List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
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The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the leader of Her Majesty's Government and chairs Cabinet meetings. It is the highest civil office in the United Kingdom.
The procedureEdit
The appointment of a prime minister by the monarch is based on advice given to them. 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 up in stages as the Commons grew in power, and the monarch's authority dwindled.
The present prime minister is Boris Johnson, since 24 July 2019.
List of prime ministersEdit
Name | Time in office | Political party |
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Boris Johnson | 2019 – present | 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 |