UK Prime Ministers (CSV)
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| H | Number | Prime Minister | Party | Term Start | Term End | Tenure (years) | Monarch | Born | Died | Notable For | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Robert Walpole | Whig | 1721-04-03 | 1742-02-11 | 20.8 | George I / George II | 1676-08-26 | 1745-03-18 | Generally regarded as first PM; longest-serving | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Spencer Compton | Whig | 1742-02-16 | 1743-07-02 | 1.4 | George II | 1673-04-01 | 1743-07-02 | Died in office | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Henry Pelham | Whig | 1743-08-27 | 1754-03-06 | 10.5 | George II | 1694-09-25 | 1754-03-06 | Died in office; Austrian Succession peace | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Duke of Newcastle | Whig | 1754-03-16 | 1756-11-11 | 2.7 | George II | 1693-07-21 | 1768-11-17 | First term; Seven Years War began | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Duke of Devonshire | Whig | 1756-11-16 | 1757-07-25 | 0.7 | George II | 1720-05-08 | 1764-10-02 | Seven Years War early phase | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | Duke of Newcastle | Whig | 1757-07-02 | 1762-05-26 | 4.9 | George II / George III | 1693-07-21 | 1768-11-17 | Second term; Seven Years War victory | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 7 | Earl of Bute | Tory | 1762-05-26 | 1763-04-08 | 0.9 | George III | 1713-05-25 | 1792-03-10 | First Scottish PM; Treaty of Paris | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 8 | George Grenville | Whig | 1763-04-16 | 1765-07-13 | 2.2 | George III | 1712-10-14 | 1770-11-13 | Stamp Act on American colonies | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 9 | Marquess of Rockingham | Whig | 1765-07-13 | 1766-07-30 | 1.0 | George III | 1730-05-13 | 1782-07-01 | First term; repealed Stamp Act | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 10 | Earl of Chatham (Pitt the Elder) | Whig | 1766-07-30 | 1768-10-14 | 2.2 | George III | 1708-11-15 | 1778-05-11 | Seven Years War architect | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 11 | Duke of Grafton | Whig | 1768-10-14 | 1770-01-28 | 1.3 | George III | 1735-09-28 | 1811-03-14 | Wilkes affair; Townshend Acts | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 12 | Lord North | Tory | 1770-01-28 | 1782-03-20 | 12.1 | George III | 1732-04-13 | 1792-08-05 | American Independence lost; Tea Act | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 13 | Marquess of Rockingham | Whig | 1782-03-27 | 1782-07-01 | 0.3 | George III | 1730-05-13 | 1782-07-01 | Second term; died in office | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 14 | Earl of Shelburne | Whig | 1782-07-04 | 1783-04-02 | 0.7 | George III | 1737-05-02 | 1805-05-07 | Treaty of Paris (American independence) | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 15 | Duke of Portland | Whig / Tory | 1783-04-02 | 1783-12-19 | 0.7 | George III | 1738-04-14 | 1809-10-30 | First term; Fox-North Coalition | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 16 | William Pitt the Younger | Tory | 1783-12-19 | 1801-03-14 | 17.2 | George III | 1759-05-28 | 1806-01-23 | Youngest PM at 24; French Revolutionary Wars | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 17 | Henry Addington | Tory | 1801-03-17 | 1804-05-10 | 3.2 | George III | 1757-05-30 | 1844-02-15 | Peace of Amiens with Napoleon | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 18 | William Pitt the Younger | Tory | 1804-05-10 | 1806-01-23 | 1.7 | George III | 1759-05-28 | 1806-01-23 | Second term; died in office; Battle of Trafalgar | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 19 | Lord Grenville | Whig | 1806-02-11 | 1807-03-31 | 1.1 | George III | 1759-10-25 | 1834-01-12 | Ministry of All the Talents; slave trade abolished | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 20 | Duke of Portland | Tory | 1807-03-31 | 1809-10-04 | 2.5 | George III | 1738-04-14 | 1809-10-30 | Second term; Napoleonic Wars; died in office | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 21 | Spencer Perceval | Tory | 1809-10-04 | 1812-05-11 | 2.6 | George III | 1762-11-01 | 1812-05-11 | Only PM assassinated | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 22 | Earl of Liverpool | Tory | 1812-06-08 | 1827-02-17 | 14.6 | George III / George IV | 1770-06-07 | 1828-12-04 | Defeated Napoleon; Corn Laws; longest 19th-c PM | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 23 | George Canning | Tory | 1827-04-10 | 1827-08-08 | 0.3 | George IV | 1770-04-11 | 1827-08-08 | Shortest serving PM (119 days); died in office | ||||||||||||||||
| 25 | 24 | Viscount Goderich | Tory | 1827-08-31 | 1828-01-22 | 0.4 | George IV | 1782-11-01 | 1859-01-28 | Resigned without facing Parliament | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | 25 | Duke of Wellington | Tory | 1828-01-22 | 1830-11-22 | 2.8 | George IV / William IV | 1769-05-01 | 1852-09-14 | Catholic Emancipation; Battle of Waterloo hero | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 26 | Earl Grey | Whig | 1830-11-22 | 1834-07-16 | 3.6 | William IV | 1764-03-13 | 1845-07-17 | Reform Act 1832; abolished slavery in Empire | ||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 27 | Viscount Melbourne | Whig | 1834-07-16 | 1834-11-17 | 0.3 | William IV | 1779-03-15 | 1848-11-24 | First term; advised young Queen Victoria | ||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 28 | Duke of Wellington (Caretaker) | Tory | 1834-11-17 | 1834-12-09 | 0.06 | William IV | 1769-05-01 | 1852-09-14 | Caretaker PM briefly | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 | 29 | Sir Robert Peel | Conservative | 1834-12-10 | 1835-04-08 | 0.3 | William IV | 1788-02-05 | 1850-07-02 | First term; Tamworth Manifesto; modern Conservatism | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 | 30 | Viscount Melbourne | Whig | 1835-04-18 | 1841-08-30 | 6.4 | William IV / Victoria | 1779-03-15 | 1848-11-24 | Second term; young Victoria's mentor | ||||||||||||||||
| 32 | 31 | Sir Robert Peel | Conservative | 1841-08-30 | 1846-06-27 | 4.8 | Victoria | 1788-02-05 | 1850-07-02 | Second term; Corn Laws repeal; income tax introduced; died from fall | ||||||||||||||||
| 33 | 32 | Lord John Russell | Whig / Liberal | 1846-06-30 | 1852-02-21 | 5.6 | Victoria | 1792-08-18 | 1878-05-28 | First term; Irish Famine response; Jewish relief | ||||||||||||||||
| 34 | 33 | Earl of Derby | Conservative | 1852-02-23 | 1852-12-17 | 0.8 | Victoria | 1799-03-29 | 1869-10-23 | First term of three; minority government | ||||||||||||||||
| 35 | 34 | Earl of Aberdeen | Peelite | 1852-12-19 | 1855-02-06 | 2.1 | Victoria | 1784-01-28 | 1860-12-14 | Crimean War; coalition government | ||||||||||||||||
| 36 | 35 | Viscount Palmerston | Liberal | 1855-02-06 | 1858-02-19 | 3.0 | Victoria | 1784-10-20 | 1865-10-18 | First term; Crimean War; Don Pacifico affair | ||||||||||||||||
| 37 | 36 | Earl of Derby | Conservative | 1858-02-26 | 1859-06-12 | 1.3 | Victoria | 1799-03-29 | 1869-10-23 | Second term; India Act; reform bill | ||||||||||||||||
| 38 | 37 | Viscount Palmerston | Liberal | 1859-06-12 | 1865-10-18 | 6.4 | Victoria | 1784-10-20 | 1865-10-18 | Second term; died in office; American Civil War | ||||||||||||||||
| 39 | 38 | Earl Russell (Lord John Russell) | Liberal | 1865-10-29 | 1866-06-26 | 0.7 | Victoria | 1792-08-18 | 1878-05-28 | Second term; reform bill failure | ||||||||||||||||
| 40 | 39 | Earl of Derby | Conservative | 1866-06-28 | 1868-02-25 | 1.7 | Victoria | 1799-03-29 | 1869-10-23 | Third term; Reform Act 1867 | ||||||||||||||||
| 41 | 40 | Benjamin Disraeli | Conservative | 1868-02-27 | 1868-12-01 | 0.8 | Victoria | 1804-12-21 | 1881-04-19 | First term; Jewish-born PM; Reform Act | ||||||||||||||||
| 42 | 41 | William Gladstone | Liberal | 1868-12-03 | 1874-02-17 | 5.2 | Victoria | 1809-12-29 | 1898-05-19 | First term; Irish church; education; ballot act | ||||||||||||||||
| 43 | 42 | Benjamin Disraeli | Conservative | 1874-02-20 | 1880-04-23 | 6.2 | Victoria | 1804-12-21 | 1881-04-19 | Second term; Queen made Empress of India; Congress of Berlin | ||||||||||||||||
| 44 | 43 | William Gladstone | Liberal | 1880-04-23 | 1885-06-09 | 5.1 | Victoria | 1809-12-29 | 1898-05-19 | Second term; Irish Land Acts; Kilmainham Treaty | ||||||||||||||||
| 45 | 44 | Marquess of Salisbury | Conservative | 1885-06-23 | 1886-01-28 | 0.6 | Victoria | 1830-02-03 | 1903-08-22 | First term; minority government | ||||||||||||||||
| 46 | 45 | William Gladstone | Liberal | 1886-02-01 | 1886-07-20 | 0.4 | Victoria | 1809-12-29 | 1898-05-19 | Third term; First Irish Home Rule Bill defeated | ||||||||||||||||
| 47 | 46 | Marquess of Salisbury | Conservative | 1886-07-25 | 1892-08-11 | 6.0 | Victoria | 1830-02-03 | 1903-08-22 | Second term; Unionists; Scramble for Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| 48 | 47 | William Gladstone | Liberal | 1892-08-15 | 1894-03-02 | 1.6 | Victoria | 1809-12-29 | 1898-05-19 | Fourth term; Second Irish Home Rule Bill | ||||||||||||||||
| 49 | 48 | Earl of Rosebery | Liberal | 1894-03-05 | 1895-06-22 | 1.3 | Victoria | 1847-05-07 | 1929-05-21 | Liberal; Derby winner as PM | ||||||||||||||||
| 50 | 49 | Marquess of Salisbury | Conservative | 1895-06-25 | 1902-07-11 | 7.1 | Victoria / Edward VII | 1830-02-03 | 1903-08-22 | Third term; Boer War; Victorian imperialism | ||||||||||||||||
| 51 | 50 | Arthur Balfour | Conservative | 1902-07-12 | 1905-12-04 | 3.4 | Edward VII | 1848-07-25 | 1930-03-19 | Balfour Declaration (1917 letter); Education Act 1902 | ||||||||||||||||
| 52 | 51 | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman | Liberal | 1905-12-05 | 1908-04-03 | 2.3 | Edward VII | 1836-09-07 | 1908-04-22 | South African self-government; died in office | ||||||||||||||||
| 53 | 52 | Herbert Henry Asquith | Liberal | 1908-04-08 | 1916-12-05 | 8.6 | Edward VII / George V | 1852-09-12 | 1928-02-15 | WWI; Parliament Act 1911; women's suffrage crisis | ||||||||||||||||
| 54 | 53 | David Lloyd George | Liberal | 1916-12-07 | 1922-10-19 | 5.9 | George V | 1863-01-17 | 1945-03-26 | WWI victory; Irish War of Independence; Coalition | ||||||||||||||||
| 55 | 54 | Andrew Bonar Law | Conservative | 1922-10-23 | 1923-05-20 | 0.6 | George V | 1858-09-16 | 1923-10-30 | Resigned due to illness; died months later | ||||||||||||||||
| 56 | 55 | Stanley Baldwin | Conservative | 1923-05-22 | 1924-01-22 | 0.7 | George V | 1867-08-03 | 1947-12-14 | First term of three; first Labour government followed | ||||||||||||||||
| 57 | 56 | Ramsay MacDonald | Labour | 1924-01-22 | 1924-11-04 | 0.8 | George V | 1866-10-12 | 1937-11-09 | First Labour PM; minority government | ||||||||||||||||
| 58 | 57 | Stanley Baldwin | Conservative | 1924-11-04 | 1929-06-05 | 4.6 | George V | 1867-08-03 | 1947-12-14 | Second term; General Strike 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
| 59 | 58 | Ramsay MacDonald | Labour / National | 1929-06-05 | 1935-06-07 | 6.1 | George V | 1866-10-12 | 1937-11-09 | Second term; Great Depression; National Government | ||||||||||||||||
| 60 | 59 | Stanley Baldwin | Conservative | 1935-06-07 | 1937-05-28 | 1.9 | George V / Edward VIII / George VI | 1867-08-03 | 1947-12-14 | Third term; Abdication Crisis; rearmament | ||||||||||||||||
| 61 | 60 | Neville Chamberlain | Conservative | 1937-05-28 | 1940-05-10 | 3.0 | George VI | 1869-03-18 | 1940-11-09 | Appeasement; Munich Agreement; WWII began | ||||||||||||||||
| 62 | 61 | Winston Churchill | Conservative | 1940-05-10 | 1945-07-26 | 5.2 | George VI | 1874-11-30 | 1965-01-24 | First term; WWII; wartime leader; V-E Day; Nobel Prize in Literature | ||||||||||||||||
| 63 | 62 | Clement Attlee | Labour | 1945-07-26 | 1951-10-26 | 6.3 | George VI | 1883-01-03 | 1967-10-08 | NHS founded; Indian independence; NATO; welfare state | ||||||||||||||||
| 64 | 63 | Winston Churchill | Conservative | 1951-10-26 | 1955-04-05 | 3.5 | George VI / Elizabeth II | 1874-11-30 | 1965-01-24 | Second term; Korean War armistice; resigned aged 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| 65 | 64 | Sir Anthony Eden | Conservative | 1955-04-06 | 1957-01-09 | 1.8 | Elizabeth II | 1897-06-12 | 1977-01-14 | Suez Crisis; resigned in disgrace | ||||||||||||||||
| 66 | 65 | Harold Macmillan | Conservative | 1957-01-10 | 1963-10-18 | 6.7 | Elizabeth II | 1894-02-10 | 1986-12-29 | Winds of Change; economic boom; Profumo scandal | ||||||||||||||||
| 67 | 66 | Sir Alec Douglas-Home | Conservative | 1963-10-18 | 1964-10-16 | 1.0 | Elizabeth II | 1903-07-02 | 1995-10-09 | Renounced earldom to become PM; Wilson defeated him | ||||||||||||||||
| 68 | 67 | Harold Wilson | Labour | 1964-10-16 | 1970-06-18 | 5.7 | Elizabeth II | 1916-03-11 | 1995-05-24 | First term; White Heat of Technology; devalued pound | ||||||||||||||||
| 69 | 68 | Edward Heath | Conservative | 1970-06-19 | 1974-03-04 | 3.7 | Elizabeth II | 1916-07-09 | 2005-07-17 | UK joined EEC; miners' strikes; 3-day week | ||||||||||||||||
| 70 | 69 | Harold Wilson | Labour | 1974-03-04 | 1976-04-05 | 2.1 | Elizabeth II | 1916-03-11 | 1995-05-24 | Second term; EEC referendum; resigned unexpectedly | ||||||||||||||||
| 71 | 70 | James Callaghan | Labour | 1976-04-05 | 1979-05-04 | 3.1 | Elizabeth II | 1912-03-27 | 2005-03-26 | Winter of Discontent; IMF crisis; lost no-confidence vote | ||||||||||||||||
| 72 | 71 | Margaret Thatcher | Conservative | 1979-05-04 | 1990-11-28 | 11.6 | Elizabeth II | 1925-10-13 | 2013-04-08 | First female PM; Falklands War; privatisation; Big Bang; Miners' Strike | ||||||||||||||||
| 73 | 72 | John Major | Conservative | 1990-11-28 | 1997-05-02 | 6.4 | Elizabeth II | 1943-03-29 | Alive | Gulf War; Maastricht Treaty; IRA peace process | ||||||||||||||||
| 74 | 73 | Tony Blair | Labour | 1997-05-06 | 2007-06-27 | 10.2 | Elizabeth II | 1953-05-06 | Alive | Good Friday Agreement; Iraq War; devolution; minimum wage | ||||||||||||||||
| 75 | 74 | Gordon Brown | Labour | 2007-06-27 | 2010-05-11 | 2.9 | Elizabeth II | 1951-02-20 | Alive | Global financial crisis; bank bailouts | ||||||||||||||||
| 76 | 75 | David Cameron | Conservative | 2010-05-11 | 2016-07-13 | 6.2 | Elizabeth II | 1966-10-09 | Alive | Coalition government; Brexit referendum; austerity; resigned | ||||||||||||||||
| 77 | 76 | Theresa May | Conservative | 2016-07-13 | 2019-07-24 | 3.0 | Elizabeth II | 1956-10-01 | Alive | Brexit negotiations; snap election failure; second female PM | ||||||||||||||||
| 78 | 77 | Boris Johnson | Conservative | 2019-07-24 | 2022-09-06 | 2.1 | Elizabeth II / Charles III | 1964-06-19 | Alive | Brexit delivered; COVID-19 pandemic; partygate scandal | ||||||||||||||||
| 79 | 78 | Liz Truss | Conservative | 2022-09-06 | 2022-10-25 | 0.1 | Charles III | 1975-07-26 | Alive | Shortest serving PM (45 days); mini-budget crisis | ||||||||||||||||
| 80 | 79 | Rishi Sunak | Conservative | 2022-10-25 | 2024-07-05 | 1.7 | Charles III | 1980-05-12 | Alive | First British-Asian PM; first Hindu PM; lost 2024 election | ||||||||||||||||
| 81 | 80 | Keir Starmer | Labour | 2024-07-05 | Present | 1+ | Charles III | 1962-09-02 | Alive | First Labour PM since 2010; won landslide; former DPP |