Whig (17) Tory (11) Conservative (19) Peelite (1) Liberal (7) Labour (6) National Labour (1)
|
Teetle Prime Meenister Office (Birth–Daith)
|
Term o office & mandate[a] Duration in years an days
|
Meenisterial offices held as prime meenister
|
Party
|
Government
|
Monarch (Ring)
|
Ref.
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Sir Robert Walpole KGKBPC |
3 April 1721
|
11 February 1742
|
1722
|
|
Whig
|
Walpole–Townshend
|
George I
 (1714–1727)
|
|
1727
|
George II
 (1727–1760)
|
1734
|
Walpole
|
1741
|
20 years and 315 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Spencer Compton 1st Yerl o Wilmington KGKBPC (1673–1743)
|
16 February 1742
|
2 July 1743
|
—
|
|
Whig
|
Carteret
|
|
1 year and 137 days[†]
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Henry Pelham FRS MP for Sussex (1694–1754)
|
27 August 1743
|
6 March 1754
|
—
|
|
Whig
|
|
|
Broad Bottom I
|
1747
|
Broad Bottom II
|
10 years and 192 days[†]
|
|
|
His Grace Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke o Newcastle KGPCFRS (1693–1768)
|
16 March 1754
|
11 November 1756
|
1754
|
|
Whig
|
Newcastle I
|
|
2 years and 241 days
|
|
|
His Grace William Cavendish 4t Duke o Devonshire KGPC (1720–1764)
|
16 November 1756
|
29 June 1757
|
—
|
|
Whig
|
Pitt–Devonshire
|
|
|
1757 Caretaker
|
|
226 days
|
|
|
His Grace Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke o Newcastle KGPCFRS (1693–1768)
|
29 June 1757
|
26 May 1762
|
1761
|
|
Whig
|
Pitt–Newcastle
|
|
|
George III
 (1760–1820) [b]
|
|
Bute–Newcastle (Tory–Whig)
|
|
|
4 years and 332 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable John Stuart 3rd Yerl o Bute KGPC (1713–1792)
|
26 May 1762
|
8 April 1763
|
—
|
|
Tory
|
Bute
|
|
318 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable George Grenville MP for Buckingham (1712–1770)
|
16 April 1763
|
10 July 1765
|
—
|
|
Whig (Grenvillite)
|
Grenville (mainly Whig)
|
|
2 years and 86 days
|
|
|
The Most Honourable Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nt Marquess o Rockingham KGPCFRS (1730–1782)
|
13 July 1765
|
30 July 1766
|
—
|
|
Whig (Rockinghamite)
|
Rockingham I
|
[9]
|
1 year and 18 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Pitt 1st Yerl o Chatham PCFRS |
30 July 1766
|
14 October 1768
|
1768
|
|
Whig (Chathamite)
|
Chatham
|
|
2 years and 77 days
|
|
|
His Grace Augustus FitzRoy 3rd Duke o Grafton KGPC (1735–1811)
|
14 October 1768
|
28 January 1770
|
—
|
|
Whig (Chathamite)
|
Grafton
|
|
1 year and 107 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Frederick North Lord North KG MP for Banbury (1732–1792)
|
28 January 1770
|
27 March 1782
|
1774
|
|
Tory (Northite)
|
North
|
|
1780
|
12 years and 59 days
|
|
|
The Most Honourable Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nt Marquess o Rockingham KGPCFRS (1730–1782)
|
27 March 1782
|
1 July 1782
|
—
|
|
Whig (Rockinghamite)
|
Rockingham II
|
[9]
|
97 days[†]
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Petty 2nt Yerl o Shelburne KGPC (1737–1805)
|
4 July 1782
|
26 March 1783
|
—
|
|
Whig (Chathamite)
|
Shelburne
|
|
266 days
|
|
|
His Grace William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke o Portland PCFRS (1738–1809)
|
2 April 1783
|
18 December 1783
|
—
|
|
Whig
|
Fox–North
|
|
261 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Pitt the Younger MP for Appleby (1784) → Cambridge University[‡] (1784–1801) (1759–1806)
|
19 December 1783
|
14 March 1801
|
1784
|
|
Tory (Pittite)
|
Pitt I
|
|
1790
|
1796
|
17 years and 86 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Henry Addington MP for Devizes (1757–1844)
|
17 March 1801
|
10 May 1804
|
1801
|
|
Tory (Addingtonian)
|
Addington
|
|
1802
|
3 years and 55 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Pitt the Younger MP for Cambridge University (1759–1806)
|
10 May 1804
|
23 January 1806
|
—
|
|
Tory (Pittite)
|
Pitt II
|
|
1 year and 259 days[†]
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville PCPC (Ire) (1759–1834)
|
11 February 1806
|
25 March 1807
|
1806
|
|
Whig
|
All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
|
|
1 year and 43 days
|
|
|
His Grace William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke o Portland KGPCFRS (1738–1809)
|
31 March 1807
|
4 October 1809
|
1807
|
|
Tory (Pittite)
|
Portland II
|
|
2 years and 188 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Spencer Perceval KC MP for Northampton (1762–1812)
|
4 October 1809
|
11 May 1812
|
—
|
|
Tory (Pittite)
|
Perceval
|
|
2 years and 221 days[†]
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Robert Jenkinson 2nt Yerl o Liverpuil KGPCFRS (1770–1828)
|
8 June 1812
|
9 April 1827
|
1812
|
|
Tory (Pittite)
|
Liverpool
|
|
1818
|
1820
|
George IV
 (1820–1830)
|
1826
|
14 years and 306 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable George Canning FRS MP for Seaford (1770–1827)
|
12 April 1827
|
8 August 1827
|
—
|
|
Tory (Canningite)
|
Canning (Canningite–Whig)
|
|
119 days[†]
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Frederick John Robinson 1st Viscoont Goderich PC (1782–1859)
|
31 August 1827
|
8 January 1828
|
—
|
|
Tory (Canningite)
|
Goderich
|
|
131 days
|
|
|
Field MarshalHis Grace Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke o Wellington KGGCBGCHPC (1769–1852)
|
22 January 1828
|
16 November 1830
|
1830
|
|
Tory
|
Wellington–Peel
|
|
2 years and 299 days
|
William IV
 (1830–1837)
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Charles Grey 2nt Yerl Grey KGPC (1764–1845)
|
22 November 1830
|
9 July 1834
|
1831
|
|
Whig
|
Grey
|
|
1832
|
3 years and 230 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Lamb 2nt Viscoont Melbourne PCPC (Ire) (1779–1848)
|
16 July 1834
|
14 November 1834
|
—
|
|
Whig
|
Melbourne I
|
|
122 days
|
|
|
Field MarshalHis Grace Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke o Wellington KGGCBGCHPC (1769–1852)
|
17 November 1834
|
9 December 1834
|
—
|
|
Tory
|
Wellington Caretaker
|
|
23 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Sir Robert Peel BtFRS MP for Tamworth (1788–1850)
|
10 December 1834
|
8 April 1835
|
—
|
|
Conservative
|
Peel I
|
|
120 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Lamb 2nt Viscoont Melbourne PCPC (Ire)FRS (1779–1848)
|
18 April 1835
|
30 August 1841
|
1835
|
|
Whig
|
Melbourne II
|
|
1837
|
Victoria
 (1837–1901)
|
6 years and 135 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Sir Robert Peel BtFRS MP for Tamworth (1788–1850)
|
30 August 1841
|
29 June 1846
|
1841
|
|
Conservative
|
Peel II
|
|
4 years and 304 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Lord John Russell FRS MP for the Ceety o Lunnon (1792–1878)
|
30 June 1846
|
21 February 1852
|
1847
|
|
Whig
|
Russell I
|
|
5 years and 237 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Edward Smith-Stanley 14t Yerl o Derby PCPC (Ire) (1799–1869)
|
23 February 1852
|
17 December 1852
|
1852
|
|
Conservative
|
Who? Who?
|
|
299 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable George Hamilton-Gordon 4t Yerl o Aiberdeen KTFRSEFRSPCFSA Scot (1784–1860)
|
19 December 1852
|
30 January 1855
|
—
|
|
Conservative (Peelite)
|
Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig–et al.)
|
|
2 years and 43 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscoont Palmerston KGGCBPCFRS MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)
|
6 February 1855
|
19 February 1858
|
1857
|
|
Whig
|
Palmerston I
|
|
3 years and 14 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Edward Smith-Stanley 14t Yerl o Derby PCPC (Ire) (1799–1869)
|
20 February 1858
|
11 June 1859
|
—
|
|
Conservative
|
Derby–Disraeli II
|
|
1 year and 112 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscoont Palmerston KGGCBPCFRS MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)
|
12 June 1859
|
18 October 1865
|
1859
|
|
Leeberal
|
Palmerston II
|
|
1865
|
6 years and 129 days[†]
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable John Russell 1st Yerl Russell KGPCFRS (1792–1878)
|
29 October 1865
|
26 June 1866
|
—
|
|
Leeberal
|
Russell II
|
|
241 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Edward Smith-Stanley 14t Yerl o Derby KGPCPC (Ire) (1799–1869)
|
28 June 1866
|
25 February 1868
|
—
|
|
Conservative
|
Derby–Disraeli III
|
|
1 year and 243 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Benjamin Disraeli MP for Buckinghamshire (1804–1881)
|
See an aw § Main articles:1
|
|
Conservative
|
|
27 February 1868
|
1 December 1868
|
—
|
279 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FSS MP for Greenwich (1809–1898)
|
See an aw § Main articles:2
|
|
Leeberal
|
Gladstone I
|
|
3 December 1868
|
17 February 1874
|
1868
|
5 years and 77 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Benjamin Disraeli 1st Yerl o Beaconsfield KGPCFRS |
See an aw § Main articles:1
|
|
Conservative
|
Disraeli II
|
|
20 February 1874
|
21 April 1880
|
1874
|
6 years and 62 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRSFSS MP for Midlowden (1809–1898)
|
See an aw § Main articles:2
|
|
Leeberal
|
Gladstone II
|
|
23 April 1880
|
9 June 1885
|
1880
|
5 years and 48 days
|
|
|
The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess o Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)
|
23 June 1885
|
28 January 1886
|
—
|
|
Conservative
|
Salisbury I
|
[41]
|
220 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRSFSS MP for Midlowden (1809–1898)
|
See an aw § Main articles:2
|
|
Leeberal
|
Gladstone III
|
|
1 February 1886
|
20 July 1886
|
1885
|
170 days
|
|
|
The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess o Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)
|
25 July 1886
|
11 August 1892
|
1886
|
|
Conservative
|
Salisbury II
|
[42]
|
6 years and 18 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRSFSS MP for Midlothian (1809–1898)
|
See an aw § Main articles:2
|
|
Leeberal
|
Gladstone IV
|
|
15 August 1892
|
2 March 1894
|
1892
|
1 year and 200 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Archibald Primrose 5t Yerl o Rosebery KGPCFRS (1847–1929)
|
5 March 1894
|
22 June 1895
|
—
|
|
Leeberal
|
Rosebery
|
|
1 year and 110 days
|
|
|
The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess o Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)
|
25 June 1895
|
11 July 1902
|
1895
|
|
Conservative
|
Salisbury III (Con.–Lib.U.)
|
[44]
|
1900
|
Salisbury IV
|
7 years and 17 days
|
Edward VII
 (1901–1910)
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Arthur Balfour FRSFBADL MP for Manchester East (1848–1930)
|
12 July 1902
|
4 December 1905
|
—
|
|
Conservative
|
Balfour
|
|
3 years and 146 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB MP for Stirling Burghs (1836–1908)
|
5 December 1905
|
3 April 1908
|
1906
|
|
Leeberal
|
Campbell-Bannerman
|
|
2 years and 121 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable H. H. Asquith KCFRS MP for East Fife (1852–1928)
|
8 April 1908
|
5 December 1916
|
—
|
|
Leeberal
|
Asquith I
|
|
|
Jan.1910
|
Asquith II
|
|
George V
 (1910–1936)
|
|
Dec.1910
|
Asquith III
|
—
|
Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–et al.)
|
8 years and 243 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable David Lloyd George OM MP for Caernarvon Boroughs (1863–1945)
|
6 December 1916
|
19 October 1922
|
—
|
|
Leeberal
|
Lloyd George War
|
|
1918
|
Lloyd George II (Lib.–Con.)
|
5 years and 318 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Bonar Law MP for Glasgow Central (1858–1923)
|
23 October 1922
|
20 May 1923
|
1922
|
|
Conservative (Scot.U.)
|
Law
|
|
210 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Stanley Baldwin JP MP for Bewdley (1867–1947)
|
22 May 1923
|
22 January 1924
|
—
|
|
Conservative
|
Baldwin I
|
|
246 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Ramsay MacDonald MP for Aberavon (1866–1937)
|
22 January 1924
|
4 November 1924
|
1923
|
|
Labour
|
MacDonald I
|
|
288 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Stanley Baldwin JPFRS MP for Bewdley (1867–1947)
|
4 November 1924
|
4 June 1929
|
1924
|
|
Conservative
|
Baldwin II
|
|
4 years and 213 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Ramsay MacDonald FRS MP for Seaham (1866–1937)
|
5 June 1929
|
7 June 1935
|
1929
|
|
Labour
|
MacDonald II
|
|
|
—
|
National Labour
|
National I (N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)
|
1931
|
National II
|
6 years and 3 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Stanley Baldwin JPFRS MP for Bewdley (1867–1947)
|
7 June 1935
|
28 May 1937
|
1935
|
|
Conservative
|
National III
|
|
|
Edward VIII
 (1936)
|
George VI
 (1936–1952)
|
1 year and 356 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Neville Chamberlain FRS MP for Birmingham Edgbaston (1869–1940)
|
28 May 1937
|
10 May 1940
|
—
|
|
Conservative
|
National IV
|
|
|
Chamberlain War
|
|
2 years and 349 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Winston Churchill CHTDFRS MP for Epping (1940–1945) → Woodford[‡] (1945) (1874–1965)
|
10 May 1940
|
26 July 1945
|
—
|
|
Conservative
|
Churchill War
|
|
|
Churchill Caretaker (Con.–L.Nat.)
|
|
5 years and 78 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Clement Attlee CHFRS MP for Limehouse (1945–1950) → Walthamstow West[‡] (1950–1951) (1883–1967)
|
26 July 1945
|
26 October 1951
|
1945
|
|
Labour
|
Attlee I
|
|
1950
|
Attlee II
|
6 years and 93 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Sir Winston Churchill KGOMCHTDDLFRSRA MP for Woodford (1874–1965)
|
26 October 1951
|
5 Apryle 1955
|
1951
|
|
Conservative
|
Churchill III
|
|
3 years and 162 days
|
Elizabeth II
 (1952–2022)
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Sir Anthony Eden KGMC MP for Warwick & Leamington (1897–1977)
|
6 April 1955
|
9 January 1957
|
1955
|
|
Conservative
|
Eden
|
|
1 year and 279 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Harold Macmillan FRS MP for Bromley (1894–1986)
|
10 January 1957
|
18 October 1963
|
—
|
|
Conservative
|
Macmillan I
|
|
1959
|
Macmillan II
|
6 years and 282 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Sir Alec Douglas-Home KT MP for Kinross & Wastren Perthshire[c] (1903–1995)
|
19 October 1963
|
16 October 1964
|
—
|
|
Conservative (Scot.U.)
|
Douglas-Home
|
|
364 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Harold Wilson OBEFRSFSS MP for Huyton (1916–1995)
|
16 October 1964
|
19 June 1970
|
1964
|
|
Labour
|
Wilson I
|
|
1966
|
Wilson II
|
5 years and 247 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Edward Heath MBE MP for Bexley (1970–1974) → Sidcup[‡] (1974) (1916–2005)
|
19 June 1970
|
4 March 1974
|
1970
|
|
Conservative
|
Heath
|
|
3 years and 259 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Harold Wilson OBEFRSFSS MP for Huyton (1916–1995)
|
4 March 1974
|
5 April 1976
|
Feb.1974
|
|
Labour
|
Wilson III
|
|
Oct.1974
|
Wilson IV
|
2 years and 33 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable James Callaghan MP for Cardiff South East (1912–2005)
|
5 April 1976
|
4 May 1979
|
—
|
|
Labour
|
Callaghan
|
|
3 years and 30 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Margaret Thatcher FRSHonFRSC MP for Finchley (1925–2013)
|
See an aw § Main articles:3
|
|
Conservative
|
Thatcher I
|
|
4 May 1979
|
28 November 1990
|
1979
|
1983
|
Thatcher II
|
1987
|
Thatcher III
|
11 years and 209 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable John Major MP for Huntingdon (born 1943)
|
28 November 1990
|
2 May 1997
|
—
|
|
Conservative
|
Major I
|
|
1992
|
Major II
|
6 years and 156 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Tony Blair MP for Sedgefield (born 1953)
|
See an aw § Main articles:4
|
|
Labour
|
Blair I
|
|
2 May 1997
|
27 June 2007
|
1997
|
2001
|
Blair II
|
2005
|
Blair III
|
10 years and 57 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Gordon Brown MP for Kirkcaudy & Coudenbeith (born 1951)
|
See an aw § Main articles:5
|
|
Labour
|
Brown
|
|
27 June 2007
|
11 May 2010
|
—
|
2 years and 319 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable David Cameron MP for Witney (born 1966)
|
See an aw § Main articles:6
|
|
Conservative
|
Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)
|
|
11 May 2010
|
13 July 2016
|
2010
|
2015
|
Cameron II
|
6 years and 64 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Theresa May MP for Maidenhead (born 1956)
|
See an aw § Main airticles:7
|
|
Conservative
|
May I
|
|
13 Julie 2016
|
24 Julie 2019
|
—
|
2017
|
May II
|
3 years and 12 days
|
|
|
The Richt Honourable Boris Johnson MP for Uxbridge & Sooth Ruislip (born 1964)
|
See an aw § Main articles:8
|
|
Conservative
|
Johnson
|
|
24 Julie 2019
|
6 September 2022
|
—
|
3 years and 45 days
|
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Teetle Prime Meenister Office (Birth–Daith)
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Term o office & mandate
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Meenisterial offices
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Pairty
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Govrenment
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Monarch
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Ref.
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