List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
Appearance
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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the leader of His Majesty's Government. They chair Cabinet meetings. It is the highest civil office in the United Kingdom.[source?]
The procedure
[change | change source]The appointment of a prime minister by the monarch is based on advice. However, though the advice is technically informal, the monarch would create a constitutional crisis if they did not comply. Therefore, in practice, what is decided in the House of Commons is the decisive event. The voters elect Members of Parliament (MPs), and the MPs choose the prime minister. The system grew in stages as the Commons grew in power and the monarch's authority dwindled. The current prime minister has been Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024.[source?]
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List of prime ministers
[change | change source]Name | Time in office | Political party |
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Keir Starmer | 2024 - present | Labour |
Rishi Sunak | 2022 – 2024 | Conservative |
Liz Truss | 2022 | Conservative |
Boris Johnson | 2019 – 2022[1] | Conservative |
Theresa May | 2016 – 2019 | Conservative |
David Cameron | 2010 – 2016 | Conservative |
Gordon Brown | 2007 – 2010 | Labour |
Tony Blair | 1997 – 2007 | Labour |
John Major | 1990 – 1997 | Conservative |
Margaret Thatcher | 1979 – 1990 | Conservative |
James Callaghan | 1976 – 1979 | Labour |
Harold Wilson | 1974 – 1976 | Labour |
Edward Heath | 1970 – 1974 | Conservative |
Harold Wilson | 1964 – 1970 | Labour |
Alec Douglas-Home | 1963 – 1964 | Conservative |
Harold Macmillan | 1957 – 1963 | Conservative |
Anthony Eden | 1955 – 1957 | Conservative |
Winston Churchill | 1951 – 1955 | Conservative |
Clement Attlee | 1945 – 1951 | Labour |
Winston Churchill | 1940 – 1945 | Conservative |
Neville Chamberlain | 1937 – 1940 | Conservative |
Stanley Baldwin | 1935 – 1937 | Conservative |
Ramsay MacDonald | 1929 – 1935 | Labour |
Stanley Baldwin | 1924 – 1929 | Conservative |
Ramsay MacDonald | 1924 | Labour |
Stanley Baldwin | 1923 – 1924 | Conservative |
Andrew Bonar Law | 1922 – 1923 | Conservative |
David Lloyd George | 1916 – 1922 | Liberal |
Herbert Asquith | 1908 – 1916 | Liberal |
Henry Campbell-Bannerman | 1905 – 1908 | Liberal |
Arthur Balfour | 1902 – 1905 | Conservative |
Marquess of Salisbury | 1895 – 1902 | Conservative |
Earl of Rosebery | 1894 – 1895 | Liberal |
William Ewart Gladstone | 1892 – 1894 | Liberal |
Marquess of Salisbury | 1886 – 1892 | Conservative |
William Ewart Gladstone | 1886 – 1886 | Liberal |
Marquess of Salisbury | 1885 – 1886 | Conservative |
William Ewart Gladstone | 1880 – 1885 | Liberal |
Benjamin Disraeli | 1874 – 1880 | Conservative |
William Ewart Gladstone | 1868 – 1874 | Liberal |
Benjamin Disraeli | 1868 – 1868 | Conservative |
The Earl of Derby | 1866 – 1868 | Conservative |
Lord John Russell | 1865 – 1866 | Whig |
Viscount Palmerston | 1859 – 1865 | Whig |
The Earl of Derby | 1858 – 1859 | Conservative |
Viscount Palmerston | 1855 – 1858 | Whig |
Earl of Aberdeen | 1852 – 1855 | Conservative |
The Earl of Derby | 1852 | Conservative |
Lord John Russell | 1846 – 1852 | Whig |
Sir Robert Peel | 1841 – 1846 | Conservative |
Viscount Melbourne | 1835 – 1841 | Whig |
Sir Robert Peel | 1834 – 1835 | Conservative |
Duke of Wellington | 1834 | Tory |
Viscount Melbourne | 1834 | Whig |
Earl Grey | 1830 – 1834 | Whig |
Duke of Wellington | 1828 – 1830 | Tory |
Viscount Goderich | 1827 – 1828 | Tory |
George Canning | 1827 – 1827 | Tory |
Earl of Liverpool | 1812 – 1827 | Tory |
Spencer Perceval | 1809 – 1812 | Tory |
Duke of Portland | 1807 – 1809 | Whig |
William Grenville | 1806 – 1807 | Whig |
William Pitt the Younger | 1804 – 1806 | Tory |
Henry Addington | 1801 – 1804 | Tory |
William Pitt the Younger | 1783 – 1801 | Tory |
Duke of Portland | 1783 | Whig |
Earl of Shelburne | 1782 – 1783 | Whig |
Marquess of Rockingham | 1782 | Whig |
Lord North | 1770 – 1782 | Tory |
Duke of Grafton | 1768 – 1770 | Whig |
William Pitt | 1766 – 1768 | Whig |
Marquess of Rockingham | 1765 – 1766 | Whig |
George Grenville | 1763 – 1765 | Whig |
Earl of Bute | 1762 – 1763 | Tory |
Duke of Newcastle | 1757 – 1762 | Whig |
Duke of Devonshire | 1756 – 1757 | Whig |
Duke of Newcastle | 1754 – 1756 | Whig |
Henry Pelham | 1743 – 1754 | Whig |
Spencer Compton | 1742 – 1743 | Whig |
Robert Walpole | 1721 – 1742 | Whig |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Boris Johnson's resignation: what is going on in UK politics?". The Guardian. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.