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Prime Ministers
Party labels are only given where appropriate
1721
April
Sir Robert Walpole (Whig)
1742
February
Earl of Wilmington (Whig)
1743
August
Henry Pelham (Whig)
1754
March
Duke of Newcastle (Whig)
1756
November
Duke of Devonshire (Whig)
1757
July
Duke of Newcaslte (2nd) (Whig)
1762
May
Earl of Bute (Tory)
1763
April
George Grenville
1765
July
Marquis of Rockingham
1766
July
Earl of Chatham
1768
October
Duke of Grafton
1770
January
Lord North (Tory)
1782
March
Marquis of Rockingham (2nd) (Whig)
July
Earl of Shelburne (Whig)
1783
April
Duke of Portland (coalition)
December
William Pitt (Tory)
1801
March
Henry Addington (Tory)
1804
May
William Pitt (Tory)
1806
February
Lord Grenville (Whig)
1807
March
Duke of Portland (2nd) (coalition)
1809
October
Spencer Perceval (Tory
1812
June
Earl of Liverpool (Tory)
1827
April
George Canning (Tory)
August
Viscount Goderich (Tory)
1828
January
Duke of Wellington (Tory)
1830
November
Earl Grey (Whig)
1834
July
Viscount Melbourne (Whig)
December
Sir Robert Peel (Con.)
1835
April
Viscount Melbourne (2nd) (Whig)
1841
September
Sir Robert Peel (2nd) (Con.)
1846
June
Lord John Russell (Whig–Lib.)
1852
February
Earl of Derby (Con.)
December
Earl of Aberdeen (Peelite)
1855
February
Viscount Palmerston (Lib.)
1858
February
Earl of Derby (2nd) Con.)
1859
June
Viscount Palmerston (2nd) (Lib.)
1865
October
Earl Russell (2nd) (Lib.)
1866
June
Earl of Derby (3rd) (Con.)
1868
February
Benjamin Disraeli (Con.)
December
W. E. Gladstone (Lib.)
1874
February
Benjamin Disraeli (2nd) (Con.); became Earl of Beaconsfield 1876
1880
April
W. E. Gladstone (2nd) (Lib.)
1885
June
Marquis of Salisbury (Con.)
1886
February
W. E. Gladstone (3rd) (Lib.)
July
Marquis of Salisbury (2nd) (Con.)
1892
August
W. E. Gladstone (4th) (Lib.)
1894
March
Earl of Rosebery (Lib.)
1895
June
Marquis of Salisbury (3rd) (Con.–Unionist)
1902
July
A. J. Balfour (Con.–Unionist)
1905
December
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Lib.)
1908
April
H. H. Asquith (Lib.)
1915
May
H. H. Asquith (2nd) (coalition)
1916
December
David Lloyd George (coalition)
1919
October
David Lloyd (2nd) (coalition)
1922
October
Andrew Bonar Law (Con.)
1923
May
Stanley Baldwin (Con.)
1924
January
J. Ramsay MacDonald (Lab.)
November
Stanley Baldwin (2nd) (Con.)
1929
June
J. Ramsay MacDonald (2nd) (Lab.)
1931
August
J. Ramsay MacDonald (3rd) (national)
1935
June
Stanley Baldwin (3rd) (national)
1937
May
Neville Chamberlain (national)
1940
May
Winston S. Churchill (coalition)
1945
May
Winston S. Churchill (2nd) (Con.)
July
Clement Attlee (Lab.)
1950
February
Clement Attlee (2nd) (Lab.)
1951
October
Winston S. Churchill (3rd) (Con.)
1955
April
Sir Anthony Eden (Con.)
1957
January
Harold Macmillan (Con.)
1959
October
Harold Macmillan (2nd) (Con.)
1963
October
Sir Alec Douglas-Home (Con.)
1964
October
Harold Wilson (Lab.)
1966
March
Harold Wilson (2nd) (Lab.)
1970
June
Edward Heath (Con.)
1974
March
Harold Wilson (3rd) (Lab.)
1976
May
James Callaghan (Lab.)
1979
May
Margaret Thatcher (Con.)
1983
June
Margaret Thatcher (2nd) (Con.)
1987
June
Margaret Thatcher (3rd) (Con.)
1990
November
John Major (Con.)
1992
April
John Major (2nd) (Con.)
1997
May
Anthony Blair (Lab.)
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