) / Profumo affair (1963)
|Elizabeth II
|Dorothy (née Cavendish)
|Given nickname "Supermac" by cartoonist "Vicky" (Victor Weisz) in 1958
|-
|Sir Alec Douglas-Home
|2 Jul 1903
|9 Oct 1995
|Conservative
|1963 - 1964 (363 days)
|
|House of Lords (4 days) / Kinross and Western Perthshire (1963-1974)
|
|Elizabeth II
|Elizabeth (née Alington)
|Re-enobled in 1974 as Baron Home of the Hirsel
|-
|Harold Wilson
|11 Mar 1916
|24 May 1995
|Labour
|1964 - 1970
|1964 / 1966
|Huyton (1950-1983)
|Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act (1965) - suspended the death penalty in England, Wales and Scotland / Southern Rhodesian government Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) from the United Kingdom (1965) / Sexual Offences Act (1967) - decriminalised certain homosexual offences / Abortion Act (1967) - legalised abortions on certain grounds / Iron and Steel Act (1967) - created the British Steel Corporation / devaluation of £ (1967) / Race Relations Act (1968) made it illegal to refuse housing, employment, or public services to a person on the grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins / Open University (1969) / phasing out of 11+ and grammar schools and replacement by comprehensives / beginning of Troubles in Northern Ireland
|Elizabeth II
|Gladys Mary (née Baldwin)
|
|-
|Edward Heath
|9 Jul 1916
|17 Jul 2005
|Conservative
|1970 - 1974
|1970
|Bexley (1950-1974)
|Decimalisation of British coinage (1971) / Industrial relations Act (1971) - legislation to curb union power repealed in 1974 / 'Bloody Sunday' (1972) / miners’ strikes (1972 and 1974) / 3-day week with electricity limited to 3 consecutive days’ use (1974) / UK entered the European Communities (EC) on 1 January 1973 / Oil Crisis (1973)
|Elizabeth II
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|Harold Wilson
|11 Mar 1916
|24 May 1995
|Labour
|1974 -1976
|1974 (2)
|Huyton (1950-1983)
|Referendum confirmed the UK's membership of the European Communities (1975)
|Elizabeth II
|Gladys Mary (née Baldwin)
|Wilson's Resignation Honours List became known as the "Lavender List"
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|James Callaghan
|27 Mar 1912
|26 Mar 2005
|Labour
|1976 - 1979
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|Cardiff South East (1950-1983)
|Race Relations Act (1976) - amended 1968 Act / 'Lib-Lab Pact (1977/78) / 'Winter of Discontent' (1978/79) / Oil Crisis (1979) / devolution referenda held in Scotland and Wales (1979) - neither led to devolved governments
|Elizabeth II
|Audrey (née Moulton)
|Only PM to come to office having held the other 3 great offices of state: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary
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|Margaret Thatcher (née Roberts)
|13 Oct 1925
|8 Apr 2013
|Conservative
|1979 - 1990
|1979 / 1983 / 1987
|Finchley (1959-1992)
|Housing Act (1980) - gave right to buy homes to tenants of local authorities / Falklands War (1982) / miners' strike (1984/85) / privatisation including British Telecom (1984) and British Gas (1986) / UK joined Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) (1990) / demonstrations against the introduction of the Community Charge (aka poll tax) in Scotland (1989) and in England and Wales (1990)
|Elizabeth II
|Denis Thatcher
|Assassination attempt by the Provisional IRA in the 1984 Brighton hotel bombing
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|John Major
|29 Mar 1943
|
|Conservative
|1990 - 1997
|1992
|Huntingdon (1979-2001)
|Community Charge (aka poll tax) abolished (1991) and replaced by Council Tax / Gulf War (1990/91) / Treaty on European Union, (aka Maastricht Treaty) forms European Union (1992) / UK leaves Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) after 'Black Wednesday' (1992) / National Lottery Act (1993) / privatisation of British Rail (1994-1997)
|Elizabeth II
|Norma (née Johnson)
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|Tony Blair
|6 May 1953
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|Labour
|1997 - 2007
|1997 / 2001 / 2005
|Sedgefield (1983-2007)
|Belfast Agreement (aka Good Friday Agreement) (1998) / Scotland Act (1998) - established devolved Scottish Parliament / Government of Wales Act (1998) - created a Welsh Assembly / National Minimum Wage Act (1998) / Human Rights Act (1998) - aimed to incorporate into UK law the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights / War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) / Iraq War (2003-2011) / Civil Partnership Act (2004) -legal recognition of civil partnerships between people of the same sex
|Elizabeth II
|Cherie (née Booth)
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|Gordon Brown
|20 Feb 1951
|
|Labour
|2007 - 2010
|
|Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Dunfermline East) (1983-2015)
|Climate Change Act (2008) - set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of targeted greenhouse gas emissions / 'Credit Crunch' (2008)
|Elizabeth II
|Sarah (née Macaulay)
|
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|David Cameron
|9 Oct 1966
|
|Conservative
|2010 - 2016
|2010 / 2015
|Witney (2001-2016)
|Coalition with Liberal Democrats (2010-2015) / Fixed Term Parliaments Act (2010) / Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act (2013) / Succession to the Crown Act (2013) / Scottish Referendum on withdrawal from UK (2014) / Resigned after result of Brexit referendum announced (2016)
|Elizabeth II
|Samantha (née Sheffield)
|
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|Theresa May (née Brasier)
|1 Oct 1956
|
|Conservative
|2016 - 2019
|2017
|Maidenhead (1997-)
|Brexit negotiations - European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act (2017) / European Union (Withdrawal) Act (2018)
|Elizabeth II
|Philip May
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|Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
|19 Jun 1964
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|Conservative
|2019 - 2022
|2019
|Uxbridge and South Ruislip (2015-)
|Further Brexit negotiations / COVID / 'Partygate'
|Elizabeth II
|Allegra (née Mostyn-Owen) div.⁠1993)
Marina (née Wheeler) m. 1993; div. 2020
Carrie (née Symonds) m. 2021
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|Mary Elizabeth Truss
|26 Jul 1975
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|Conservative
|2022 (49 days)
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|South West Norfolk (2010-)
|Financial instability following mini-budget forced resignation
|Elizabeth II / Charles III
|Hugh O'Leary
|Shortest-serving PM in the history of the UK
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|Rishi Sunak
|12 May 1980
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|Conservative
|2022 -
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|Richmond (Yorks) (2015-)
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|Charles III
|Akshata Murty
|1st British Asian and Hindu to hold the office of prime minister.
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 |1945  - 1951
 |1945  / 1950
+|Limehouse (1922-1950) / Walthamstow West (1950-1955)
-|End  of WWII / National Health Service Act (1946) - made healthcare free on the  basis of citizenship and need rather than the payment of fees or insurance  premiums / National Insurance Act (1946) - introduced social security.  Workers paid a weekly contribution and in return were entitled to benefits  when they could no longer work / Coal Industry Nationalisation Act (1946),  Electricity Act (1947) and Transport Act (1947) - nationalised the coal  industry, electricity utilities, railways and long-distance haulage / Town  and Country Planning Act (1947) - planning permission required for land  development / Independence for India and Pakistan (1947) / National Parks and  Access to the Countryside Act (1949) - allowed the creation of National Parks  and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales, gave the public  rights of way and access to open land / IParliament Act (1949) reduced House  of Lords delay of bills to 1 year.
+|End  of WWII / National Health Service Act (1946) - made healthcare free on the  basis of citizenship and need rather than the payment of fees or insurance  premiums / National Insurance Act (1946) - introduced social security.  Workers paid a weekly contribution and in return were entitled to benefits  when they could no longer work / Coal Industry Nationalisation Act (1946),  Electricity Act (1947) and Transport Act (1947) - nationalised the coal  industry, electricity utilities, railways and long-distance haulage / Town  and Country Planning Act (1947) - planning permission required for land  development / Independence for India and Pakistan (1947) / National Parks and  Access to the Countryside Act (1949) - allowed the creation of National Parks  and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales, gave the public  rights of way and access to open land / Parliament Act (1949) reduced House  of Lords delay of bills to 1 year.
 |George  VI
 |Violet (née Millar)