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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Charles Watson-Wentworth (Marquess of Rockingham) 13 May 1730 1 Jul 1782 Whig 1765 - 1766 House of Lords Stamp Act repealed (1766) George III Mary (née Bright)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 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 / Parliament 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
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"
James Callaghan 27 Mar 1912 26 Mar 2005 Labour 1976 - 1979 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
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
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)
Tony Blair 6 May 1953 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)
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)
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)
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
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson 19 Jun 1964 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

Mary Elizabeth Truss 26 Jul 1975 Conservative 2022 (49 days) 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
Rishi Sunak 12 May 1980 Conservative 2022 - 2024 2024 Richmond (Yorks) (2015-) Economic stability / Rwanda asylum plan . Windsor Framework Charles III Akshata Murty 1st British Asian and Hindu to hold the office of prime minister
Kier Starmer 2 Sep 1962 Labour 2024 - 2024 Holborn and St Pancras (2015-) Charles III Victoria Alexander